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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The future will see chronic disease being managed more from homes and physicians' offices than in a hospital setting. Infrastructure to manage chronic diseases remotely. These diseases impact at least half of the adult population globally and account for over 80% healthcare costs.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal, Day 2 – Letters “F” through “J”

Health Populi

I layered in some fashion-themed scrapbook paper and a tagline from an old magazine ad: “Bracelets and gloves to charm the feminine heart.” ” A surprise element here is the Echo tag that came from a pair of gloves I recently purchased. “H” is for hand-washing.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Connected health devices run the gamut from wearable heart monitors, to Bluetooth-enabled scales, to Fitbits. Designed for simple ease of use and discretion, and with women’s comfort in mind, the hourglass-shaped CAM Patch is placed on the center of the chest, directly over the heart, for optimum ECG signal collection up to 14 days.

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The Evolution of Self-Care for Consumers – Learning and Sharing at CHPA

Health Populi

And even in our most cynical moments, we can all hearken back to our grandmothers’ kitchen table wisdom for dealing with skin issues, the flu, and broken hearts. Reading from Hippocrates’ Corpus about food and clean air’s role in health sounds contemporary today. Nutritionals had a rebound after a slower 2017, growing 4.2%

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What's on the horizon for Teladoc? CIO Claus Jensen weighs in

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

You can't always meet in person with the best oncologist in the world or the best heart surgeon in the world. You can imagine doing some of the same kinds of things with other types of diseases. Because there's only so many of them. So how do we use technology to bridge the gap? And then the third part is logistical science.

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Health Provider News

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Patrick Hospital designated top heart center in Montana MSU breaks ground on Great Falls nursing school Bozeman Health nearing completion of subarea plan Benefis, Montana State mark $101 million gift that will build five sites to train nurses NEBRASKA 50 years of St. to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M

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Health Provider News

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How Hartford HealthCare is going global It’s a disease called a ‘silent epidemic’ Why a CT facility brings treatment directly to patients. to Develop Wearable Blood Loss Detector An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals CHI St. Here’s why.