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The 12 Tips To Establishing A Strong Telepresence

Mend

In most healthcare settings, it’s agreed that telehealth can be helpful, but professionals may not be clear about the video-related factors that can help or hurt the success of a visit by using telehealth. The steps below show how to ensure patient satisfaction in those situations. Tips for Building a Successful Relationship via Video. A recent study shows that many healthcare workers using telehealth services no longer utilize many of their diagnostic skills due to the nature of virtual v

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3 Ways Virtual Care Visits Improve Patient Experience

eVisit

Creating a welcoming digital front door for patients is about more than simply providing access. It’s designing an end-to-end patient journey that simplifies access to care and invigorates personal choice.

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How the Pandemic has Impacted the HealthTech Marketplace

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Tray Chamberlin, Principal at Alexander Group. Industry Growth Requires New and Improved HealthTech Commercial Models . As the COVID-19 storm settles, the HealthTech industry has seen a shift to positive growth. The influx of investment into the sector saw a flurry of new technologies and market entrants. As HealthTech companies raced to unite piecemeal offerings into comprehensive solutions through mergers and acquisitions or disrupt existing markets by shif

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Is Virtual Reality Mental Health Part of Your Practice-Building Plan Yet?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Immersive 360-degree videos represent a recent development in virtual reality mental health, whereby users can utilize digitally simulated realities similar to the real world (Slater & Sanchez, 2016 ). These viable technologies hold much promise but, to date, have not been widely adopted in mental health settings. The article below summarizes the findings of lead researcher Ionescu and colleagues in their 2021 systematic review of immersive 360-degree videos using virtual reality headsets to

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The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings

Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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How telemedicine can leverage the shrinking number of physicians

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Physicians are burning out and leaving the front lines of healthcare in big numbers. The pandemic has aggravated this problem. Solutions to this critical problem are needed. Clinicians and other experts at telehealth technology and services companies across the country are raising their hands, saying they could be at least one part of the solution to physician burnout.

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Health and IT Literacy

Healthcare IT Today

Today I went with my son to tryouts for flag football. My son has always been active, but he’s never played in organized sports before. Needless to say, I went to the tryouts with a little trepidation for how he’d do. Many of the other kids had been playing already for a couple years. Would he understand what the coach was asking him to do?

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The Challenges of Offering Free Devices to Patients – Lessons Learned from the VA’s 41,000 Device Program

Healthcare IT Today

When you think about digital health, many people take for granted that the patients are going to have the devices and connectivity to be able to do things like telehealth visits and remote patient monitoring (RPM). While the number of people who have both is large, there’s still a significant section of patients who don’t have access to one or both of these things.

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Study: Telehealth could increase physicians' after-hours work

Mobi Health News

Researchers found physicians who provided more care through telemedicine also increased their time spent on after-hours EHR-based clinical and administrative work.

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Hacking Health Care, Your Top Health-Tech Summer Read

Health Populi

“Tom Lawry reminds us that the health care industry can shift from glacial to warp speed when it needs to. Given the right tools, we can evolve from health systems to systems of health, baked with Responsible Intelligence to do good while embedded with respect, inclusion, and transparency. Health citizens deserve Tom’s vision to emerge,” I wrote in a quote on the back of Tom’s new book, Hacking Health Care: How AI and the Intelligence Revolution Will Reboot an Ailing Syst

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Former Amazon medical officer examines Surgeon General's clinician burnout warning

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural and organizational causes – including excessive workloads, administrative burden and lack of organizational support. The potential fallout of this trajectory is alarming: The advisory cites the Association of American Medical Colleges’ estimate on clinician demand outpacing supply, with an anticipated shortage between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians predicted by 2033.

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Using Data-Driven Fintech Tools to Tackle the Healthcare Affordability Crisis

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chiranjib Gupta, Chief Risk Officer at PayZen. We are witnessing a healthcare affordability crisis in America. Reading the headlines, it doesn’t take long to encounter some horror story of medical costs running rampant: an uninsured woman saddled with bills in the tens of thousands for a complicated birth, a life-saving medication costing a patient hundreds of dollars per vial, the list goes on.

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Vuzix tries out smart glasses for emergency medical care in Japan

Mobi Health News

There is a plan to expand its trial to more ambulances in the country to study its effectiveness.

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4 Growing Trends In Healthcare Technology

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare innovation relies on expanding base knowledge as it improves technology designed to provide specific solutions in the healthcare field. Add to the many challenges facing healthcare and coming out of a once-in-a-century pandemic that […].

