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Beyond telehealth: the virtual care technology trends that will transform healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Digital front door apps are all the rage. A recent study of more than 50 COVID-19 apps globally found that most were vague about privacy protections on the data collected from consumers using these apps. However, the apps have failed to take off in the short term. Telehealth is here to stay.

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Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement

HIT Consultant

Age-old challenges like access to care, chronic disease management, and adherence to annual well visits and routine preventive screenings should now be easily addressed with the same efficiency we’re seeing in other aspects of our consumer lives. But they are not. Patient Engagement Needs to Evolve. Let’s start with patient engagement.

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TikTok Reveals Consumers Want Engaging Healthcare Content

HIT Consultant

A quick search will discover that posts tagged with #DoctorsofTikTok have 8 billion views. This content can be delivered directly to patients via custom apps, web portals, emails, text message campaigns, and more. Using this hashtag, approachable doctors dispense advice on everything from weight loss to cancer treatments.

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Dear Digital Healthcare: Let’s Do Better

HIT Consultant

Lots of people prefer depositing a check from their mobile phone, taking a workout class on an app instead of hitting the gym, and skipping the line at the DMV with online paperwork. Non-adherence to medications is a huge issue. Phone tags and missed calls are common. Many of these outcomes have been positive.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Biofourmis’ remote patient monitoring and AI-based analytics technology, Biovitals, provides personalized predictive care by leveraging active and passive data collected from clinical-grade patient wearables that continuously monitor more than 20 physiological parameters, as well as patient-captured data from a mobile app.

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FHIR Adoption and Implementation Challenges

HIT Consultant

An open standard called FHIR, which was initially drafted in 2011, makes it easier than ever for legacy systems and new apps to exchange data. Similar to a URL for a web page, every resource has an own identification tag. – Mobile apps are especially suited to FHIR. Why Adopt FHIR? The U.S.

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