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Australia ends support for 128 telehealth items

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth consultation items for nurse practitioners, midwifery, nursing and other allied health that were offered prior to the pandemic have also closed. Patient-end support items linked to pre-COVID telehealth services by GPs and other medical practitioners have ended as well. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Exploring the Benefits of Remote Care for Skilled Nursing Facilities

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A new report published in McKnight's Long Term Care News explores the connection between remote care and skilled nursing facilities, and how the application of the former can contribute to the success of the latter. By improving post-acute care for a variety of procedures, skilled nursing facilities can also maximize patient outcomes.

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Can Healthcare Optimize Its Human Resources and Redefine Care Delivery in the Process?

Healthcare IT Today

Many skilled nursing facilities are short-staffed, so patients cannot always transition out of the hospital in a timely manner. At the same time, there simply are not enough nurses and other healthcare providers to care for the people who will need support and resources in the next five to 10 years.

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At Children's Mercy, telemedicine boosts access to highly sought-after subspecialists

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"After assessing options, which at the time Children's Mercy began this initiative, in 2011, were very limited, it was decided that InTouch Health, a division of Teladoc Health, offered the best telemedicine platform to support regional telemedicine outreach clinics," Waller recalled.

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Asymptomatic Hypoglycemia, a Silent Killer

Insulin Nation

A 2011 Catalina Research Institute study on continuous glucose monitoring found that 60% of all people with diabetes experience unrecognized hypoglycemia, with most of these silent incidents happening at night. In one 2011 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation study, patients who used CGMs saw their incidents of hypoglycemia drop from 21.8

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Correctional Healthcare Is Changing and Here’s Why

GlobalMed

When you think of a typical telehealth visit, you might picture a patient at home communicating with a primary care provider or a patient and nurse in a long-term care facility coordinating care with a specialist. In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them. .

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NewYork-Presbyterian launches Hauser Institute for Health Innovation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Hausers have given more than $50 million to NewYork-Presbyterian in support of the hospital’s innovation programs in health information technology and telemedicine since 2011. WHY IT MATTERS.