Healthcare technology continues to be a hot topic of conversation, as the world that we’ve long visualized gets closer to being our reality. It’s changing how healthcare providers diagnose, treat, manage and monitor. Health tech has the potential to save lives, improve quality of life, and completely redirect the downward trajectory of hard to manage… Read more »
It’s no secret that healthcare costs continue to rise year after year. As a result, patients are having more difficulty accessing traditional physician’s services. The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently reported some surprising healthcare statistics. Over 76 percent of patients place more value on access to health care than on having in-person interactions with their… Read more »
Not everyone has access to good healthcare.Telemedicine increasingly serves as the bridge across the access gap, providing service solutions in a wide variety of specialties, and in unexpected ways. Telehealth practitioners provide clinical services to patients by making use of electronic communications, specifically common voice and video technology. Services might occur via teleconferencing, image sharing, or… Read more »
As a healthcare professional, it’s likely that you’ve heard of telemedicine. If not, it’s basically a way for doctors and patients to communicate using certain tech devices. You might ask why this is important, and that’s what we’re here to tell you. There are many reasons for you to begin using this special medical care… Read more »
Electronic medical records (frequently abbreviated to EMR) are traditional medical records that have been converted from paper to digital format. Although the conversion can be a time-intensive process, it’s definitely worth it. Once records are digitized through EMR integration, they can be accessed more quickly. Doctors, nurses, and other staff will spend less time on paperwork… Read more »
It is amazing how technology intertwines with the health sector. Just a few years ago, nobody could predict how the development of technology would drive health care innovation. Now we see that nearly everything in the health care industry derives from these transformations. Health informatics, for example, has had a significant impact on the management, handling, and… Read more »
Without a doubt, telemedicine is changing the healthcare sector for the better. Patients are becoming increasingly open to the idea with each passing day. This increase can be attributed to the fact that telemedicine provides more accessible and more convenient healthcare. Healthcare providers are also enjoying the fruits of this technological advancement by having fewer… Read more »
Advances in technology are making all aspects of our lives more convenient and easy to manage. This certainly is true in the field of health services. Medical practice has evolved so much in recent years that it is now possible to obtain a diagnosis from a qualified doctor without meeting face to face. There is… Read more »
Telemedicine has come a long way since its invention in the 1960s where it was first used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to monitor the physiological parameters of astronauts in space. Today, it uses telecommunication technologies such as teleconferencing and mobile technology to improve and provide healthcare to remote patients. Doctors connect to… Read more »
You might have read the title and wondered what is MACRA? MACRA is an abbreviation of The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, which means, most importantly, that is a law which establishes new ways for physicians to be paid when caring for Medicare beneficiaries. This however is not the only reason for… Read more »