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By Kat Jercich | 03:53 pm | September 22, 2020
Amazon Care allows employees and dependents to access care virtually via video call or messaging.
By Kat Jercich | 02:08 pm | September 22, 2020
The telehealth vendor demanded that Amwell stop selling, importing or using the products in question.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:42 pm | September 22, 2020
The Kirklin Clinic of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which sees 50,000 patients a year, went from a not-so-helpful Excel sheet to efficient, IT-driven processes.
By Tammy Lovell | 05:28 am | September 22, 2020
The Hospital Future Act aims to modernise the country’s hospital system.
By Dean Koh | 04:15 am | September 22, 2020
SwabBot is a self-administered robot which allows individuals being swabbed to activate and terminate the swabbing process at will.
By Kat Jercich | 05:36 pm | September 21, 2020
The data is said to include patient information release forms, driver's license copies and Social Security numbers, as first reported by BleepingComputer.
By Kat Jercich | 04:03 pm | September 21, 2020
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found some patients' EHRs did not show a referral for genetic risk evaluations, although they met the national guidelines for one.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:21 pm | September 21, 2020
The first in a new feature story series on burnout in healthcare during the COVID-19 crisis, this personal essay shows how healthcare consumers – just like clinicians, CIOs, vendor employees and others – are being worn down by the demands of distance and disruption, but also being helped by technology.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:49 pm | September 21, 2020
From March through August, the community hospital and its clinics have conducted 6,929 video visits and 11,401 telephone visits through its new telemedicine platform.
By Kat Jercich | 11:44 am | September 21, 2020
In a HIMSS Learning Center presentation, Mayo Clinic oncologists Dr. Tufia Haddad and Dr. Nadia Laack will share their perspectives about the potential for AI to accelerate clinical research and improve care.