Telemedicine

A telemedicine program at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia halved patients’ time from initial visit for fertility care to receipt of treatment, data published in NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery showed.

As research evolves on the pivotal role the brain-gut connection plays in digestive diseases, so too has knowledge of how best to treat patients.

Telemedicine interventions that include remote disease monitoring and remote consultations may reduce short-term CV-related hospitalization and death risk among adults with HF, researchers reported in a meta-analysis.

Telemedicine is defined as remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology.

An ophthalmology practice cannot operate efficiently and effectively without a full complement of motivated, well-trained staff.

Employers in nearly every industry are struggling to find new hires amid the current labor shortage, and ophthalmology practices are no different.

Telemedicine has evolved dramatically in the past few years and its growth was exponentially accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Frailty assessments are important predictors of future health outcomes among geriatric patients with hematologic malignancies.

If there is one thing that is clear, it’s that telemedicine is here to stay.

It is quite possible that, when all is said and done, the most lasting impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology will be the overwhelming uptake of telemedicine in daily clinical practice.