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Increasing applications of robotic surgical systems across Asia and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Amrita Hospital introduces robotic gait trainer for rehab Amrita Hospital in Kerala's Kochi city has started adopting a robotic gait trainer system to assist in the rehabilitation of brain and spinal injury survivors. It also trains patients to walk longer and become less dependent.

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Indonesia's digital health maturity in 2023 revealed and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Doctors can leverage the advanced data analytics of the app to help with their treatment decision-making. Now available on Android and iOS devices, the platform also allows care teams to consolidate patient records and disseminate and analyse individual medical reports to enhance coordination.

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Can Doctors Objectively Quantify and Measure Pain?

HIT Consultant

Doctors have been using questionnaires and subjective responses including, the answer to the popular question, ‘What is your pain on a scale of 0 to 10?’ Inside the Clinical Study: What doctors observed. Unfortunately, each person’s pain tolerance and perception are different.

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

Smart clothing (as wearable tech), covered by Myant’s connected clothing platform addressing heart health and rehabilitation (with the tagline, “Transforming Human Connectedness Through Textile Computing ”).

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Telehealth summit debrief: staffing shortages, wider acceptance but expansion barriers

Healthcare It News

The numbers of nurses and doctors coming out of school are on the decline, and many want to work in larger cities where they can maximize the number of patients or disease states they can see. There are state licensure issues for doctors, where getting a doctor licensed in multiple states is problematic.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Boosted RPM Adoption in Cardiac Rehab

HIT Consultant

– Vivalink has announced a new study of cardiac rehabilitation clinicians that reveals the current landscape of remote patient monitoring technology (RPM) in their field, with some pretty incredible results, including: – 65% of cardiac rehab clinicians started using RPM within the last 1-2 years. Did it work well for them?

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Strained Chest Muscle: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Healthcare Associates

See your doctor right away if you are experiencing any type of chest pain so you can receive a proper diagnosis and treatment. If you are diagnosed with a strained chest muscle, your doctor will assign it a grade based on the severity of your injury. Rehabilitation. What Are the Different Grades of a Strained Chest Muscle?