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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. But there’s another, less visible realm where telemedicine has transformed costing savings and patient outcomes: correctional facilities.

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From Tele-HELP to telehealth

CiscoHealth

Established in 2006, Medcare Hospitals & Medical Centres is a healthcare network based in the United Arab Emirates. CEO, Andre Daoud, realized that Medcare needed to transition to full-time telemedicine and partnered with Cisco to develop a beta version of the teleMEDCARE platform in just six days.

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HealthTech Scotland: NHS to launch new Health and Social care app as a ‘Digital Front Door’ for patients

Lloyd Price

Global Recognition: The country's success in digital health initiatives, such as telemedicine and AI-powered diagnostics, has attracted international attention and investment.

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Correctional Healthcare Is Changing and Here’s Why

GlobalMed

From 2010 to 2018, they saw a ten-fold increase in virtual primary care encounters and a 111% increase in telemedicine specialty encounters. CCHCS also expanded specialist access from 30 specialists in 4 locations in 2006 to 200 specialists in 22 locations by 2018. . The program ultimately saved the TDCJ $780 million over 14 years.

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Joe Kvedar, VP of Connected Health, Partners HealthCare, Chapter 2

Health System CIO

In this interview, Joe Kvedar, MD, talks about how the organization has evolved to meet the changing needs of patients and providers, why telemedicine is finally rising to the top, and the problem with statistics around patient engagement. I mentioned earlier we called ourselves telemedicine in the beginning. And so we had this debate.

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From Tele-HELP to telehealth

CiscoHealth

Established in 2006, Medcare Hospitals & Medical Centres is a healthcare network based in the United Arab Emirates. CEO, Andre Daoud, realized that Medcare needed to transition to full-time telemedicine and partnered with Cisco to develop a beta version of the teleMEDCARE platform in just six days.