Chatbots have become almost commonplace in e-commerce, but they have recently started to emerge in the healthcare sector, as well. Various small companies are currently developing apps and raising venture capital, while some have already launched their chatbots.What are health chatbots, exactly? Chatbots are services that people interact with through a messenger. Instead of having a conversation with another person, the user talks with a bot that's either powered by basic rules or machine
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What Dogs Can Teach Providers about Designing Care Plans
Several studies have shown that if dog owners are told to walk their overweight dog more often to improve the dog’s health, the dog owners will comply, and also lose weight themselves. Their concern for their dog’s health makes the goal of increased exercise an easy one to follow. The regimen combines the pleasurable activity of spending time with a pet with a healthy activity–walking. In this way, the dogs become accidental health coaches for the human patients, encouraging them to be more
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Remote Physical Therapy Solutions – Mobility is Essential for Delivering Value
Editor's Note: Robert Haywood is the Senior Marketing Manager at Breg, a provider of premium, high-value sports medicine products and business solutions that advance orthopedic patient care.Game console therapy solutions were originally designed for use in skilled nursing and facility settings. Recently, their use has expanded to include pre-and post-operative therapy at home. Game console therapy involves performing exercises in front of a TV using an Xbox® or camera enabled laptop/tablet
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GE, Houston Texans to Fund 2-Year Concussion Telemedicine Pilot
The Houston Texans and GE are teaming up with the Houston Methodist Concussion Center to fund a two-year concussion telemedicine pilot to bring specialized concussion care to student athletes at 19 rural school districts in Texas. As part of the pilot, when a student athlete is injured in a game or practice with a suspected concussion, a Houston Methodist athletic trainer will go to the school or training facility to administer a comprehensive concussion evaluation, including a neurologic and
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Inspira Health Network Launches Virtual Care Platform for Southern NJ
Inspira Health Network, one of southern New Jersey’s leading healthcare providers offering primary, acute and advanced care services is launching its own virtual care platform, Inspira eCare. The platform virtually connects patients with Inspira clinicians making it convenient and cost-effective for patients to receive care for common health conditions.Powered by virtual care company Zipnosis, Inspira eCare's virtual care platform allows patients to use their smartphones, tablets or computers to
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HealthTap Launches Smart Health Search Algorithms for Doctors
HealthTap, a Global Health Practice providing 24/7 immediate access to doctors via video, text or voice has announced the launch of a new Smart Health Search feature. The latest feature will provide more tailored health information to users from the world’s largest library of doctor knowledge, through new proprietary algorithms.HealthTap’s Smart Health Search algorithms take into account a variety of factors about the user including age, gender, comorbidities, pregnancy status, and other
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Is Google Glass the Future of Connected Health?
7 possibilities that Google Glass could unlock for connected health to enhance the transformation of health care.
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Video: Healthcare on Cloud
A 2011 Gartner survey of chief information officers (CIOs) reveals that almost half of all CIOs expect to operate their applications and infrastructures via cloud technologies within the next five years. According to Gartner, “This change will necessitate that CIOs re-imagine IT and lead their organizations through a process of creative destruction.”
According to the survey, CIOs will have to think rethink several key factors:
Using IT to support growth and competitive advantage
Understanding
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Video: How to Prevent Costly Healthcare IT Security Breaches
It's every CIO's worst nightmare: a laptop computer with patient health information goes missing or is stolen. Not only does this breach jeopardize your patients' privacy, it almost always means costly penalties for your organization.
Now, thanks to advancements in anti-theft technology, many CIOs have enabled laptops to protect themselves in these types of situations. The latest anti-theft technology triggers an automatic remote lockdown scenario, or "poison-pill," to keep patient data safe
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Video Case Study: Revenue Cycle Management at Fletcher Allen Health Care
Chuck Podesta, CIO of Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) in Vermont discusses his academic medical center's use of the Centricity Business revenue cycle management solution from GE Healthcare. Podesta addresses ICD-10 readiness, Accountable Care Organizations, connectivity with Epic clinicals, and FAHC's new population health management patient portal tool, MyHealth.
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