Telehealth

Through the UVA Center for Telehealth, the organization will also develop training courses for healthcare providers that help them identify and treat chronic diseases.

With an evolving healthcare tech environment and changing consumer needs, Australia has to rethink the way it approaches telehealth and remote care, a major healthcare conference has heard.

The market size of blockchain technology in healthcare is set to grow from US$6.

A chat with Apple VP of Health Dr. Sumbul Desai.

A backlogged queue of eye center patients, most for diabetic screenings, dropped from 14,000 to 3,000 within a year of implementation of the technology.

The tablets pair with disease specific Bluetooth biometric devices, allowing patients to take their blood pressure, weight and heart rate.

NBN Co needs to do more in the delivery of broadband services to the bush, especially as broadband shortfalls still massively limit the care rural patients receive, according to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia CEO Dr Martin Laverty.

Australian homes currently have an average of 17 connected devices, including smartphones, tablets, watches, TVs, wearable devices and even connected fridges.

American Well is integrating with Netsmart’s EHR, Resideo Technologies is refreshing its platform, Yorktel is moving into acute care and SOC Telemed was selected by 45-hospital Prime Healthcare.

Faxes have been used to send documents over phone lines since the mid ‘60s, and while many medical practices have changed since then, the fax continues on with many health systems still depending heavily on the technology.