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Survey: 1 in 3 patients comfortable with AI-led primary care

Healthcare It News

Every new technology that has emerged, from robotic-led procedures to telemedicine, has been more accepted over time. Health systems and facilities overall adopting AI, rather than uptake being dependent on individual providers, is a pathway to making AI use in patient care more mainstream.

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Learning from Financial Fraud Detection to Tackle Opioid Abuse Amid COVID-19

HIT Consultant

At the same time, the Drug Enforcement Administration has loosened prescribing restrictions, including waiving the requirement for in-person visits and allowing clinicians to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine alone. Managing opioid use with AI technology is only the tip of the iceberg in the sea of medication safety.

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At CommonSpirit Health, telebehavioral care decreases length of stay, cuts costs

Healthcare It News

This led the health system to add telebehavioral health services in its hospitals to both increase access to behavioral health professionals and meet standards of care recommended by the Joint Commission. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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The Reality & Challenges of Nursing With Jim Cagliostro (Part 1)| Episode 47

Vie Healthcare

And then you think now that’s historically over a last long while, but even over the last two years, you look at how telemedicine and mobile health has increased. This is a patient safety issue. This is a quality of care issue, things like that. . I’d say having nurses in leadership.

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