Millions of personal records unprotected in flawed telemedicine application software
QuickBlox, a software development framework used in telemedicine and finance, was found to have several critical security flaws, according to a joint study from computer and network security research firms Check Point Research and Claroty Team82 published July 12.
Telehealth linked to fewer in-person follow-up visits
Sixteen out of 24 specialties saw an in-person follow-up after an office visit more often than after a telehealth visit.
Telehealth largely drives fewer in-person follow-up visits, study shows
Telehealth largely drives fewer in-person follow-up visits, study shows By Frank Diamond Telehealth came into its own during the COVID-19 pandemic and even though there’s a push to have it play a bigger role in healthcare going forward just how big a role that should be remains to be seen. A white paper from Epic Research looks at how often a telehealth […]
Telehealth utilization falls nationally
Telehealth utilization decreased across all regions in April, decreasing nationally by 5.4 percent month over month, according to a July 6 news release from Fair Health.
New telehealth program offers women birth control prescriptions over the phone
Intermountain Health is giving adult women the chance to receive prescriptions for basic birth control through telehealth appointments.
Virtual Care Model Aims to Provide Clinical Support in Nursing Homes
A pilot study aimed to virtually apply a pre-existing in-person model to improve clinical support for the growing nursing home population.
How primary care physicians can harness apps for a new age of patient care
Caring for patients with autoimmune diseases is a team sport. Here’s a way for technology to tie your team together.
How Mayo, Mass General Brigham, Providence are using generative AI, virtual nursing
From generative artificial intelligence to virtual nursing, health systems have been investing a lot of resources in digital innovation. Here are 24 projects Becker’s has reported on in the past month.
AI, licensing and remote prescribing among key issues facing telepsychiatry
Geoffrey Boyce, CEO and cofounder of Array Behavioral Care, spells out some of the biggest challenges to virtual mental healthcare – and offers some solutions.
AI in medical care: A map for clinical practice and patient protection
Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen an exponential increase in the already rising interest within the medical field since the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022.