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Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Improvements in implementation of virtual care are needed across Canada for safer, equitable and accessible healthcare. Some governing bodies require prior licensure for "out-of-province" physicians to provide telemedicine within their jurisdictions.

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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

Typically, it includes a full review of your medical history, a physical examination, and a conversation about lifestyle, medications, and future health goals. With the growth of telehealth, many people now schedule a telemedicine appointment to begin care—especially for follow-ups, medication refills, or minor concerns. Absolutely.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

Here’s our overview to understand robotics in healthcare better so that everyone can prepare for the appearance of mechanic helpers in medical facilities. For this reason, we collected here the most useful robots in healthcare. These new ‘colleagues’ will definitely make a difference in every field of medicine.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

Focus on hospitalist-specific needs: Ambient systems are increasingly being designed with hospitalists in mind, focusing on such needs as: Capturing detailed physical exam findings: The AI will be able to accurately transcribe and interpret subtle physical exam findings, ensuring comprehensive documentation. Healthcare (Basel).

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Anne, you’ve been going to a lot of conferences on arts and healthcare, and I was thinking back to Ab years ago. We talk about arts in healthcare and people talk about hanging better paintings on the wall, but there’s a lot more that we could do. How about transforming care in healthcare institutions? But we have to.

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Telemedicine vs. In-Person Care: Choosing the Best Option for Your Health

Edge Family Medicine

Healthcare has evolved, and patients now have more choices than ever for medical consultations. Edge Family Medicine , serving Upland, Montclair, and Rancho Cucamonga , offers both telemedicine and in-person visits , ensuring you get the right care when you need it. What Is Telemedicine? What Is Telemedicine?

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

However, lack of physical presence may make this contender struggle to land the emotional support punch that is at the very heart of palliative care. If they physically come here, it’s sort of just the natural course of things that they’ll walk into the room with the patient. Who will emerge victorious?