Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Gary Hamilton, CEO of patient engagement technology vendor InteliChart, believes three things about virtual care that, he says, deserve more attention: Telehealth services can offer healthcare providers the opportunity and capability to reach broader populations – and they can serve as disease prevention tools for these populations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. " In partnership with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Bureau of Equitable Health Systems, the research team surveyed hundreds of area primary care providers from April to July about the impact of COVID-19 on their practices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2023

We interviewed Yang to discuss bringing telemedicine to the nation's underserved, as well as other related social determinants of health and health equity issues. In some areas of the country, hospitals and clinics are closing, and people travel long distances to get in-person care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The future potential of telehealth hinges on how it's reimbursed. Virtual care may be popular among patients, but if providers can't get paid for their services, it's unlikely they'll be able to continue to provide them.

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Mend

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world of telemedicine has become increasingly important in recent years and telemedicine services are growing at a rapid pace, especially in the wake of a global pandemic. Specifically, for those practicing telemedicine, knowing how to use appropriate modifiers and CPT codes is essential for proper reimbursement.

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AMD Telemedicine

JULY 14, 2022

Pandemic restrictions may have largely lifted, but one of COVID’s most important healthcare disruptions — telemedicine — has only become more relevant. Not only does it provide patients with streamlined, effective rural access to healthcare providers but it enables rural health centers to increase their capabilities.

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AMD Telemedicine

JULY 7, 2022

How school-based telemedicine can help the healthcare system navigate the pandemic. Telemedicine can be a significant approach to assisting those in need who can’t receive proper care in hospitals at the moment; schools, specifically, can benefit from implementing a telehealth solution that can keep kids in school and treat them in place.

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Continue Education Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Key considerations for embracing telemedicine post-pandemic: Improved access: Rural communities often have limited access to specialists, making it difficult for these individuals to get the care they need. This also offers the opportunity to grow provider-to-provider relationships.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2020

Patient and provider telehealth use has skyrocketed since the novel coronavirus began spreading across the United States – and analysts point to a " tsunami of growth " as virtual care, after years of frustrated promise, becomes the new normal. " The question is "how to optimize," he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2022

Telemedicine is on an all-time high. healthcare provider organization today and its teams are conducting some kind of telehealth. Justin Miller , vice president of customer success at eVisit, a telemedicine technology and services company, did just that. Where were providers excelling? Travel to virtually any U.S.

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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

JUNE 1, 2021

The healthcare industry faces a pivotal moment in telehealth, said American Telemedicine Association Board Chair Dr. Joseph Kvedar on Tuesday. Still, Kvedar acknowledged the "strong magnetic force" pulling the provider industry back toward brick-and-mortar care – unless, he said, "we actively plan otherwise."

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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Telehealth in 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association was among several groups this week that submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. Primary care providers in particular have pointed to the uncertainty around coverage as a hurdle, with Mathematica Senior Fellow Dr.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 26, 2022

The problem is worsened by geography – in rural America, such providers are even harder to find. Telemedicine technology can connect rural patients to psychiatrists in big urban hubs. Telemedicine technology can connect rural patients to psychiatrists in big urban hubs. What significant changes will there be this year?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It's clear the future of reimbursement will at minimum include a heaping portion of providers being paid for value as opposed to volume. This is why, as the new year approaches, Healthcare IT News has sat down with an expert in value-based care to get his views on what 2022 will hold for the payment system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

Authorize the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service to continue reimbursement for telehealth for 90 days beyond the end of the public health emergency. A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives has reintroduced a bill aimed at expanding access to telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., cosponsored by Reps.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

You get to see old friends and meet new colleagues in your field. The ATA (American Telemedicine Association) conference, along with offering some qualifying CME sessions, is made up of more broad topic discussions, meant to bring value to many different industry roles and professionals. CME conferences are great.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For healthcare providers, telehealth presents an opportunity to address patient care needs, improve the customer experience and reduce costs. Telehealth providers saw a rapid rise in the need for remote services with the initial spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. How has telehealth evolved over the past few years?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 25, 2021

So it’s not surprising that the demand for asynchronous healthcare experiences – telemedicine delivered as the store-and-forward transmission of medical images and data over a period of time – is running high.[1] Patients are increasingly demanding that providers use the right form of care delivery for the problem at hand.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2021

Healthcare IT News interviewed Mulcare to dig into the reversion to pre-pandemic regulations, the ethics of telemedicine across state lines, what telehealth technologies can do to increase access, and more. At the start of the pandemic, emergency declarations and insurer policies encouraged the shift to telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2022

Healthcare provider organizations and clinicians are fortunate that telehealth has gone mainstream as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully the Congress and state legislatures will act soon to ensure the temporary reimbursement expansions for telemedicine will continue after the public health emergency ends.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

"Our virtual urgent care experience, Virtual ExpressCare, has allowed us to better meet the needs of our patients where they are while reducing the impact of structural barriers they have in getting care," said Erfan Karim, senior director of mobile integrated health at New York City Health + Hospitals. " PROPOSAL.

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AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 6, 2022

However, while there is an initial upfront cost to implement telehealth and telemedicine technology, it tells only one chapter of the full financial story. Why the Benefits Outweigh the Initial Cost of Implementing Telehealth. What areas do they need to invest in today to survive tomorrow? Here’s how: 1. This idea of continuity is important.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey needed to optimize care and capacity: Reimbursement gets tighter every year while patient demand grows. The practice aims to improve access for necessary in-person care and procedures while offering patients complementary proven interventions ideally suited for telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2023

Zsolt Kulcsar, medical director at Lee Health based in Fort Myers, Florida, says what he has learned in recent years is that telemedicine is great, but it also is a little limiting. There is only so much one can solve via a video interaction. THE PROBLEM. "That was important pre-COVID, and it's important even more so post-COVID.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Once TriHealth made the decision to research telemedicine platforms, from its point of view there were three major components needed for any platform to be seriously considered. TriHealth providers preferred EHR integration, as it alleviates the operational burden for front office staff and healthcare providers conducting telehealth services.

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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

APRIL 7, 2020

The American Medical Association has put together a new guide to help providers implement real-time virtual visits between clinicians and patients. AMA, long a supported of telehealth, has made a series of resources available to help providers weather the storm. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. Ehrenfeld, in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health is a federally qualified health center based in Manhattan that has been providing comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. Besides the telehealth platform, we lacked webcams and laptops for providers.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2021

In addition to reducing costs and improving outcomes, virtual health can bring advanced care to underserved patients while relieving overworked providers. Yet for some clinicians, telehealth is still shrouded in mystery – often because they’re not sure how to get started and become a telehealth provider. Know your options.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

With the rise of the coronavirus Delta variant, two out of five American adults would use telehealth to get medical care, according to a recent Jarrard poll. It's very clear to one and all that the pandemic has truly brought telemedicine into the mainstream. And how will near-term changes in healthcare delivery affect telemedicine?

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. COVID-19 accelerated telemedicine adoption, the story goes, being accessed mainstream through major regions of China. The WeDoctor app, part of Tencent, deployed 20,000 online doctors donating time for free.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

We were one of those organizations that flipped over to telemedicine pretty seamlessly. We probably had about 3,000 people who were authenticated to deliver and use our telemedicine platform. We were doing about 250 daily consumer facing telemedicine visits pre-pandemic. million telemedicine visit for ambulatory care last year.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 22, 2020

Telemedicine reimbursement is always changing. At the same time, telehealth has become embedded in the healthcare landscape and many providers find the advantages outweigh any headaches in securing payment. It’s also true that reimbursement laws matter in ways that go beyond an individual physician’s paycheck.

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