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Mayo Clinic uses $1M in FCC funds for connected devices to expand telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In addition to providing specialty and primary care at destination medical campuses in Rochester, Minnesota; Jacksonville, Florida; and Phoenix, Arizona, the Mayo Clinic Health System services more than 50 communities in the Midwest. Many patients from the community practice might travel to Rochester for a specialty procedure.

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Analytics and outreach key to telehealth success at Southwestern Health Resources

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The work of the Southwestern operations response team quickly enabled telemedicine across its community practices, with approximately 8,000 virtual visits per day across the network. Southwestern activated around 500 independent practices in telehealth capabilities in less than one month. ” RESULTS.

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What do McDonalds and Hospitals Have in Common?

American Well

Rather than having a community practice, these positions are responsible for patients during their stay. The primary physicians responsible for patients in the hospital are called the hospitalist. A hospitalist is typically someone trained in critical care or internal medicine. In many ways this makes a lot of sense.

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The Power of Words in Healthcare: A Patient-Friendly Lexicon. Top 10 List #WordsDoMatter Project

Society for Participatory Medicine

community practices). “I This is a topic that’s been around for many decades with various models, guidance documents and decision aids introduced over the years. There is still much work required in effective implementation within the average clinical setting (e.g.

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Automation In Rural Health: It Should No Longer Be An Afterthought

Healthcare IT Today

Many rural and community practices and hospitals have wanted to evolve for some time but did not for various reasons. Additionally, data-driven analytics empower rural providers to understand the various social determinants of health (SDOH), how they affect their population, and how to customize treatments.

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Geisinger's digital strategy to combat COVID-19 and accelerate enterprise transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More than 250,000 patients and visitors across hospital entrances and community practice clinics were screened for COVID-19 symptoms. Digitally capturing symptoms and visiting location allowed the front lines to more efficiently follow system policy and keep waiting rooms less crowded.

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'Telehealth titans' discuss cost-savings of virtual care, describe the hospital of the future

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Schoenberg sees the changes happening already: "Patients moving out of the hospitals – which include the outpatient clinic operations and community practices – to, very importantly, the lowest-cost care setting, which is the home. Which also happens to be the most humane place we want to be."