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$2M e-ICU project to be launched in regional Korea

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Another study also noted regional disparities in the number of ICU beds and length of stay from 2011 to 2019: two regions, Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, accounted for almost half of the country's total ICU beds and length of stay, which suggested centralisation of the health system, according to researchers.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The research team studied nearly 250,000 hospital discharges in patients with diabetes from 2005 to 2011. Although the study tracked patients from 2005 to 2011, before the current telehealth boom , it offers yet another piece of evidence for why virtual care is likely to remain a staple in healthcare even after the pandemic.

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Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that the prevalence of burnout among U.S. physicians was 62.8% in 2021, compared with 38.2% in 2020, 43.9% in 2017, 54.4% in 2014 and 45.5% ON THE RECORD. Email: afox@himss.org.

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Best Cybersecurity Practices for Patient Data Sharing in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Hackers leverage healthcare’s growing reliance on technology by demanding exorbitant amounts of money for stolen data. The cost of responding to and recovering from a breach in this industry has been higher than that of any other sector since 2011, according to a report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute.

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Telehealth can improve cancer care in rural areas

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The hospital is located off an interstate highway and is 30 miles from Reno, Nevada, and 100 miles from Sacramento, California," Heifetz and his coauthors explained in a paper published in 2011. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Australia ends support for 128 telehealth items

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a statement, the Department of Health claimed the changes in telehealth items, along with items for COVID-19, bulk billing incentives, surgery and others, will "ensure services are clinically appropriate; reflect modern clinical practice; improve quality of care and safety for patients; and increase access to services" Among those removed (..)

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Addressing A Lack of Funding In Pediatric Digital Health

Healthcare IT Today

The digital health innovation space has grown exponentially over the past 10 years, with $2 billion invested in 2011 and $44 billion invested in […]. Be sure to check out their Bear Institute PACK, a pediatric accelerator challenge for kids.