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Telemedicine racks up big cost savings and enhanced care for Nebraska hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before the introduction of telemedicine, there were times when Chase had to contract physicians in other towns to be available by phone – even though sometimes a physician may not have been needed. We were already familiar with Avel, having used its pharmacy telemedicine system for several years.

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Unifying telemedicine efforts can help health systems succeed with virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

He holds a master's degree in communications and leadership theory from Gonzaga University and has extensive experience in health system IT and clinical and business operations, as well as in the public health and environmental health sectors. This includes patient-side devices like TVs, carts and tablets.

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Cybersecurity Challenges in Telemedicine and How to Keep Virtual Appointments Secure

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by John Funk, Creative Consultant at SevenAtoms Telemedicine has completely changed the healthcare game, allowing you to chat with your doctor from the comfort of your couch goodbye waiting rooms, traffic jams, and awkward small talk! Just you, your Wi-Fi, and the doctor on screen.

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Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Without it, any initiative or leadership buy-in is at risk for failing because you haven’t taken the time to understand it," she explained. What is the landscape of your executive leaderships understanding of digital/telehealth equity? Do they have any? If not, why not? " she asked.

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Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MEETING THE CHALLENGE Ultimately, it was the behavioral health leadership team that helped the IT team make progress – taking the leadership role in the development and management of the partnership.

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Implementation best practices: Teeing up telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine has been gaining a lot of steam in recent years. As a result, provider organization CIOs and other health IT leaders have had their hands full finding and implementing new telemedicine technologies to help their organizations best reach as many patients as possible in the most efficient manner as possible.

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How telemedicine can leverage the shrinking number of physicians

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

How can telemedicine be used to combat it? Telemedicine gives us the opportunity to reimagine how we leverage this finite number of resources to the fullest potential, while also acknowledging that to keep the number of existing providers we have to keep them happy and mentally healthy.