by Bruce Brown | September 2, 2021 | Medical
Change is hard, but COVID-19 doesn’t care. Significant changes in the organization and practices of major institutions typically require years and even decades. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, telemedicine was available but adoption was slow. Mental health...
by Bruce Brown | August 30, 2021 | Medical
As telemedicine adoption spreads in the U.S., so does the need for guidance and standards. Physicians and other medical professionals and healthcare institutions need models to maintain standards of care while maximizing the opportunities deliver telemedicine...
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by Bruce Brown | July 2, 2021 | Medical
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine are major themes in our health tech coverage these days. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telemedicine adoption, but we have been writing about telemonitoring and telehealth applications since 2014. Essence SmartCare...
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by Bruce Brown | May 19, 2021 | Medical
We wrote about the Amazon Care launch in 2019 when Amazon began offering telehealth services to company employees in the Seattle area. We also covered the CB Insights 2020 Healthcare Survey results which found that 30% of the respondents named Amazon as the tech giant...
by Bruce Brown | May 18, 2021 | Medical
Telemedicine is becoming commonplace, and that’s a good thing. The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the transition from in-person medical consults only to remote care. The arguments in favor of remote patient monitoring and connected care services include convenience,...
