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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, Cerner is emphasizing the use of virtual services to aid clients "that are on the front lines of the pandemic and being pushed to unprecedented limits," said a statement from the company supplied by Austin Cozzolino, Cerner's senior communication partner in corporate communications.

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$15M Singapore-London partnership to help stem APAC's growing healthcare cybersecurity woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE LARGER CONTEXT More and more medical devices are getting hooked up to hospital and home networks and the Internet. In Singapore's public health facilities, for example, about 15% or over 16,000 medical devices have Internet connectivity. Interestingly, a recent report by Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association and L.E.K.

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

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The cost of hospitalization of a Medicare patient, for example, is around $13,600. The cost of in-home care, according to Genworth Financial, averages around $5000. This is increasingly likely as a form of 24x7 remote care. or Addison Care from Electronic Caregiver. Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" The platform alerts the patient's care team when needed, prompting clinicians to check in with the patient about mobility issues, pain management or other concerns. For example, surgeons might notice their care team takes longer to respond to patient messages than their partner's care team does.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, the Brigham Home Hospital program leveraged Biofourmis’ AI-based technology to improve outcomes while lowering costs by 38%, the company reported. For example, an intelligent alert is sent if data from a patient with chronic heart failure reports sudden weight gain. Spry Health. Vivify Health.

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A hospital without patients

Henry Kotula

Louis, nestled among locust, elm and sweetgum trees, the Mercy Virtual Care Center has a lot in common with other hospitals. Mercy Virtual is arguably the world’s most advanced example of something gaining momentum in the health care world: A virtual hospital, where specialists remotely care for patients at a distance.

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