Search Tag: virtual care

IT Management

Cloud-dx-appoints-new-board-member

2022 15 Nov

Neil Fraser, outgoing President of Medtronic Canada joins the board. Cloud DX  Inc, a leading Canadian provider of virtual care and remote patient monitoring solutions announced the appointment of Neil Fraser to the board as an independent director. Mr. Fraser retired in July 2022 from his role as President of Medtronic Canada, a subsidiary...Read more

Executive Health Management

Amazon-to-buy-one-medical

2022 22 Jul

Amazon and One Medical have announced that they have entered into a merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire One Medical.  One Medical was founded in 2007. It is a human-centred, technology-powered primary care organisation committed to making quality care more affordable and accessible for patients through a combination of in-person, digital...Read more

IT Management

Lg-electronics-and-amwell-partner-on-digital-health-innovations

2022 10 Mar

Companies to Jointly Develop Digital Care Solutions to Enhance Patient Care Global innovator LG Electronics and telehealth leader Amwell® have joined forces to expand the boundaries of virtual care. By combining LG’s broad innovation portfolio with Amwell’s deep digital health care experience, the two companies plan to jointly develop new device-based...Read more

IT Management

Integra-community-care-network-partners-with-biofourmis-to-deliver-personalized-care-at-home

2021 14 Oct

Care New England to continuously monitor patients across a variety of conditions with Biofourmis’ proven technology, offering predictive insight to Integra clinicians B iofourmis , a Boston-based global leader in digital therapeutics and virtual care that powers personalized predictive care, announced a partnership with Integra Community Care...Read more

IT Management

Covid-19-remote-monitoring-how-safe-is-it

2021 03 Apr

A new study from the University of Toronto presents the results of implementing a multidisciplinary, family medicine-led remote monitoring programme for outpatients with COVID-19.   You might also like: A new report shows the growing adoption levels for certain categories of digital health tools and populations, and looks into the matters...Read more

IT Management

Focal-points-of-mastering-telemedicine

2021 29 Mar

With telehealth seeing a boost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and expected to continue to grow in the future, what do healthcare professionals need to know to successfully work with this format?   You might also like: A new report shows the growing adoption levels for certain categories of digital health tools and populations, and...Read more

IT Management

Covid-19-and-telehealth

2021 27 Mar

A massive cohort study of over 36 million U.S. patients looks into how ambulatory care patterns changed considering the rise in virtual care in the first months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.   You might also like: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated growth in the use of telemedicine but there are differences...Read more

Health Management

The-importance-of-technology-and-novel-solutions-in-healthcare

2021 19 Mar

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm. In particular, the crisis has revealed different aspects of healthcare that need to change and improve. HealthManagement.org spoke to Sourabh Pagaria, Head of the Southern European business of Siemens Healthineers. He is also a thought leader on how Data, Artificial Intelligence and joint public-private...Read more

IT Management

Pandemic-and-digital-health-growth-gaps-and-challenges

2021 05 Mar

A new report shows the growing adoption levels for certain categories of digital health tools and populations, and looks into the matters of patient data sharing, including the COVID-19 data.   You might also like: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated growth in the use of telemedicine, but not in all populations. Learn more...Read more

IT Management

Enisa-procurement-recommendations-on-cybersecurity

2021 25 Feb

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services, products and infrastructure, identifying relevant threats and risks and mapping good practices.   You might also like: ENISA director, Juhan Lepassaar, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has made...Read more

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Enisa-procurement-recommendations-on-cybersecurity

2021 25 Feb

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services, products and infrastructure, identifying relevant threats and risks and mapping good practices.   You might also like: ENISA director, Juhan Lepassaar, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has made...Read more

IT Management

Pandemic-driven-uptake-of-virtual-care-in-canada

2021 11 Feb

A team of Canadian researchers analysed the shift from office to virtual care early on in the COVID-19 pandemic and identified the degree of change in various patient populations.   You might also like: Not Everyone Is Ready for Telehealth   The pandemic has caused significant changes in how care is delivered, and a turn to telemedicine...Read more

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Sociodemographic-differences-in-virtual-care-adoption

2020 08 Dec

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated growth in the use of telemedicine, which helps curb the further spread of the virus. However, as shown in a new U.S. study (Gilson et al. 2020), there are differences in how patients use virtual visits (telephone vs. video) based on sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, race, digital literacy and insurance....Read more

Executive Health Management

Virtual-ward-care-does-not-prevent-readmissions

2014 30 Sep

A study was conducted with patients at high risk of hospital readmission or death after hospital discharge, which used a virtual ward model of care. The findings showed that there was no significant reduction in the rate of readmission or death up to a year following the discharge of the patient. Readmissions are common and can be very costly...Read more