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Stanford researchers: Telemedicine optimization requires training, interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The rapid growth in care, they said in an article published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , has also inspired discussions on the best way to use telemedicine for disease management. Optimization of clinician and patient experience, including through provider training. They're not alone.

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Deep dive: Exploring one of the most advanced telemedicine programs in the U.S.

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Waller, RN, says she and her team were well invested in telemedicine way before COVID-19 – and have not yet paused their journey to improve access to highly sought-after medical professionals via virtual care technology. You describe your telemedicine program as mature if not advanced.

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4 Tips for Training Your Staff Through Telehealth Implementation

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With this increased desire for telehealth from both providers and patients, many healthcare organizations are quickly trying to onboard telemedicine and telehealth technology and train staff on new workflows. Make training mandatory for your staff. Measure training success using telehealth metrics.

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How to protect telemedicine from cyberattacks

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When it comes to targets in healthcare that criminals want to hit with a cyberattack, a telemedicine consultation might not immediately come to mind. Healthcare IT News sat down with Pappas to discuss these and other topics at the intersection of telemedicine and cybersecurity. But in fact, telehealth is a ripe arena for cyberattacks.

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Nebraska pilots EMS telemedicine in ambulances, and solo EMTs are happy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Like many states, Nebraska is facing a significant shortage of trained emergency medical workers. " Moreover, in rural Nebraska, new EMTs have less access to on-the-job training compared with their urban counterparts. As a predominantly rural state, many of its community fire and ambulance services rely heavily on volunteers.

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NUS Medicine introducing holographic GI care training and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NUS Medicine to introduce holographic GI module The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has tied up with GigXR, a California-based provider of holographic healthcare training, to introduce a new mixed reality-based (MR) training module for treating and diagnosing acute gastrointestinal diseases.

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The growing practice of prescribing medical devices via telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There are all kinds of specialist services provided by telemedicine – telepsychiatry, teleradiology, tele-ICU, just to name a few. But there's a unique telemedicine service that has been growing that merits attention: medical device prescriptions via virtual care.