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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

In some parts of the world, such as Australia and Norway, “in-person at-home acute care has gained signification traction and has been offered in most hospitals for over 15 years,” the authors note. Hospitals are not logisticians (with apologies to the materials management folks working hard out there in health systems).

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Hospital at Home: Aligning Provider Needs with Patient Wishes

HIT Consultant

2020 saw three factors combine to define the future of “Hospital at Home” care in a way that will become a new care reality over the coming years. Patients became more reluctant and concerned about going to hospital s. Medical Economics. Growing Acceptance of Telemedicine by Patients. Changing Patient Attitudes.

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3 Ways to Get Started With AR and VR Technology in Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Jessica Rengstorf, Director of US Healthcare Strategy at Endava Augmented reality and virtual reality are innovative technologies that can provide tremendous benefits to the healthcare industry, bringing a deeper understanding of complex medical concepts to healthcare professionals and patients alike.

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

“Yes,” we concurred on our session convened by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE session today. We covered, The theory that telemedicine should increase health equity — where are we and what are the barriers to getting there? Understanding the health inequities borne by “telemedicine.

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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

The vast majority of doctors are using electronic health records, and four in ten have adopted telemedicine in their workflow. Personalized medicine and robotic surgery have been adopted by fewer than 1 in 5 doctors, with AI and virtual reality still nascent technologies in everyday practice.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. COVID-19 accelerated telemedicine adoption, the story goes, being accessed mainstream through major regions of China. hospitals’ four walls — which will be increasingly challenged in the coming days and weeks.

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Are Robots Coming to Healthcare? Consumers Say Not-So-Fast

Health Populi

There’s optimism for use of robotics in many consumer applications, such as education and STEM, household tasks, leisure and recreation, delivery, retail and hospitality. adults have positive views toward robotics in general, CTA found. However, peoples’ enthusiasm for robotics applied to healthcare and caregiving lags.