Telehealth
Telehealth is the most visible piece of what might be called the approaching health services platforms revolution - Bruce Judson
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6 things to know about telehealth
Health care in the United States has never been easy, but with the coronavirus pandemic, a visit to the doctor’s office is just plain risky. That’s why this crisis has become a moment for telehealth, which connects patients to doctors through the internet. Although telehealth has been around for a few years, recent updates to regulations and a surge in demand has made it the easiest way to get many different types of medical care. And, because you don’t have to leave your house to see a doctor, telehealth is also the safest option right now.
Though it’s been a popular platform for therapy for some time, telehealth is an option for many kinds of health care. Urgent care centers are…
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Coronavirus Scare Gives Telehealth an Opening to Redefine Healthcare
With the coronavirus threatening to become a pandemic, health systems and telehealth vendors see this as an opportunity to bring connected health to the forefront - and reshape the future of healthcare.
Doctors and Patients Turn to Telemedicine in the Coronavirus Outbreak
The use of virtual visits climbs as a way of safely treating patients and containing spread of the infection at hospitals, clinics and medical offices.
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Millions have avoided in-person consultations in the past year and providers see ‘asynchronous’ care as the future of health.
How telehealth can get healthcare to more people
So if telehealth is such an obvious solution to the problem of healthcare access, why has it not been adopted as readily as the railroads were in the 1800s? There remain multiple barriers.
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Are the benefits of telehealth a myth?
Telehealth could ease the pressure on health services struggling with ageing populations. It sounds like a no-brainer. Don't force people with long-term health problems like diabetes or chronic lung disease to trek in to hospital for routine tests and repeat prescriptions - monitor their conditions remotely instead.
He's building virtual roads to wellness
Jamey Edwards is chief executive of Cloudbreak Health, a telemedicine company that connects doctors with patients and translators using a private broadband network.
How Telehealth Platforms Will Reshape U.S. Healthcare Delivery
Telehealth is far more than a new means of visiting the doctor. It’s the gateway to a new system of coordinated care platforms: Services that leverage the expertise of people with advances in technology. As these platforms become ever more sophisticated, while delivering better health outcomes at lower costs, they will fundamentally reshape the delivery of U.S. healthcare.
Making the case for mHealth, telehealth collaboration
Telehealth and mHealth supporters have long sought to stake a claim to different parts of the healthcare landscape. But proof is emerging that the lines are blurring, and that the future – and the success of both concepts – might lie in integration.
Mobile health faces a bumpy road in rural California
Adopting m-health would allow doctors to reach out through mobile phones and tablet apps to conduct examinations while such patients remain at home; track exercise, blood pressure or other metrics; send reminders to take a walk or take a pill; or deliver information to help manage chronic ailments. But spotty cellular networks in the southern Sierra create problems for people using mobile apps.
Using Phones to Connect Children to Health Care
Telemedicine has been much in the news as researchers investigate how technology can extend the reach of medical services, and a host of start-ups and app developers look for ways to incorporate medical care into our relationships with our devices. And so in pediatrics, there is discussion about the potential for making health part of that adolescent connectedness.
6 things to know about telehealth
Health care in the United States has never been easy, but with the coronavirus pandemic, a visit to the doctor’s office is just plain risky. That’s why this crisis has become a moment for telehealth, which connects patients to doctors through the internet.
Telehealth and Medicine Today
Telehealth and Medicine Today (TMT), is an open access online, international peer review journal where multidisciplinary thought leaders, practitioners, and future society stakeholders converge to address strategic, medical, technical, legal, policy, economic, and social aspects of a new health and technology sector.
Telemedicine and e-Health
Telemedicine and e-Health is the leading international peer-reviewed journal covering the full spectrum of advances and clinical applications of telemedicine and management of electronic health records. It places special emphasis on the outcome and impact of telemedicine on the quality, cost effectiveness, and access to healthcare.
California Telehealth Network
CTN is California’s leading agency focusing on increasing access to healthcare through the innovative use of technology which includes telehealth, telemedicine and health information exchange.
Curai Health
Remote healthcare designed around you. Get treatment for many common health issues without having to go to a doctor's office.
LiveHealth Online
LiveHealth Online offers doctor visits in minutes! See healthcare providers over video anytime 24/7 on your smartphone, tablet or computer.
Teladoc
Teladoc is the first and largest telehealth provider in the nation, founded in 2002.
Cloudbreak
Using technology, Cloudbreak brings doctors to patients, services to hospitals, and expertise to infrastructure, so we can solve some of our industry's biggest challenges.
Connected Health
We are engaging patients, providers and the connected health community to deliver quality care outside of traditional medical settings. Telehealth, remote care and disease management initiatives reflect the opportunities for technology-enabled care programs. Join us - share your thoughts, learn from others - help transform healthcare.
e-Telmed
e-Telmed, Inc. supplies a single source solution that incorporates all of the necessary components to successfully implement a telehealth program. All of the hardware, software, peripheral devices, customer support and legal advice are provided in a seamless package that allows ease of use and integration with any HL7 compliant infrastructure.
GlobalMed
GlobalMed, a privately held telemedicine company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the leader of telemedicine companies in telehealth hardware and software R&D, design, engineering, manufacture and support. Our team of telemedicine software developers and engineers work closely with scientific and medical professionals–from concept to application–to understand and translate unmet needs into next-generation integrated telemedicine tools that are unsurpassed in quality, affordability and flexibility.
Hello Health
Hello Health provides the Patient Management platform and the professional services that allow practitioners to build stronger patient relationships, automate their processes, increase revenue and take control of their practices.
MeMD
Our mission is to expand access to quality healthcare by delivering trusted Telehealth solutions.
PhoneDOCTORx
PhoneDOCTORx's strategic mission is to provide real-time telemedicine consultation directly to patients and their families in the setting of extended care facilities (ECFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and long-term care for non-emergent and emergent conditions.
Tidepool
We believe that the purpose of technology is to help people. We are giving diabetes data a place to live. We’re taking open source approaches that have been proven in areas from banking to search to security, and we’re applying the same principles to diabetes software. You’d think we’d be late to the party, but we’re the first ones here.
United Telehealth Services
Hub hospitals extend more effectively to remote facilities and patients. Spoke hospitals build stronger connections to expert consultations and opinions. Everyone receives a market edge.
US Tele-Medicine
In Telemedicine, there are no extra charges billed for brick and mortar operations. There are no distinctions between the type of care, no extra up-charges for staff, specialists or layers of administration. Telemedicine is a cogent, real-time solution that may be instituted tomorrow. Begin savings immediately and let us guide you through the new and evolutionary world of Telemedicine.
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