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Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

Healthcare It News

Digitalisation in healthcare holds the promise of optimising processes and expanding access to care. In the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, individual healthcare providers offer their own patient portals. Will I lose the connection with my doctor? Time saved by opting for telemedicine over an in-person visit.

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53% of Doctors Face Negative Social Media Encounters

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Over half of doctors have had a negative encounter with another user, according to Software Advice’s Social Media for Doctors Survey. The survey finds that attracting new patients is the number one benefit to using social media, according to 66% of US practitioners.

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AR/VR in Healthcare: Why Collaboration is its Most Important Use

HIT Consultant

Healthcare practitioners are always looking for ways to use emerging technologies to transform their work, and today one of the top technologies available to revolutionize the healthcare space is Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR).

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Healthcare It News

With 15,000 team members, 3,000 providers and $3.1 billion in annual operating revenue, Memorial Healthcare System is one of the largest public health systems in the U.S. Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email him: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Speedoc to deliver home healthcare for Parkway Shenton

Healthcare It News

Tech-enabled home healthcare provider Speedoc has tied up with Parkway Shenton, the primary care arm of IHH Healthcare Singapore, to expand care options for patients. The company continues to seek collaborations with both private and public healthcare providers to expand its mobile home care model.

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Asking Your Healthcare Provider the Hard Questions

CDC

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, I never anticipated that going to the doctor for treatment of one life-threatening disease would result in getting another. Healthcare providers reused syringes during administration of my chemotherapy, which led to 99 people, including me, contracting hepatitis C. I wish I.

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Multilocation Healthcare Marketing: Minimum Daily Requirements

Healthcare Success

Do you want to position your healthcare products and services where your target audience actively seeks them? Focus on reputation-building digital marketing strategies to build healthcare consumer confidence in your providers, products, and services. This is especially true for healthcare organizations that rely on referrals.