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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More than 35,000 health workers have been infected (of which 60% were nurses), particularly in the elderly care home sector. Encinas agreed with the increased focus on digital support in Spain, “here we have seen impressive spontaneous innovation for the management of chronic disease with telemedicine; and with lots of creativity.”

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Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey

Health Populi

In early April 2020, “with shelter-in-place orders and the emotional need for people to connect for these major religious holidays, families and friends convened on videoconferencing platforms that had built their business models on companies convening meetings.

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Falls Prevention Programs are Helping the Aging Population Overcome Physical and Emotional Barriers to Well-Being in an Easy and Effective Way

Healthcare IT Today

The Burden of Falls on Older Adults Between 2010 and 2020, the U.S. As individuals get older, reductions in strength and balance increase the risk of an unexpected fall, with substantial implications for individuals and population health. population of those 65 and older grew by more than a third.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL 9 health systems working with Amazon, Microsoft, Apple 293 hospitals at immediate risk of closure AHA chair-elect participates in CEO roundtable on rural health care crisis AHA report demonstrates benefits of 340B program AHA Urges OCR to Suspend or Amend Online Tracking Guidance AMA and others launch collective call for health equity in Rise (..)

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Health Provider News – April 1, 2022

Hall Render

Hundreds of Nebraskans Couldn’t Get Medical Care During Latest COVID Surge. Local Nursing Home Provider Advocates For Elder Care in D.C. New grants will fund mental health telemedicine at Wisconsin community centers. Arkansas Children’s Hospital earns international accreditation for bone marrow transplants.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. Remote patient monitoring technologies are akin to telemedicine technologies, since they automatically observe and report on patients, often with chronic illnesses, so caregivers can remotely keep tabs on patients.

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