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Designing with health literacy in mind can help with SDOH, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There is a commonly held belief that social determinants of health like income and education level may negatively impact the use of digital health programs, and that this could widen gaps in health equity. However, a recent study from telemedicine technology and services vendor Teladoc Health found that participants were successful in controlling their diabetes through a remote diabetes monitoring program despite existing barriers to care access.

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CommonWell, MEDITECH, TEFCA, and QHINs

Healthcare IT Today

The topic of TEFCA and QHINs has been an extremely important one in the world of healthcare IT and particularly when it comes to healthcare interoperability. In many ways, it’s setting the national infrastructure for healthcare interoperability going forward. So, we should be paying attention. As we continue to learn about how the industry is responding to TEFCA and which organizations are planning to apply to be a QHIN, we thought it would be valuable to sit down with CommonWell and a C

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Japanese DTx app maker CureApp to receive $51M investment from Carlyle

Mobi Health News

The new funds will be used to support the rollout of its hypertension DTx app.

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Over the counter hearing aids – an absurdly long time in coming

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Yesterday was a big day that should have happened several years ago. Finally. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of hearing aids for those with mild-to-moderate hearing loss. Consider that this was first proposed in 2017! Consider the hearing aid ecosystem that has grown over many years to involve audiologists, a shrinking number of hearing aid makers – only five control 90% of the market!

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Study: Medicare remote patient monitoring use surges during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Case Study: How Arizona Hospital Association Took Their COVID Telehealth Concept from Zero to Post-Launch

VSee

Background Project Goals: Bringing COVID-19 Palliative Care Into the Home “People want to be at home. They don’t want to go to the hospital.” That was the goal of the The Arizona Palliative Care Telehealth Program for COVID-19: to treat people where they’re at through telehealth and to keep them out of the hospital. The.

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Nurse staffing marketplace Incredible Health scores $80M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Medication management-focused Arine raised $29 million, Epic-based virtual care platform KeyCare scooped up $24 million, and care coordination software company CareHarmony raised $15 million.

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Home-Based Care for the Baby Boom is at Risk – But Operating Changes Can Shore up the Industry’s Economic Model

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Lee Hudson Teslik, Founder & CEO and Scott Erwin, Dynamic Staffing Expert at Reverence. In the coming decade, all 76M baby boomers will join the elderly population. And, naturally, such a significant generation will demand significant care as they age—with a resounding preference for support in the comfort of their own homes.

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The Role of Technology in Remote Patient Monitoring

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

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Salesforce Health Cloud rolls out RPM and other 'care from anywhere' features

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Salesforce Health Cloud introduced a suite of new technologies this past week designed for remote patient monitoring, connected health, medication management and more. WHY IT MATTERS. Salesforce says it designed new features to help providers streamline operations and achieve better health outcomes as well as meet patients where they are–at home, at work or on-the-go.

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Telehealth Utilization Rates Increase Again in May

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Judging from the numbers, telehealth is becoming increasingly popular across the country. National telehealth utilization rates among private insurers grew by 10.2% in May, signaling that telehealth utilization is a serious contender for mental health and serious pandemic interventions. According to the Fair Health statistics , May was the second running month in which telehealth utilization has increased substantially.

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Virtual clinical supervision startup Motivo Health raises $14M

Mobi Health News

The startup connects new mental health providers with supervisors to complete their licensure requirements. The new funding brings its total raise to $16.3 million.

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Conifer Health Solutions Security Incident Impacts Patients at 5 Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

Late last week, Conifer Health Solutions posted a notice of a data security incident at their organization that potentially impacted patients at five healthcare organizations. According to the notice, an unauthorized third party accessed an email account on the Microsoft Office 365 hosted system. They reported the breach to have occurred January 20, 2022.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Pandemic saw a big uptick in health app use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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New Research into Child Migraine Telehealth, CBT & Medication

Telebehavioral Health Institute

According to the American Migraine Foundation , migraine is a widespread global problem and one of the most disabling. In the US, more than 10% (39 million) of the population suffer from migraine headaches. Many migraine patients find it challenging to get to in-person consultations while suffering a debilitating headache. Telehealth migraine consultations allow patients to access care when in-person visits are impossible.

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Hong Kong Polytechnic University employs VR to enhance nursing education

Mobi Health News

It features more than 1,200 combinations of randomised simulated situations in a hospital ward.

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