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GE Healthcare Launches First 5G Innovation Lab for Remote Care

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This high-speed connectivity has the potential to advance Point-of-Care services by pushing the boundaries of telehealth , remote health monitoring/diagnosis, real-time remote image processing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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UConn Health squares away CMS audit trail and more with digital health platform

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"Particularly for patients in rural areas, the digital care management approach is a proven conduit for improving access," he continued. "For example, it eliminates the time, expense and stress patients experience traveling to attend their pre-surgery class and in-person follow-up visits for joint replacement surgery."

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Swift Medical Secures $8M to Power AI-Driven Wound Care

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Their platform empowers over 20,000 clinical users to deliver standardized, accessible, and equitable care to patients through: – Advanced, high-precision imaging: Capturing detailed wound images for accurate assessment and monitoring.

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Digital Maturity Is Six Steps Away. How Close Is Your Healthcare Organization?

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With the rapid increase in telehealth appointments and remote care necessities, medical institutions faced the challenge of making several years’ worth of virtual enhancements in just a few months — if not sooner. Then, the pandemic shifted priorities and accelerated the progress of digital transformation by several years.

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Urgency-driven innovation in healthcare

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It was that digital alternatives were being adopted as viable solutions to meet increasing care demands. The classic example is the explosion in telemedicine, which was advanced by the need for remote care during lockdown. Physician acceptance of virtual and digital health mirrors the patient experience.

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Why Healthcare Innovation Needs Human-Centered Principles

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COVID-19 has no doubt been catastrophic, but let it also be the wake-up call we need to improve experiences for both patients and healthcare providers alike. The realities of COVID-19 forced the entire healthcare ecosystem to shift toward remote and virtual care, accelerating a trend that was already underway.

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CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

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"Through these efforts, we aim to create new insights into the drivers of health and disease to allow the discovery of innovative therapies and models of care, while also lowering the cost of care by avoiding diagnostic delays and therapeutic dead ends," said Kleinz of UPMC. " Patient access centers. " B.J.