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Vocal Markers Move Toward Clinical Use

Healthcare IT Today

The models used by the Sonde app to detect disease are based on data collected over several years in clinical settings, where each vocal sample is tagged with the diagnoses assigned by clinicians to the patient. Koye in turn is promoting a Sonde app to clinicians. A patient can choose to share results with doctors and researchers.

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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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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. We’ll hear more from accessiBe, as well as UserWay , UniDoc , and Deque Systems , creators of the open source Axe-core. Accessibility isn’t simple.

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Day 4 Notes from the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Healthcare Law Blog

Given the activities of the above companies, I was not surprised to hear that 40% of all mental health visits in the US are now accomplished through telehealth, and that 65% of all telehealth visits are for behavioral health services. And mental health issues hurt in so many ways.