By Mike Brandofino – This month, the American Telemedicine Association annual conference highlighted major progress in telehealth use cases beyond virtual appointments to support emerging care models such as hybrid care – further solidifying a future of healthcare that is engaging for both providers and patients and outcome-oriented for all.
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By Darius Tahir – If someone’s heart skips a beat, tech companies want to let them know about it. Gadget firms — starting with Apple and now Fitbit, which is owned by Google — are selling wearable devices that check heartbeat rhythms and alert users when something is out of sync.
By Tom James – You don’t need another story urging you to “get to the cloud.” That’s old news for healthcare executives, who’ve long understood the necessity of rebooting the way their organizations operate in the digital era.
By Rose Watson – The ICU wing of your hospital only has 50% of its nursing staff, but all the beds are full. Downstairs, a full waiting room. Statistically, some most likely have COVID-19. Nurses are leaving, there are fewer new graduates, how do we break the cycle.
By Allan Max – Technology is helping health care practices in multiple ways. Telemedicine is one such aspect. Since the rise in Covid-19 cases in the US, more and more patients started opting for telemedicine. Even now, it is widely opted by a variety of patients.
By Gary Hamilton – The mass resignation of health care workers has left providers searching for answers. Employment in the industry is down by nearly 300,000 since February of 2020. This is not for lack of effort in maintaining the course; these are workers who often feel burdened to the point their only option is to exit.
By Rand O’Leary – The pandemic has changed many things about our culture and daily life. Even with a likely shift to an endemic state and more “normal” days ahead, many things have changed in the past two years that will not change back to how they were.
By Elizabeth Burstein – COVID-19 pushed telehealth into the forefront of our healthcare ecosystem. With in-person physician appointments either ill-advised or not possible, providers and patients had to pivot from the common practice of in-person physician visits to online video visits.
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