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Full coverage: HIMSS23 APAC Health Conference

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

September 05, 2023 News Indonesia officially requires its healthcare facilities to implement EMRs The country enacted a Health Minister regulation on medical records in late August. Region Tag: ASIA Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Analytics Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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It’s Time to Give Patients “Admin Access” to Manage Their Healthcare

HIT Consultant

This in turn lets staff take a backseat with regard to monotonous engagement tasks like playing phone tag (so they can instead focus on the direct patient interactions that matter most). In fact, SMS, or text messaging, is at the heart of many self-service capabilities. Routine, preventive care is one example of this concept in action.

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Boston Medical Center boosts care for epileptic kids with telehealth-analytics platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Boston Medical Center specifically serves a significantly disproportionate number of disadvantaged patients living in the Greater Boston community. They live in a virtual world, so this app and the ability to access their care team through text messages [are] much more comfortable." THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare's new equation = technology + operations

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Leverage SMS text based reminder/nudge messages, data exchange with regional partners, enhanced use of patient portals Financial efficiency. Introduce advanced medical equipment to enable monitoring and alerting services Robotic process automation. Mike Restuccia is the chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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TikTok Reveals Consumers Want Engaging Healthcare Content

HIT Consultant

Dated, static educational pamphlets featuring dense explanations of illnesses and medical procedures just won’t cut it anymore. A quick search will discover that posts tagged with #DoctorsofTikTok have 8 billion views. Complex medical terms can be translated into the patient’s primary language for better understanding.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The platform was designed to supplement our standard pain-scale reporting with questions about recent levels of activity, or how well the patient is following their medication regimen," he continued. " MARKETPLACE. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Employees of Two Hospitals Post Unauthorized Photos and a Video of Patients

Med-Net Compliance

The employee posted the photo with emoji symbols and tagged a coworker in the post. The young man later died from his injuries, and his father is suing the hospital for medical privacy violations, negligence, and infliction of emotional distress. Discussion Points: Review your policies and procedures on social media. Update as needed.