Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services, announcing Wednesday that it will be offering its Amazon Care telemedicine program to employers nationwide. Currently available to the company's employees in Washington state, Amazon Care is an app that connects … [Read more...]
CES 2021: Enter the brave new world of digital healthcare boom
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 and a range of other gadgetry that can … [Read more...]
Telemedicine may be the new normal in a post-coronavirus world. Here’s how it works in six common specialties
[Reprinted: Medical Xpress, 6-16-2020] The new coronavirus pandemic has necessitated the embrace of virtual medicine regardless of how ready patients, doctors, nurses and health care systems were for the shift. Now that telehealth has been quickly rolled out across the nation and patients and clinicians have found the experience useful, it is unlikely that virtual doctor visits, in all its … [Read more...]
Telehealth and clinical decision support: ideal synergy for patient-clinician engagement
[Reprinted: Healthcare IT News, 9-10-2020] Pairing telehealth and clinical decision support could be a true game-changer, enabling patients and clinicians to make decisions together along the care continuum of complex diseases. In the months and years to come, as we reflect on all that has changed in our lives due to the pandemic, patient engagement and telehealth will be among top subjects … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care in Jamaica in a post-COVID-19 world (Part 2)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 8-30-2020] Previously in Part 1, the authors explored the historicity of inequity in health care access in Jamaica resulting in poorer segments of the society often lacking access to optimal health care services. We believe that we have a unique opportunity to find creative solutions that will take advantage of the capacity within the entire health care ecosystem to … [Read more...]