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Is healthcare too hard for Big Tech firms?

Healthcare It News

Paddy Padmanabhan When David Feinberg, head of Google Health, announced this past week that he was departing to take up the CEO role at the EHR company Cerner , media reports took it as an admission of defeat by Google in the campaign to win in the healthcare space. There was no shortage of commentary on social media.

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Closing the Digital Health Gap Between Consumers and Physicians

Health Populi

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? James Madara’s comment that so many of these tools and apps can be “digital snake oil.”

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Dear Digital Healthcare: Let’s Do Better

HIT Consultant

Digital health options like telemedicine and online pharmacies existed before the pandemic. Patients need human expertise, empathy, and guidance when navigating prescriptions to medication, at-home tests, and other remote treatments that affect their health. We weren’t prepared. But can you blame us? Flexibility is great.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. CareMount also experienced some difficulties with app access from an audio/visual perspective. " Dr. Lisa R.

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Vocal Markers Move Toward Clinical Use

Healthcare IT Today

These automated models can monitor so many people efficiently that they have potential applications in public health as well as diagnosis and treatment. 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.

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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.

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Out of Sight: Why Invisible Patient Engagement is Optimal Patient Engagement

HIT Consultant

The Electronic Health Record, or EHR, is almost universally treated as the single—or at least most important—source of truth for healthcare systems. The Electronic Health Record, or EHR, is almost universally treated as the single—or at least most important—source of truth for healthcare systems. Where does patient engagement fit?