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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" That could impact the course of future implementations, because "those folks are being diverted from longer term strategies," he added. " Healthcare organizations see looming financial pressures and are attempting to make mid-course adjustments, contended Jon Winsett, CEO of NPI, an IT spend-management consultancy.

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HIMSSCast: A pro checks in on the status of the health IT stock market

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Epic, of course, has always been private. Hospital IT was big 15 years ago around HITECH, of course. So are eClinicalWorks and Meditech. Those are three huge electronic health records companies. Is there something about health IT that lends itself to companies being private? What is the market looking at now?

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Doctors Love Alerts Until They Don’t

Healthcare IT Today

Regulations now require primary care doctors be notified if their patients have an ED visit or are admitted to a hospital. Far too often the primary care doctor never learns about these health issues that are addressed at hospitals. It’s beautiful that PCPs can be informed in order to coordinate the care for their patients.

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Video made telehealth a star Community-owned broadband networks have the power to transform entrepreneurs into captains of industry, change the course of governments and make people LOL at kitty antics. Telehealth can harness and focus broadband and hospital IT investments into digital advancements for urban and rural communities.

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Tech and the future of care work – five research midpoint observations

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The solution, of course, relies on data sharing among the participating care providers. To date, coordination of care across disparate providers has been elusive – think healthcare, post-acute care, senior living, home care , never mind just among physician providers , even though the same person receives care across all of these.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Despite a common misconception that remote care management platforms replace direct care from providers, the platform is intended to complement the treatment course and reflect providers' messaging," Lovewell said. Of course, this can't be attributed entirely to digital care management, but it's a big component.

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A Family’s Guide to the ICU, Part 1: Your Strategy for Navigating the Unexpected

Society for Participatory Medicine

Within three days of her initial procedure she was on a ventilator and unable to speak for nearly her entire stay at the hospital. Others started at different hospitals and came to UCSF when it became clear a transplant was their only hope. Over the course of about three months we had ~50 different nurses.

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