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COVID-19: a technologist’s tale

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Patient Engagement Pharmacy Privacy & Security Telehealth COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, has entered the lexicon as if it was always there. Analogies are often drawn between the logistics in retail and those in pharmacy. The other aspect of medication that COVID-19 soon outed was prescribing.

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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. Telemedicine and online pharma have their merits. The same McKinsey report shows that only 32% of physicians – the very people administering care online – feel that telehealth can improve the patient experience.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The ability to aggregate data from other hospital information systems: These could be data aggregated from multiple sources, including labs, pharmacy, sensors, and valuable clinical-decision support (CDS) to track patient information to manage chronic diseases proactively. Many health systems are using, both in-person and online.

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Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement

HIT Consultant

Even the dreaded trip to the DMV has gone digital , with most states having overhauled their motor vehicle departments to accept online reservations. There’s a good chance you had at least some interaction with a patient portal or telehealth platform. We had all the data, and we knew exactly which members were at the highest risk.

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Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The latest patient engagement survey from Stericycle Communication Solutions found that nearly half of patients have booked appointments online (48%) or sought care from a non-traditional provider (45%) in the last year, with half of those patients using retail care and one-third using virtual care.

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

Over one-half of 213 retail chains listed in Internet Retailers top 1000 offered “buy online, pick up in store” fulfillment in 2018. Technology is re-shaping physical retail, from Tiffany and Nike to retail pharmacy. In their online story, they tout the tagline, “Actual Experts. Actual Humans.”

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When Buying a Pair of Jeans Competes With Filling a Prescription at CVS in Target

Health Populi

Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.” So in 2015, they started an online site called Dia & Co. The line will include denim that has flattened seams to reduce pressure points and jeans with wider legs to help with dressing. ” The items will be priced between $6 and $29.99