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Covid Clinic Expands Its Services to Offer Treatment Options, Telemedicine Consultations & Prescription Access

HIT Consultant

. – In partnership with Driven Care, patients will now be able to easily access treatment options, including antiviral prescription services and consultations, through its newly launched telemedicine services. Why It Matters.

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Digiceuticals: Driving Growth Through Digital Health Services

HIT Consultant

Subhro Mallik, SVP & Head of Life Sciences at Infosys. There was tremendous interest in telemedicine before 2020. For instance, digital-first healthcare aggregators had been testing programs for telemedicine but, since 2020, the demand for telehealth services has exploded across the globe.

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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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Location, Location, Location – Understanding Health Consumers’ Evolving Definition of Convenience

Health Populi

Patients most frequently make visits for primary or preventive care, followed by seeing a specialist, and seeking urgent care, the first bar chart illustrates. In the last year, 42% of U.S. adults had a telehealth visit, down from 45% the year before. Initial consultations via telehealth were flat for around 1 in 4 people each year.

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Urgency-driven innovation in healthcare

Healthcare It News

” “Transformation was slower than many would have liked,” agreed Ryan Hodgin, CTO, Global Healthcare and Life Sciences, IBM. The classic example is the explosion in telemedicine, which was advanced by the need for remote care during lockdown. “Digital reinvention wasn’t being implemented wholesale.”

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The Impact of India’s New Privacy Law on Healthcare

Triage Health Law

billion, healthcare and associated sectors such as life sciences and insurance are key elements both of India’s economy and of the central government’s social policy agenda. The illustration used to demonstrate the limits of consent relates directly to healthcare: “X, an individual, downloads Y, a telemedicine app.

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The Growing Pet Economy – What It Means for Human Health, Well-Being, and Healthcare Costs

Health Populi

Now consider Walmart’s announcement this week that the company would offer pet telehealth collaborating with Pawp, a veterinary telemedicine provider, in an effort to expand its value-bundle of omni-channel things consumers appreciate — competitively positioning it against Amazon Prime subscription.