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To optimize treatment, physicians should integrate remote visualization solutions into their telemedicine practices, writes Stephen Wheat, director of HPC Pursuits at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, in an op-ed for HPC Wire.
One-third of women and one-sixth of men in the U.S. experience at least one incident of sexual violence during their lifetime, according to an April 2017 report out of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. These victims…
The Department of Veterans Affairs Midwest Health Care Network will share its remote intensive care unit capabilities with the Air Force Medical Operations Agency.
Concierge Telemedicine unveiled a tiered plan for employers, which offers telemedicine services to all employees and dependents.
Almost 30 percent of providers have implemented some sort of telehealth program in their clinical operation, according to mHealthWatch.
Calhoun, Ga.-based Gordon Hospital — a member of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System — launched remote monitoring services in its intensive care unit, according to Coosa Valley News.
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest University's online master of studies in law degree and certificate program will launch a telemedicine course in August.
Westborough, Massachusetts-based EMR provider eClinicalWorks has added telehealth capabilities to its mobile app.
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health plans to expand its Sanford Virtual Infusion Project, a program that provides remote chemotherapy infusion oversight, according to The Daily Globe.
The Fulton County Public Health Department in New York state will roll out a pilot telehealth program in July, the Leader Herald reports.