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With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The study found that elders who have hearing or visual impairments may struggle to receive care through telehealth modalities and may need to be provided with devices and training to learn to participate effectively in a virtual visit with a doctor.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This opportunity to share across borders and hear from other countries is something we should build on and really appreciate." Region Tag: Europe/UK Custom Tags: COVID-19 Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines Featured Decision Content:

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health. Another fascinating learning to me was hearing about the logistics required for HaH — considering that Best Buy as a major electronics retailer is masterful at logistics.

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Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth In recent conversations with healthcare executives across the country, I hear the same story: The dramatic spikes in telehealth visits in March and April have dropped off, even as in-person visits have started climbing slowly. In recent conversations with healthcare executives across the country, I hear the same story.

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

Healthcare IT Today

We’ll hear more from accessiBe, as well as UserWay , UniDoc , and Deque Systems , creators of the open source Axe-core. A few such conditions include vision problems, hearing problems (applicable to videos and some alerts), attention problems such as ADHD, and mobility problems that make it hard to use a keyboard or mouse.

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Thank goodness we didn't get struck by lightning

Health Care Performance

When it rains, I DO hear people saying “It’s raining – this is so good for my garden.” Can you put a price tag on potentially avoiding a costly ransomware attack? I repeatedly hear from compliance officers who have trouble getting money in the budget for compliance. When it rains, we don’t walk around saying “Oh, no!

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

The ethos of the name and the intent of this law is a perfect vision for considering what we hear and learn this week coming out of the 2023 HIMSS Annual Conference as the meeting kicks off today. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. First, the law.

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