Posts tagged “Telemedicine”

Healthcare services are, increasingly, being delivered in less resource-intensive settings.

The Downstreaming of Health Care

An increasing number of healthcare services in the U.S. are being delivered in less resource-intensive settings: from hospitals to freestanding surgery and imaging centers, from long term care facilities to patients’ homes, and from physicians’ offices to computer screens. However, this trend also threatens bricks-and-mortar facilities built to meet the traditional, resource-intensive approach. What is behind this trend and what will it mean?

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Telemedicine Holds Promise of Lower Costs and Better Outcomes

Telemedicine: Poised for Takeoff or Frustration?

In an age when technology disrupts one industry after another, it may be helpful to spend some time thinking about technology and healthcare. Specifically, let’s focus on telemedicine – including telehealth (using electronic communication media to provide clinical services) and remote patient monitoring (using technology to monitor patients with certain chronic conditions). Telemedicine holds great […]

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