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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The future will see chronic disease being managed more from homes and physicians' offices than in a hospital setting. Chronically ill patients may not always require visiting the hospital frequently if their follow-ups and routine checkups can be managed remotely. Infrastructure to manage chronic diseases remotely.

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Vocal Markers Move Toward Clinical Use

Healthcare IT Today

A simple app on a cell phone can detect unusual patterns in speech that suggest when a person is depressed or anxious, is losing cognitive function, or has pulmonary disease. India surpasses the world in cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Koye in turn is promoting a Sonde app to clinicians.

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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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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. Biofourmis’ primary therapeutic focus areas include heart failure and other cardiometabolic disorders, pain, and oncology.

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What's on the horizon for Teladoc? CIO Claus Jensen weighs in

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And on the consumer side, wouldn't it be nice if you had the ability to see not just what you're doing in that visit, but at the same time, in the same experience, access to "How am I doing on chronic condition management? We would like you to install our mobile app, and that will give you more insight and more engagement.