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If you are not feeling well, seek medical treatment and reasonably expect your condition to be correctly diagnosed and treated. However, it is not always that simple. According to Kaiser Family Foundation Health News, 7.4 million people are misdiagnosed in emergency rooms in the United States every year. This startling statistic shows that many people …

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Telemedicine was once only a niche service, but it has now grown to be an integral part of the healthcare system. A significant source of this growth occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, which helped propel telehealth visits by 766% within the first three months of the pandemic.  While telemedicine provides a convenient option for patients …

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Most healthcare records today are created through electronic means rather than paper records. The HITECH Act in 2009 provided financial incentives for hospitals and physician practices to implement technologies that created electronic health records for patients. While electronic records can increase the speed of creating records and make it easier to share information, they pose …

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