Category: Telehealth

Historically, our medical systems have operated on a reactive basis. Meaning, as both patients and providers we react to a medical ailment or sickness by going to the doctor for treatment. Even as technology and its impact on the medical community has improved dramatically in recent years, our healthcare system still has only tended to […]

COVID-19’s impacts on the healthcare industry have been far reaching. From the rapid response to a global pandemic, to the hurried assimilation of telehealth for routine care to the financial strain on healthcare organizations due to the lack of elective and standard health procedures, the market is poised for long-lasting change. Organizations have rolled out […]

As COVID-19, a novel form of the coronavirus, continues to spread across the United States, telehealth may be the best option to treat and protect the most vulnerable populations, including senior citizens and those with underlying conditions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged anyone feeling ill to first seek out remote care by […]

Telemedicine has made incredible strides in bridging the healthcare divide for rural and low-income patients who don’t have regular access to hospitals. But lesser-known is the impact the technology is having in hospitals, especially in intensive care units. Take, for example, a small hospital dealing with reduced staff and funding. With a lack of resources […]

Virtual care has come a long way in just the last five years. As commercial technology advances to the point where we can hold video conferences on our phones and transmit massive stores of data in minutes, these advances can help doctors deliver better care to patients who need it the most. While the upsides […]

The future of healthcare is greater access to care providers, clinicians, specialists and the like anytime, anywhere, under any circumstance. It is the use of technology to enable patients to get access to the care they need and feel like they’re in the room with their care provider. Virtual care is poised to solve two […]

[The computer] was the first machine man built that assisted the power of his brain instead of the strength of his arm. – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral. With the holiday season kicking into high gear, it’s a good time to reflect on how we can use technology to […]

The Washington Business Journal just recently honored the Iron Bow team as a 2017 Innovation Award honoree for our Clinical Care Device – the CLINiC. And while I’m deeply grateful to be recognized as a tech solutions leader in the DC-area, the award speaks to a much larger point — innovation doesn’t only have to be […]

Once only imagined in sci-fi movies, today, technology can monitor one’s health. Telehealth is an industry experiencing rapid growth due to technological advancements and the time and cost savings it brings to both the patient and provider. In fact, a UC Davis Study to determine cost savings of pediatric telehealth versus rural emergency departments revealed […]

Clinicians drown in documentation, from justifying their treatment decisions to charting their compliance with the latest protocols – even in feeding electronic records systems. Once fed, these systems make it difficult to retrieve data important to clinical decision-making. Often in healthcare, too many technologies build barriers instead of bridges to finding crucial information and turning […]

A U.S. soldier has just returned home from deployment. The past years of his life have been structured and strenuous, and he begins to notice that he is having trouble readjusting to the civilian lifestyle. The veteran is plagued with crippling fear and paranoia and struggles to socialize. The isolation leads to feelings of depression, […]

As Iron Bow’s TED (Telehealth Education Delivered) makes its way across the United States visiting hundreds of VA medical clinics and offices, we are taking the opportunity to talk with all of our TED partners about the many aspects of telehealth and how technology is evolving to help care teams, practitioners and specialists improve care, […]

Iron Bow’s TED (Telehealth Education Delivered) truck hit the road again in 2016, making its way across the United States visiting hundreds of Veterans medical clinics and offices. While TED is on the go, we are taking the opportunity to talk with all of our TED partners about the many aspects of telehealth and how […]