New Apps for House Calls
You could call it a “tipping point.” A recent study by the Affiliated Workers Association found that more than 36 million Americans have already used telemedicine in some fashion. And now a tech...
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In sci-fi movies, people infected with intergalactic viruses are usually treated by contagion-free robots. In similar fashion, technology is playing a role in the battle to prevent the spread of...
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Retooling Primary Care
For decades, the entry point in healthcare was the primary care physician’s office. That’s changing rapidly as retailers like Walgreens and Walmart ramp up their efforts. The first wave of retail...
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Mixed Signals In Texas
The Texas Two-Step is a popular dance, but when it comes to telehealth, Texans are taking one step forward, one step back. Let’s start with the backward step: last month the Texas Medical Board voted...
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New Mission For CMIOs
The Advisory Board recently released a report on the changing roles and responsibilities of Chief Medical Information Officers – and it predicted that these folks will play a vital role in the rollout...
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“Discharge” Is An Illusion
Health systems and regulatory agencies compile mountains of hospital discharge data – and too often they consider a discharge to be a one-and-done event worthy of a marching band. But some health...
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The DigiPsych Revolution
The term “telepsychiatry” makes you think of those days when a movie star filming in New York would call a Beverly Hills shrink for a long-distance session. Today, a land-line telephone is seldom used...
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Oasis In The Desert
In a recent MarketWatch report, Phil Miller, from the physician search firm Merritt Hawkins, said that 65 million people in the U.S. live in what’s “essentially a primary care desert.” According to the...
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Telehealth Lessons from Space
Providing telehealth services to the International Space Station, 250 miles above the earth, circling the globe every 90 minutes, is about as “remote” as it can get –. That’s why the World Health...
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Telehealth Enterprise Evolution
The 10th InTouch Telehealth Innovation Forum was a showcase for many health systems that are moving beyond telestroke to an enterprise vision for virtual health. That was the primary focus of a...
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