Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

Telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health is seeing utilization rates among Medicare Advantage members up 54% for virtual urgent care services and up 635% for virtual mental health services when compared to 2019. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

UAB went from 1,000 video visits in 2019 to 280,000 video visits in 2020. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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AMD Telemedicine

JULY 5, 2022

This article was originally published in March 2019 but was updated in June 2022. While telemedicine is a relatively known technology in the medical field, there are still nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals who are unfamiliar with how to best apply it. Is telemedicine legal?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sunway Medical Center, a private healthcare provider under Malaysia’s Sunway conglomerate company, has launched a Command Center for Telemedicine Services in early 2021, the private tertiary hospital recently announced. Even countries closer to home such as Indonesia and Thailand have adopted telemedicine to reach patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2019

Last week, Thailand began development of its telemedicine programme at 32 hospitals located in rural areas in eight provinces, according to an article by the Bangkok post. The telemedicine programme is a joint effort of the Public Health Ministry and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Seeking a way to achieve a better work life-balance, Jensen decided to explore practicing telemedicine. With the goal of spending more time with his family in Lakeside, he adopted the telemedicine app in the summer of 2019. " Dr. Scott Jensen, Jensen Family Medicine. ” MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 29, 2019

is located away from metro areas, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet has unveiled his healthcare plan for rural America – and it relies heavily on big investments in telemedicine. "leads the world in innovation in healthcare, with a commitment to research, technology and medical innovation that is unparalleled."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. " Finally, prior to CMS loosening telemedicine policy for the pandemic, reimbursement was a concern. NextGen and Zoom for Healthcare both were proposed as telemedicine vendors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

specialists, 79% said that their use of telemedicine technology had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey adds yet another data point to the massive increase in telemedicine use amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic. The same report also found that telemedicine mobile app downloads had dramatically increased.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 3, 2023

Horizon Health Services, a behavioral health provider in New York, in November 2019 deployed telemedicine technology with the goal of meeting the demands of patients and the ever-changing world of technology. THE PROBLEM In the year after COVID-19 struck, healthcare changed. Then COVID-19 hit. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2022

Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Thursday that an orthopedic surgeon had been arrested and charged with healthcare fraud. According to the indictment, which was unsealed this week, Raffai was paid by telemedicine companies for each consultation with a beneficiary. WHY IT MATTERS. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 18, 2021

A wide-ranging study published in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare this past month found that telehealth can be an effective modality of care for patients over 60, particularly when deployed in the confines of their existing primary care provider. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

"An obvious potential driver of this finding is that many clinicians delivered care virtually via telemedicine, including both phone and video visits," observed researchers. Researchers pointed to the effect telemedicine may have had on both of these components. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But to gain a sense of the landscape going forward, here's a refresher of Healthcare IT News' top 10 telehealth stories from 2020: Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2023

"Horizon went live with this solution in November 2019, gradually offering the service by clinic and type of treatment," he added. In November 2019, Horizon launched a controlled pilot to assess patient demand and clinical/operational workflows. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2020

The hurdles to implementing telemedicine programs among smaller practices are fourfold, said Nate Lacktman, chair of the national telemedicine and digital health industry team at Foley and Lardner. For smaller practices looking to prepare for ongoing telemedicine needs, Lacktman says there are opportunities to think creatively.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2021

A new report from the RAND Corporation suggests that the biggest upticks in virtual care availability occurred in more affluent and metropolitan communities, and that telemedicine services were mostly enjoyed by patients with private insurance. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. WHY IT MATTERS. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora developed an active and growing telemedicine program over the past eight years. Before COVID-19, almost all specialties were using telemedicine in some aspect of their practice. That’s roughly equal to the number of telehealth visits that had been completed for all of 2019."

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

Quickly scale your telemedicine business using our clinician network - announcing Enzyme On Demand ! Blog Login Sign Up 9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry Enzyme Health Team March 27, 2019 In an industry that can feel isolating, it’s important to keep connected.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2022

The coordinated investigations primarily targeted the alleged payment of kickbacks and bribes by lab operators in exchange for the referral of patients by medical professionals working with allegedly fraudulent telemedicine and digital health companies. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Polite, Jr. in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

"We rapidly deployed several telemedicine solutions, including Doxy.me These telemedicine products rely on a great deal of Internet connectivity. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. "In 2019, we treated 3,194 patients. " PROPOSAL. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. "In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The American Telemedicine Association and its ATA Action group issued a statement on Monday outlining their opposition to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's proposed permanent changes to rules around the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

At the same time, however, relying on telemedicine had drawbacks, especially from a social perspective. Their interview subjects cited several positive effects of using telemedicine, including: The benefits of avoiding travel for the nursing home resident. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2022

For this study, researchers included all rural patients with at least one VA mental healthcare visit in the year 2019, examining the outcomes for veterans who received tablets between March 16, 2020 and April 30, 2021. The VA has continued to ramp up its telemedicine efforts for patients around the country during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 16, 2023

"When patients started to come back to the office, we used in-room telemedicine equipment from Elo and Logitech. "Patients were roomed by a nurse at one of our offices where the telemedicine equipment was already set up, and our providers would be at another one of our offices or possibly working from home," he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As such, it has limited resources to purchase new equipment and devices for telemedicine and also experiences limited functionality and features in its existing technology. VSEE was the platform View Point Health had been using for telemedicine. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Its virtual healthcare program began in July 2019 with the launch of the UHS Virtual Walk-In. "We achieved URAC Consumer-to-Provider Telehealth Accreditation for the Virtual Walk-In in December 2019 and hold the distinction of being the first health system to receive that designation. Expanding the use of telehealth.

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eVisit

JULY 8, 2019

Healthcare IT News. Published by HIMSS Media, this is a reliable, daily updated source for all your healthcare IT news, whether you're looking for the most recent updates on meaningful use rules, tips for implementing your EMR successfully, or are wondering how to leverage patient data to provide better care. Healthcare IT Leaders.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 27, 2023

THE LARGER TREND Beginning in 2019, Amazon provided app-based and asynchronous telehealth services through Amazon Care and then employer-sponsored hybrid primary and urgent care services as Care Medical. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

At the time, Maimonides was not engaged in any telemedicine or other digital health initiatives. "By late 2019, we created a definition of digital health to differentiate our responsibilities from those of our colleagues in IT and marketing, with whom we collaborate to align objectives, assets and resources. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Verizon virtual care product BlueJeans Telehealth announced this past week that it had enabled integration with the Apple Health app with the aim of allowing patients to share data with clinicians during telemedicine visits. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. There also was much uncertainty around reimbursement and regulations regarding telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2022

McAllister, assistant vice president of population health and telemedicine. "Telemedicine directly to patients also was used to address the ongoing healthcare needs of patients with chronic illnesses to reduce in-person clinic visits," she continued. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Concentra is a Texas-based healthcare organization that serves the occupational health needs of one in four injured employees through 517 medical centers across the country, another 150 clinics at employer locations, and telemedicine. Concentra has seen telemedicine as a much-needed additional option for the delivery of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 7, 2020

Use of virtual care technologies had already doubled between 2016 to 2019 , and since the COVID-19 public health emergency, more and more overtaxed health systems have been availing themselves of tools that enable care to be delivered remotely, keeping patients and healthcare professionals away from potential infection. ON THE RECORD.

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