Digital Medicine Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/digital-medicine/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:24:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png Digital Medicine Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/digital-medicine/ 32 32 As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back https://ecsii.com/as-ai-nurses-reshape-hospital-care-human-nurses-are-pushing-back/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:24:49 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=5763 Reprinted: AP 3-16-2025 The next time you’re due for a medical exam you may get a call from someone like Ana: a friendly voice that can help you prepare for your appointment and answer any pressing questions you might have. With her calm, warm demeanor, Ana has been trained to put patients at ease — Read More

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]]> ‘AI doctor’ better at predicting patient outcomes, including death https://ecsii.com/ai-doctor-better-at-predicting-patient-outcomes-including-death/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 19:18:39 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4809 Reprinted: CNW, 7-7-2023 A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool has demonstrated the ability to read physicians’ notes and accurately anticipate patients’ risk of death, readmission to hospital, and other outcomes important to their care. As such, AI has proven itself useful in reading medical imaging and even shown it can pass doctors’ licensing exams. Designed Read More

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]]> Human Touch and Health Care Technology Work Best Together https://ecsii.com/human-touch-and-health-care-technology-work-best-together/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:46:08 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4797 Reprinted: Provider, 5/30/2023 Although popular at the beginning of the twentieth century, the practice of doctors making house calls largely ceased by the 1970s. But now, medical professionals are once again appearing in our living rooms for routine check-ups, outpatient care, and to answer pressing health concerns. This is the result of telehealth solutions: apps and secure Read More

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]]> Many people on Medicare lack internet access and digital literacy, and it’s harming their health. https://ecsii.com/many-people-on-medicare-lack-internet-access-and-digital-literacy-and-its-harming-their-health/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:42:58 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4775 Reprinted: Fortune Well, 6/2/2023 The world of health care has gone digital in many ways, from having telehealth appointments to receiving bloodwork results to messaging your doctor to comparing Medicare plans. But many people on Medicare lack digital health literacy and digital health access. The result for these Americans aged 65 and older due to this Read More

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]]> The Future of Healthcare: How Technology Is Changing the Industry https://ecsii.com/the-future-of-healthcare-how-technology-is-changing-the-industry/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:37:11 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4746 The healthcare industry is facing several challenges in adopting new technology, including privacy concerns and regulatory hurdles. However, there are also opportunities for technology to improve healthcare access, affordability, and patient outcomes. As technology continues to evolve, it will be important for healthcare providers to balance these challenges and opportunities to provide the best possible Read More

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]]> Telemedicine: Exploring the Next Frontier of Healthcare https://ecsii.com/telemedicine-exploring-the-next-frontier-of-healthcare/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:47:55 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4438 Digital healthcare has been a slowly growing area of healthcare since the dawn of the millennium. There had been clusters of virtual care services across the world, but the model had been largely resisted by healthcare providers who believed in the conventional model of healthcare. Then the pandemic struck and redefined the norm. In the Read More

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]]> Moving Health Care To Virtual Models Creates Legal Issues https://ecsii.com/moving-health-care-to-virtual-models-creates-legal-issues/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:49:41 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3817 The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the global health care system, highlighting both gaps in allocation and shortcomings in the delivery of care. Domestically, health care is more highly regulated at every level of government than any other industry, including the famed military-industrial complex that is primarily regulated at the federal level. However, the public health Read More

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]]> CES 2021: Enter the brave new world of digital healthcare boom https://ecsii.com/ces-2021-enter-the-brave-new-world-of-digital-healthcare-boom/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:36:53 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3609 Digital health care is in the spotlight at the tech industry’s big event this week amid a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of remote services, with a potentially lasting impact on medical delivery. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is being held online from 11-14 January, will showcase technology for remote patient visits, biosensors Read More

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]]> Is digital medicine a cure for the issues of health care cost, quality and access? https://ecsii.com/is-digital-medicine-a-cure-for-the-issues-of-health-care-cost-quality-and-access/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 22:12:08 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3592 Health care policy proposals tend to aim at three major goals: improving quality of care, enhancing access to care and containing health care cost. Many experts believe progress toward one of these goals requires a tradeoff, with sacrifices for the other goals. For example, providing access to health care for more people may only be Read More

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