DirectTrust announced this week that there were 719 million Direct Secure Messages sent and received this past year, bringing the total number of transactions since the nonprofit began tracking them in 2014 – up past 2.1 billion at the end…
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Temple uses $1M of FCC telehealth funding for virtual care platform, tablets and more
Located in the heart of North Philadelphia, Temple University Hospital serves one of the nation’s most economically challenged and diverse urban populations. More than 85% of the patients served by Temple are covered by government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid….
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'Focus on the patient and the rest will follow'
Stakeholders at the Evening Keynote virtual session, ‘From Volume to Value – A Paradigm Shift’, at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference, agreed that striving for quality requires a fundamental shift to value-based care. The session moderator, Jens…
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Lyft to integrate with Epic, enabling ride scheduling within EHR workflow
Ride-sharing app Lyft announced Thursday that it would be integrating with Epic to allow healthcare staff to schedule rides for patients directly from their electronic health record. According to the company, Lyft for Epic can help providers schedule rides directly…
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Amazon security tool can help automate risk management readiness
Healthcare is no stranger to security frameworks the can help provider organizations get their arms around sprawling and detailed infosec challenges through concrete checklists and sets of best practices. They’re hugely helpful, even if far too few providers make use…
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Symptom checker at Royal Marsden Hospital reduces COVID infection risk for cancer patients
When the pandemic struck, tech-savvy oncologists at the Royal Marsden Hospital (RMH), which specialises in cancer treatment, wanted to develop a new system to protect cancer patients from COVID-19 exposure. The oncologists asked their CIO, Lisa Emery, to help them…
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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal
Telehealth has been around for a long time, but only recently has it gained the critical mass that most have long expected. “It’s the overnight success story that was 30 years in the making,” said Atrium Health Chief Strategy Officer…
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Dubai Health Authority first in UAE to integrate UpToDate CDS resource
The United Arab Emirates’ Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has become the first healthcare authority in the country to integrate Wolters Kluwer’s clinical decision support (CDS) resource, UpToDate with an electronic medical record (EMR), it has been announced. In a statement…
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Telehealth after dark: health systems can relieve clinician workload through nighttime virtual care
Smaller critical care hospitals may not have the patient volume to justify having a full-time physician for the night hours. This, said panelists during a recent HIMSS20 Digital presentation, can mean facilities leverage their daytime doctors for the job –…
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Tech optimization: Getting the most out of telehealth
With the sudden easing of restrictions by the government and equally sudden reimbursement from payers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s very clear telemedicine has never been more used or more vital. Hospitals and health systems have gone from…
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