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An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program

Healthcare It News

"In the digital world we live in, it is imperative that the connectedness of our patients and consumers of the services have the access they need to care not only through regulation requirements but integrated into their day-to-day care plans," she noted.

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Verizon's BlueJeans Telehealth integrates with Apple Health

Healthcare It News

The Verizon virtual care product BlueJeans Telehealth announced this past week that it had enabled integration with the Apple Health app with the aim of allowing patients to share data with clinicians during telemedicine visits. WHY IT MATTERS. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Telemedicine: What Slows Down the Healthcare of the Future

HIT Consultant

With the skyrocketing investment in virtual care, new legal regulations that expand the possibilities of remote healthcare, the telehealth industry is predicted to expand from $3 billion to $250 billion. Yet, many barriers are hampering telemedicine’s success. Main Obstacles the Telemedicine is Facing Today. Misdiagnoses.

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

Healthcare It News

At the time, Maimonides was not engaged in any telemedicine or other digital health initiatives. At that time, we had a department of three people, no virtual visit platform in place, and no experience training providers in telemedicine. THE PROBLEM. " Rob Cimino, Maimonides Medical Center. And then March came."

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The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare

Cloud Blogs

Overall, regulators have made clear their intention to eliminate barriers to interoperability and provide patients greater control of their healthcare. As payers, providers, and government regulators all work to standardize programs and processes to overcome these barriers, interoperability will play a growing role.

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC

Healthcare It News

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, faced several challenges in rolling out an effective telemedicine strategy, many of which were unrelated to COVID-19. There are numerous vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL. " MARKETPLACE.

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FTC, OCR send warning letter to hospitals about online tracking pixels

Healthcare It News

They go on to describe how integrated tools on hospital and telemedicine websites can not only send PHI information directly back, but third parties like Google and Meta/Facebook may continue to track and gather information about patients even after they navigate away. tracking technology vendors) includes PHI.

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