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Challenges & Opportunities in Emerging Digital Health Technologies

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The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of DHTs through the increased reliance on telemedicine services and remote patient monitoring programs to ensure patient safety and triage scarce hospital resources. FAQs on Telehealth and HIPAA during the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency.” General wellness apps. Framework 26.

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Challenges & Opportunities in Emerging Digital Health Technologies

ISPE

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of DHTs through the increased reliance on telemedicine services and remote patient monitoring programs to ensure patient safety and triage scarce hospital resources. An EHR is a subset of health information technology and consists of an individual patient record contained within an EHR system.