Category: Health IT

5 health systems expanding telehealth

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, Featured, telehealth
August 31, 2021

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Cerner in the headlines: 7 latest stories

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, EHRs, Featured
August 31, 2021

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Amwell closes $320M acquisitions of 2 digital health startups

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, Featured, telehealth
August 31, 2021

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From electric fish to smart device EHRs: the mind-blowing evolution of health care technology

By Afua Aning, MD in Health IT, KevinMD, Tech
August 31, 2021

Fun fact: The first recorded use of electric stimulation to ease pain was in … get ready … CE 46! That’s right, nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Roman writer Scribonius Largus described the use of torpedo fish, aquatic animals capable of electrica…

Telehealth’s Limits: Battle Over State Lines and Licensing Threatens Patients’ Options

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News in COVID-19, Doctors, Kaiser Health News, telemedicine, The Health Law
August 31, 2021

Televisits took off during the worst days of the pandemic, but states are now rolling back the temporary rules that facilitated them. That’s adding fuel to debates about states’ authority over medical licensing.