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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients.

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Pediatric telehealth startup Summer Health expands text-based service into primary care for kids

FierceHealthIT

To meet the demand for primary care services, Summer Health rolled out a new on-demand text message service for parents to connect with pediatricians, sleep coaches and lactation experts. Summer Health launched a year ago as a text-based service for parents to get answers to urgent needs from pediatricians.

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CrossFit to launch 'fully digital' primary care service

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The fitness company CrossFit announced earlier this month that it was launching a new primary care service aimed at providing an individualized approach to health. The company says it will also offer personalized, precision health and preventive medicine in addition to virtual primary care. Amazon Care is one such figure.

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BEN Partners with OSF HealthCare to Develop AI Solution for Primary Care Training & Patient Evaluation

Digital Health Global

OSF HealthCare, which Fortune named one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2023 , possesses deep expertise in industry-leading patient care. Ultimately, this will enable OSF HealthCare to train more medical professionals on higher standards of patient care.” For more information about BEN please visit: www.beninc.ai.

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Technology and Advanced, Team-based Primary Care – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

This week’s chat will be hosted by Christopher Crow, MD ( @catalysthg ) on the topic “Technology and Advanced, Team-based Primary Care. ”. Primary care providers face a unique dichotomy: Never have they been more valuable… and never has their future been more uncertain.

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Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

GlobalMed

Primary care physicians are the frontline of healthcare. Though other specialists and providers may come and go, it’s the PCP who often becomes the most consistent and trusted healthcare expert in a patient's life. But other factors drive primary care barriers as well, such as affordability issues and rural shortages.

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The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. It was, she explained, "to expand the care we were providing and to lower the cost of delivery."