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Despite professing high trust that their personal data is secure, too many Americans of all ages are failing to follow basic cyber hygiene practices, says the National Cyber Security Alliance.
Without the new telemedicine platform, linked to its Epic EHR and language translation service, the health system would not have been able to meet patient needs.
The aim is to use the technology to track daily patient data and “plan interventional strategies in real-time to avoid complications of the disease,” according to findings from the Future Economy Lab workshop.
US-based diabetes software app, Glooko has announced a partnership with the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) / Diabetes Technology Network (DTN), to launch an online medical education programme for clinicians who treat people with diabetes in the UK.
Software company Genpact UK has been paid £1.5m for an AI tool that will be used to process the adverse reactions of the COVID-19 vaccines.
The integration of PainChek results into the Medi-map platform will further enhance the seamless delivery of care.
HealthTree founder Jenny Ahlstrom, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma a decade ago, said policy changes that have facilitated access to virtual care should remain permanent.
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The COVID-19 crisis has led to major leaps forward for telehealth, decision support and more, says Hal Wolf – but big work remains on interoperability, patient ID, social determinants and other building blocks of population health.
Clinical decision support and hospital resource-management are particularly important as patient numbers begin to increase again, two new JAMA studies show.
Northwest Medical Specialties’ palliative care consults nearly doubled. Hospice referrals increased twelvefold. The integration of palliative care with advanced cancer helped the practice reach quality benchmarks.