Telemedicine News & Updates 3-7-2018
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from Teladoc, HelloMD, SOC Telemed, Honeywell, Joslin Diabetes Center, American Well, Avera Health, TeleHealth Services, and Healthwise.
Read MoreThe latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from Teladoc, HelloMD, SOC Telemed, Honeywell, Joslin Diabetes Center, American Well, Avera Health, TeleHealth Services, and Healthwise.
Read MoreNew research by the innovation consultancy Enspektos, LLC reveals how telemedicine is re-shaping the patient-physician relationship, as clinicians learn what it means to have a good “Webside manner.”
By Rebecca Hafner-Fogarty, MD – Virtual care holds enormous potential to transform the healthcare landscape. Since you are here, you most likely agree that virtual care (and telemedicine) can be of great benefit for patients, providers, and health systems.
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from Healthcare Analytics News. MedCity News, URAC, Becker’s Hospital Review, American Well and more.
By Bruce Judson – Are Healthcare Systems About to be Amazoned? Two decades ago, few people would have accepted the idea that the upstart online bookseller Amazon.com would ultimately undermine the profitability and survival of brick and mortar retail chains.
By Jon Pearce – When people ask me my Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) for Zipnosis, I reply: “To make the transactional cost of healthcare $0.00.” The looks I get range from quizzical to quizzical and concerned. After all, people are used to the current payment model.
By Kayla Matthews – Nowadays, everyone is connected through social media and smart devices like phones and tablets. Most people don’t tend to associate social media with the practice of medicine, but this widespread connectivity definitely lends itself to the practice of telemedicine.
By Lauren Cranford – Modern patient-care related technologies such as EHRs and health portals, telemedicine, and wearable devices have the potential to put patients in greater control of their health than ever before.
By D’Arcy Gue – The focus of federal efforts to incentivize healthcare IT adoption has primarily been on electronic health records (EHRs), which are oriented around hospitals and physician offices.