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Technology is radically improving care for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

How do frontline military doctors successfully consult with surgeons back home when time is of the essence? Breakthroughs in AR technology are also now enabling doctors in the U.S. Modernization is a "learning journey" that requires review and course corrections along the way. Department for Veterans Affairs.

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Why voice recognition is the new competitive battleground in healthcare's digital transformation

Healthcare It News

According to Stephanie Lahr, CIO and CMIO of Monument Health, voice recognition in a clinical context is complex, and Doctor-Patient encounters are hard to capture in voice recognition software. Region Tag: Global Edition. Big tech and voice-recognition in healthcare. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Maybe the larger library branches designate reading rooms or purchase telehealth kiosks so that patrons can schedule a time or drop in to have private, secure telehealth sessions with their doctor in "real time." Region Tag: Global Edition. " Store-and-forward telehealth is collecting medical data, digital images, etc.

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

Healthcare IT Today

When he spoke at an optometrists’ conference, he couldn’t interest the doctors in making their web sites more accessible to vision-impaired visitors. The next article in the series looks at the relationship between automated and manual reviews of accessibility, and discusses some automated tools.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 3 of 5, Letters “K” through “O”

Health Populi

The apple sticker at the bottom right is a little touch of sad irony with the fruit being associated with that axiom, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” A special photo on the upper right features a kind of Plague Doctor mask worn in the 17th century (by the way, they didn’t work as advertised).

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How to Automate the Patient-Provider Working Relationship

Healthcare IT Today

In Medical Economics’ 2022 annual survey , providers said increased competition is now one of their top challenges, namely because today’s patients are increasingly willing, for reasons of convenience, to switch doctors. When you automate your phone system, patients spend less time waiting on hold and playing phone tag.

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Anti-Social Media – How a Post Becomes a HIPAA Violation

Compliancy Group

So if a doctor shares a photo from an accident scene that shows the car license of the person he rescued, or if a nurse posts about how great it is to see Mrs. Smith recovering from surgery, both would be violations and could result in substantial HIPAA fines. IP address. Biometric identifiers such as fingerprints or voiceprints.

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