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Tag Archives: telehealth
The More the Merrier – Group Doctor Appointments On the Rise
The benefit of telemedicine to stay in better touch with your doctor is a stark contrast to what many doctors and health care systems have been doing in recent years, holding appointments with groups of patients, sometimes up to a … Continue reading
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Tagged appointment, doctor, group, patient, physician, telehealth, telemedicine
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115 Health IT Trends All in One Place
Whether you call it, mHealth or Telehealth, there is a field of medicine that is rapidly emerging to bring doctors and patients closer together through the use of technology. Such a large body of study with so many facets, many … Continue reading
Premature Babies to Get Telemedicine Help
UC San Diego Telemedicine partners with Tri-City Medical Center NICU A new telemedicine program connecting neonatal specialists from UCSD Medical Center and Tri-City Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) will allow experts to collaborate, diagnose and treat some of … Continue reading
Treating Depression over the Telephone
People suffering from depression can be treated over their telephone, a recent study shows. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine offered 18 weeks of cognitive behavioral therapy, a kind of talk therapy, to more than 300 patients with major depression. … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, health, healthit, IT, telecare, telehealth, telemedicine, telephone
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Telemedicine Use by Employers Rising in New Study
As employers look for ways to reduce health care costs and absenteeism while increasing worker productivity, and as consumers become more adept at videoconferencing, workplace telehealth services are poised to become mainstream. More companies are pursing telemedicine, according to a … Continue reading
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Tagged case, doctor, employee, employer, health, mercer, mhealth, physician, study, telecare, telehealth, telemedicine, virtual
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Can Twitter and social media track flu epidemics and other health issues?
With people tweeting hundreds of millions of times a day, Twitter has a constant stream of information about their daily activities, their hopes, dreams and complaints about their health. For epidemiologists and public health officials, it’s a potential gold mine of … Continue reading
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Tagged data, epidemic, flu, health, influenze, IT, media, public, social, telehealth, telemedicine, twitter
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Opinion: Cut the Red Tape Around Telehealth
In this country, we spend $3 trillion a year on health care — almost 20 percent of gross domestic product with such costs rising at more than 5 percent a year. At the same time, the state of Americans’ health … Continue reading
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Tagged e-medicine, policy, red, tape, telecare, telehealth, telemedicine
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Six Ways Wellness Makes Sense for Small Business
Telemedicine isn’t the only way small businesses are tackling health care. Wellness programs are a rapidly growing field of preventative medicine in the business world. More than 81% of American businesses with 50 or more employees have some form of … Continue reading
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Tagged business, care, employee, health, package, plan, program, telehealth, telemedicine, wellness, worker, workforce, workplace
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Why Telecare Is Finally Ready to Take Off
For decades, telemedicine has long been associated with patients who are far, far away: Native Americans in Alaska, workers on oil rigs, scientists in Antarctica or astronauts in space. Numerous roadblocks—chief among them reimbursement, physician licensure, clinical workflows, infrastructure costs … Continue reading
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Tagged ehealth, mhealth, telecare, telehealth, telemedicine
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Telemedicine Working Wonders for Arthritis Patients
Millions suffering from arthritis can benefit from the use of telemedicine, staying better connected with their physician and undergoing routine checkups over the telephone and Internet. It relieves stress on patients and family members making regular visits to the hospital … Continue reading
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Tagged arthritis, mhealth, osteopathic, osteopathy, telecare, telehealth, telemedicine
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