Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Commonwealth Care Alliance is a healthcare services organization that offers health plans and care delivery programs designed for individuals with significant needs. Telemedicine has grown to become an important part of delivering on CCA's mission. Why has telemedicine become a priority for the organization?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

With the sudden easing of restrictions by the government and equally sudden reimbursement from payers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s very clear telemedicine has never been more used or more vital. Hospitals and health systems have gone from dozens to thousands of telehealth visits per week.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 19, 2022

High-profile health system Geisinger and its affiliated entities serve 45 predominantly rural counties throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania, 31 of which are a part of Appalachia, a unique region of the Appalachian Mountains that cuts through the western part of the state. In fact, it has doubled in the last 30 years. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

Among the topics we discussed: the value of voice recognition, the path toward effective decision support, building a bigger comfort level for machine learning and the future of value-based contracting and more. We were one of those organizations that flipped over to telemedicine pretty seamlessly. We did ended up doing over 1.25

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In 2017, University of Virginia Health's 30-day readmission rate for patients with complex and costly medical conditions was as high as 17% to 18% per year. This put the health system in the 50th percentile of similar academic medical centers nationally and near the bottom among academic medical centers in the state. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

In a hearing this week, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked how many of those changes should be made permanent – and how to make sure the most vulnerable won't get left behind. Joseph Kvedar, president of the American Telemedicine Association, agreed with Alexander's recommendations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2021

United Physicians is an independent physician organization in metropolitan Detroit supporting approximately 2,000 providers. The mission at United Physicians is to advance physician performance to improve patient health outcomes. THE PROBLEM. In fact, they'll worsen. " Dr. Kim Coleman, United Physicians.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 24, 2023

The leading behavior change platform that has helped millions of users achieve better health through its proven psychological approach is now providing quality medical assistance to qualified patients NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Noom, Inc. today announced a new program, Noom Med , dedicated to fighting the disease of obesity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Because of Hawaii's island geography and relative isolation, it faces unique challenges for delivery of healthcare services – a fact that staff members at Queen's Health Systems in Honolulu, Hawaii, know all too well. More than 10 years in the making. " Dr. Matthew Koenig, Queen's Health Systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2020

MEBS Counseling, a community-based behavioral health provider, offers children and their families evidence-based behavioral health services in the Northern Kentucky area. To reach these patients, most of MEBS’s services and support are provided outside of the agency. THE PROBLEM. " MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 17, 2020

It made getting kids in for needed appointments difficult, especially when they often are for behavioral health issues that need regular follow-up. ” The group practice also needed payer support to make sure it could get compensated for telehealth visits. ” MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Remote monitoring tools and mobile health apps and services took center stage.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

We know that rural and underserved communities can benefit from strong virtual care programs, but those same communities may have digital connectivity barriers and social determinants of health (SDOH) that stop patients from accessing telemedicine. But expanding broadband access isn’t always enough.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In 2020, telemedicine truly, finally hit the mainstream in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. Here, five physician telehealth managers tell their stories.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 28, 2019

In the past, OB/GYN specialist Advantia Health’s approach to care had focused on in-person, doctor-patient relationships. Clinical support effectively paused each time a patient left one of the offices. Going all in on telemedicine was a natural decision for the health system, Glass said. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

THE PROBLEM Ultimately, the health system was looking for ways to improve patient engagement first and foremost and then wanted to see how it could use automated tools to improve outcomes. The organization wanted to offer its patients tools and options that support their personal healthcare journeys in these ways.

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GlobalMed

JULY 10, 2019

But to fill the care gap, two conditions must be met: To connect remote and underserved populations to the right care , telemedicine must be easily accessible. That’s why GlobalMed has extended our innovation to pricing – to make telemedicine affordable and practical for every type of provider, in every care environment.

