Google looks to break into virtual care with new partnership
Google is continuing its expansion into virtual care as it makes virtual care platform Pager available on Google Cloud Marketplace.
Recognizing the Many Benefits That Telemedicine Offers Assisted Living Residents
The use of telemedicine in senior care settings accelerated during the pandemic, and we’re still understanding the various benefits and ways that telemedicine can be used in senior care. From the findings of a new research study to the exciting ways that one senior care community is continuing to embrace telemedicine, it’s clear that this approach has lots to offer to the senior care industry.
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.