Among the many changes the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has wrought, the new prominence of telehealth – healthcare delivered remotely, with provider and patient in different locations – has captured many imaginations. Has this changed the face of healthcare forever? Will visits to doctors’ offic...
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"Telehealth in cancer care isn't simply a byproduct of the pandemic response. Patients desire this type of care, and it has become an integral part of patient-centeredcancercare that continues to evolve," says Dr. Pritchett. "I think a big takeaway from this work is going to be how we...
The telehealth industry was already changing dramatically due to COVID-19. To help telehealth services become more widely available, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma relaxed HIPAA restrictions that had previously limited telemedicine as a patient care option. The deregu...
We conducted a narrative review examining the impact of telehealth on obstetric care. Two broad types of telehealth are used in antenatal care. The first is real-time telehealth, where consultations are done virtually instead of face-to-face. The second is remote monitoring, where in-clinic phys...
Patient-reported vitals Understand crucial context of changes in the patient’s condition and health status to make on-demand updates to the patient’s care plan. Questionnaires Understand the patient’s lifestyle, condition, and other factors contributing to their health to support clinical decision...
While prior studies have shown that provider participation in ECHO has promising impacts on patient care, the evidence is largely limited to case andobservational studies. In this study, Becevic and her fellow researchers analyzed the opioid prescribing patterns of pain management ECHO participants. ...
The pre-emptive medical care includes remote patient monitoring and transmitting 17 different health parameters from the paired (Zigbee) medical devices. It measures critical health parameters such as the heart rate, skin temperature, body weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar. The data is ...
We conducted a narrative review examining the impact of telehealth on obstetric care. Two broad types of telehealth are used in antenatal care. The first is real-time telehealth, where consultations are done virtually instead of face-to-face. The second is remote monitoring, where in-clinic phys...
By delivering quality care with on-demand convenience, telehealth initiatives such as Mercy Virtual transform the role of patient into that of healthcare consumer. “We know that if patients are going to rely on remote monitoring, we have to make it as easy as possible for people,” says Mon...