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Ortholive

AUGUST 27, 2022

This results in improved patient outcomes while unlocking at-home therapy options and remote support potential via encrypted messaging and/or telemedicine. . RPM uses telemedicine’s digital technologies to capture remote patient physiological data and relay it to the clinical team. What is Remote Therapeutic Monitoring?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

While the pandemic-era telehealth waivers answered many questions at the federal level, the two-year extension to offer telehealth in high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts included in the final legislative package of 2022 has opened a new window to pursue making the changes permanent.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At Philadelphia's Albert Einstein Medical Center, whose health system serves a large geographical area and offers complex quaternary care, telehealth has been an innovative solution to several care delivery problems. There is a wide variety of telemedicine technology and services vendors on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The success of Groups Recover Together's care model relies heavily on building a supportive community for its members. " In response to the COVID-19 shutdown, Groups Recover Together scaled the same solution it stood up in California 18 months prior and began a search for an integrated platform that could support its delivery model.

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American Well

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Telehealth increasingly has become one of the ways physicians interact with patients,” said Schoenberg. American Well proudly supports the strategies of our clients, all of whom launch telehealth with the common goal of expanding care and access to patients. Northern Arizona Healthcare. Value Drug Company.

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American Well

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Telehealth increasingly has become one of the ways physicians interact with patients,” said Schoenberg. American Well proudly supports the strategies of our clients, all of whom launch telehealth with the common goal of expanding care and access to patients. Northern Arizona Healthcare. Value Drug Company.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 13, 2023

Exec Summary: The five funding trends for Telehealth in 2023 are 1) Gastrointestinal care 2) Mental health 3) Weight management 4) Women's health 5) Wound care. Focus on specific areas: Investors are increasingly focusing on specific areas of telehealth, such as mental health, chronic care management, and women's health.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2023

Read more… Searching for a New Angle to Address Health Equity. Building on our previous posts on data and health equity and technology and health equity , we asked the Healthcare IT Community to weigh in on how to approach health equity from a different angle.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 23, 2023

Government support: European governments are actively supporting the development of the healthtech sector, which provides Chinese companies with access to funding and other resources. Alibaba Health: the e-commerce company that has invested in a number of European healthtech startups.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2021

Amid the chaos of the past pandemic year, there have been many valuable lessons for CIOs and health IT leaders willing to learn them. Sameer Badlani, chief digital officer and executive vice president for technology services at M Health Fairview in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 'Super-scaling' telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2024

Internet-based tracking and coaching are being employed wherever health becomes a matter of lifestyle. This article, part of a series about obesity , interviews a number of experts to explore the philosophy and practice of behavioral therapy for obesity. And 10%-20% of individuals don’t achieve any weight loss from the drugs.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Later I will also discuss their impact on your mental and physical health, and how telepsychiatry and remote patient monitoring (RPM) could help. Eczema affects approximately 10% to 20% of infants and 3% of adults and children in the United States. [3] Let’s take a look at the common skin conditions. What’s the bottom line?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Healthcare providers are especially faced with new challenges: balancing best-practice patient care, reworking guidelines to protect and support their personnel, and much more. Continuous improvements in technology and further simplifications of tedious processes support this evolution. Expand Your Patient Base.

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Iris Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

With the great demand for timely, high-quality care for many Americans, telehealth has changed how patients receive care and how health systems, community clinics, and providers facilitate care. Keep reading to learn more about how telehealth has impacted the behavioral health space.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

In Disney’s Big Hero 6 , the protagonist, Hiro Hamada, will get stuck in a problem after working on it for a while because he’s becoming too set in his way of thinking. And he is only able to find the solution thanks to his brother’s, Tadashi Hamada, words ‘find a new angle, look for another way out.’

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Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Quick links Telehealth bridges care gaps Telemedicine use among Americans Rules and regulations related to telehealth Telehealth satisfaction by numbers How Iris Telehealth can help During the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, many providers, organizations, and patients turned to telehealth as a way to deliver and receive mental health services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2021

Healthcare IT News sat down with Yoder to discuss these trends and expectations and get him to offer an in-depth look at the future of telemedicine. Q: In general terms, technology has paved the way for consumers to expect ease, convenience and efficiency. Every generation likes to engage with technology in different ways.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Exec Summary: The HealthTech IPO market is expected to recover in the summer of 2024 with a number of factors now starting to build and support the case for public market listings. There are a number of promising new technologies emerging, such as artificial intelligence, gene editing, and digital health. Why these 2 cohorts?

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