Digital Health

Brown & Brown Insurance focuses on two main categories of digital health.

Healthcare Information Technology: Companies in this segment are involved with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of healthcare information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making. Examples include:

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• Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Personal Health Records (PHR)

• E-prescriptions

• Clinical decision support

• Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)

• Personal health tools

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Telemedicine: This segment is involved in using telecommunication and information technology to help deliver clinical health care services remotely, including diagnosis, treatment, and patient monitoring. Examples include:

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• Primary care and specialist referral service: This may involve a primary care or allied health professional who provides a consulation services to a patient, or to a specialist assisting the primary care physician in rendering a diagnosis. It often involves the use of live interactive video and/or the transmission of diagnostic images, vital signs, and/or video clips, along with patient data for later review. 

• Remote patient monitoring: This involves the use of devices to remotely collect and send data to a home health agency, or to a Remote Diagnostic Testing Facility (RDTF) for interpretation. Such applications might include ital signs such as blood glucose, ECG, or a variety of indicators for home-bound patients. Such services may be used to supplement the use of visiting nurses. 

• Consumer medical and health information: This includes the use of the Internet and/or wireless devices by consumers to obtain specialized health information online. 

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