Before the pandemic struck, Iceland was lagging behind in digital healthcare, according to Runolfur Palsson, director of internal medicine and
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Population Health
Roundup: Pain and dementia tech launches in the UK, N Ireland COVID-19 app reaches 250K downloads and more briefs
PAIN AND DEMENTIA TECH LAUNCHES IN THE UK PainChek has launched a new facial analysis technology in the UK which
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Online scheduling portals promote care continuity – but may widen gaps in access
Online patient portals are an increasingly popular way for health systems to allow appointment scheduling, with many major electronic health
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Adventist Health partners with Synchronous to provide AI-driven behavioral telehealth
Adventist Health, a Sacramento area faith-based health system, announced this week that it was partnering with the artificial intelligence-driven behavioral
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At ONC Tech Forum, Rucker touts value of HIEs in COVID-19 response
In his opening discussion Monday at the ONC Tech Forum, which continues all day Tuesday, National Coordinator for Health IT
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OIG report: VA facing barriers to fully implementing HIE methods
The Office of Inspector General released a report this past week evaluating how Veterans Affairs facilities are using health information
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RPM market will double in next five years, predict stakeholders
In March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released new guidance regarding remote patient monitoring. For the duration of
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Lessons from SARS
Hospital outbreaks of SarsCoV2 are considered important ‘milestones’ on the road from an unpleasant but manageable regional SarsCoV2 outbreak, to
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Digital Maturity: An Ecosystem Perspective
Summarizing one of the key questions from the examples of how technology is being used to support healthcare systems in
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White House to hospitals: Bypass CDC, report COVID-19 data directly to HHS
The Trump administration has directed hospitals to stop reporting COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National
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