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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

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WHY IT MATTERS To identify common facilitators and barriers to telehealth implementation, researchers evaluated practice leaders' perspectives on 32 aspects of telemedicine in their practices, according to a new report published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

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Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

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The boost the pandemic gave telemedicine into the mainstream cannot be understated. Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic. Defaulting to in-person visits takes up a lot more time and money for both patients and doctors.

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Antidote Health debuts telemedicine-based mental health clinic

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The telemedicine company contends this approach is twice as effective as traditional care. With our digital user experience, patients will be able to access the clinic and attend appointments with our practitioners and doctors from anywhere at any time." Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Does ChatGPT really outshine doctors? Or just on social media?

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A team of licensed healthcare professionals compared physicians' and the chatbot’s responses to patients’ questions asked publicly on the social media forum Reddit’s r/AskDocs in October 2022, but were summarily won over by the answers to the questions entered into ChatGPT in late December.

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The future of the waiting room, and how telemedicine and mobile health could change it

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, patients often had to wait for hours in hospital and doctor's office waiting rooms. Healthcare IT News interviewed Berg to gain some of his telehealth and mobile health expertise. All of those pages and pages of forms you get at a doctor's office?

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Building A Telemedicine Company – Challenges and Best Practices

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CEO and co-founder of Happy Head In the last few years, the healthcare industry has witnessed an explosion in both popularity and profits in a new sector of business. Thanks to the conditions brought about by the pandemic, telemedicine is now an increasingly popular format for diagnosing and treating a variety of conditions.

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Why telemedicine must play a central role in solving the specialist shortage

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Specialty care is where the cost and complexity lives in healthcare. healthcare system, taking a toll on their physical and mental health, creating redundancy, and driving exorbitant costs. Create quality healthcare experiences with specialists. What is the state of specialty care in the United States today?