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At UPMC, Android-enabled telehealth keeps child transplant patients safe

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2018 and 2019, 36% of the organization's transplanted population were Medicaid and others were in rural areas with poor access to local care, necessitating travel to the center for routine or acute care and follow-up. "The devices will also be equipped with patient satisfaction surveys to better measure patient experience."

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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

We also work with VitalNet to support integration across multiple hospital disparate electronic medical record systems in our tele-stroke program, and use Amwell carts and Cisco Room kit minis for partners. "We procured enterprise-wide, Epic-integrated Zoom for Healthcare for our direct-to-consumer telemedicine services.

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Health Provider News – October 7, 2022

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Hackensack Meridian Health to Leverage Google’s New Medical Imaging Tool. NJ hospital patient satisfaction scores boosted through courtesy. New Mexico seeking payer contracts for 1M Medicaid recipients. Medicaid expansion in sight for North Carolina. About 5% of N.J. residents have updated COVID boosters.