Caregivers need better access to dementia patients’ online portals, researchers say
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Aaron Dorman
Aug 07, 2023
One way to improve dementia patient care could be to increase the practice of shared-access or proxy accounts, researchers say.
Post-pandemic telehealth funding now focused on specific ‘mega-deals,’ data shows
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 14, 2023
Investment in digital health technology has shifted since the pandemic, from broad funding to a focus on specific opportunities, according to new market analyses.
Telehealth may not be as thrifty as many think, researchers find
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 13, 2023
While expanding virtual health options offers a number of benefits to patients and providers, the assumption that telehealth will universally lower costs may be overstated, experts caution.
Follow-up telehealth visits rare, new study shows, as Congress follows up on telehealth expansion in...
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 11, 2023
Patients are less likely to schedule a follow-up to a telehealth visit than in-person, a newly updated study shows.
Digital health summit recognizes ‘breakthrough’ winners for key innovations
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 11, 2023
Recent winners of HITLAB’s Innovators Challenge include a virtual care program for chronic inflammation and a dance-pairing startup.
60 Senators support bipartisan telehealth access bill
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Aaron Dorman
Jun 23, 2023
Sixty Senators, including six bipartisan sponsors, reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies Act (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023.