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NYC elder care provider using FCC funds for telehealth, protecting seniors from COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Social distancing is a key factor in reducing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and tele-visits can be a safe and secure means for providers to deliver certain types of care for their patients. Parker is using the Healow application by eClinicalWorks for its telemedicine program.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar. Similarities in cross-border community challenges. Digital is gaining momentum.

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Why Telehealth Should Be the Standard Protocol in Long-Term Care Facilities

Healthcare IT Today

With the COVID-19 cloud casting a shadow on high-risk elderly care communities, there’s another effect to make note of besides the way these facilities have been unfortunately impacted with cases. The following is a guest article by Ed Mercadante is the Chief Executive Officer of MediTelecare.

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Taming the Tech: Navigating Technology and Ethics In Senior Care

Electronic Health Reporter

In the age of COVID-19, the role of technology in supporting senior care has perhaps never been more important or apparent. Telemedicine is increasingly proving its power to ensure continuity and […]. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Wearables Are Good For Older People, Too — The Latest From Laurie Orlov

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a whole lot of digital transformation for people staying home. For digital natives, that wasn’t such an exogenous shock.

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

Health Populi

.” The study of older Americans found that, About 60% believe their cell phone has made them feel more connected to family/friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. 43% of older adults use their cell phone more frequently than before COVID-19.

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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

The past two years have taught us that telemedicine is a highly scalable and successful way to deliver quality healthcare across the United States. And with the Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to expire in January, stakeholders are urgently calling upon Congress to pass the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021.