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Steering healthcare's digital evolution: Marrying technology with the human element

Healthcare It News

" Dr Ana Rafaela Prado In the swiftly changing healthcare landscape, the fusion of technology and patient care is increasingly integral. Technology, ranging from basic software to advanced surgical robotics, empowers us to document, scrutinise, and refine our methodologies, ensuring enhanced quality and safety in patient care.

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The great digital health reset – and how IT leaders should plan for what’s next

Healthcare It News

As multiple startups emerged with models to provide mental health services using a virtual care model, health systems have turned to these startups to extend their mental health services to their patients and employees. But recent data suggest that mental health app downloads have declined by a third since last year.

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Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. News New York State Office for the Aging deploys AI robots as companions for older adults The U.S. Mere "patient engagement" isn't enough anymore.

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Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The latest patient engagement survey from Stericycle Communication Solutions found that nearly half of patients have booked appointments online (48%) or sought care from a non-traditional provider (45%) in the last year, with half of those patients using retail care and one-third using virtual care. Partnerships.

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Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement

HIT Consultant

Visiting your primary care physician? 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. Ordering takeout? But they are not.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

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Pandemic-era burnout: Telehealth managers get pushed to the max

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To see all of the feature stories in the Burnout in the Age of COVID-19 series, click here. With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country.