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With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Some of this shift to virtual care will be permanent. A significant percentage of ambulatory care will never return to a clinic. As an example, elder care differs from pediatric care. The challenges with telehealth in elder care were the topic of a recent study by Harvard Business School.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Systemic issues of the nursing shortage, critical care capacity and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) were common across countries. Focus on the benefits of digital technology for nurses and patients, with continuity of care ensured through remote consultations. Digital is gaining momentum. are lower than Spain (9.7)

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

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health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Innovate long-term care. Accelerate digital health. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S.

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Disabilities and Accessibility in Health IT: The Need Is Constant – Part 1

Healthcare IT Today

Of all industries, health care above all should provide accessible web sites to support people with disabilities or special needs. Our field deals disproportionately with the elderly and with people who suffer a range of disabilities, physical and mental. Accommodations, televisits, haptic feedback, etc., are great advances.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. Bardy Diagnostics. Biofourmis.

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Health Provider News

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NATIONAL 79 percent have positive outlook for senior living and care: NIC 12 key legal issues impacting health systems AHA: 94% of hospitals financially impacted by Change Healthcare’s cyberattack A conversation about the HHS plan on AI in health care A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America.