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Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is for everyone, and hospitals and health systems must construct a digital equity strategy to better serve patients in the digital and telehealth space to ensure all persons can use telehealth, contended Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. "Ask questions such as who has devices?

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Post-Pandemic Trends Influencing Digital Transformation

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Lynne Bell, Vice President, Vertical Markets at Spectrum Enterprise Digital transformation in the healthcare industry has been propelled by technology advancements, evolving regulations, and changing patient expectations.

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Using Data Analytics to Address Social Determinants of Health

HIT Consultant

Americans might run on Dunkin’ — but the healthcare industry runs on data, specifically structured and unstructured data. And one type of unstructured data is human conversations, including speech, audio, or video files. This information offers valuable insight into people’s challenges, healthcare goals, and overall lives.

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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." '" Patients have gotten on board. The new importance of telemedicine.

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Healthcare AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. It’s crucial for healthcare organizations to stay at the forefront of these technological advancements to provide the best care for patients and consumers.

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It’s Time We Put The Person Back Into Personalized Healthcare

HIT Consultant

As nice as it sounds, this truism presents some serious challenges for healthcare leaders. The reality that everyone is different makes it incredibly difficult to scale up healthcare systems to meet the unique demands of millions of individuals. That’s where virtual care can fill in the gaps.

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What is the Biggest Challenge Facing Healthcare CIOs Today and What Can be Done About It?

Healthcare IT Today

Being a healthcare CIO can be very stressful. The video below is a compilation of their answers! So I think for our technology and CIO leaders, and even our CSOs, their main goal is to help their organizations understand the value of that technology and how to really operationalize that technology in their environments.

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