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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. In addition to providing many crucial health services, they are the traffic cop to all the other forms of healthcare throughout a health system. You contend virtual primary care can amplify value in several ways.

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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The participating primary care practices, all part of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s clinical research network, were either general, family, ambulatory internal medicine, preventive medicine or geriatric medicine practices. They self-identified their point of maturation.

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The Future of Primary Care – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 95

Healthcare IT Today

For the 95th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re talking about the future of primary care. We discuss the different challenges primary care is currently facing. Then we take a look at retail care and tech players to see how they can impact primary care. Google Podcasts.

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Is the Primary Care Relationship Dead? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 75

Healthcare IT Today

For the 75th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re asking the question Is the Primary Care Relationship Dead? There are a couple of major trends that are happening in primary care right now. The first trend is investors, private equity, and large companies all investing in primary care.

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Primary care reimagined: A virtual front door to healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many healthcare consumers today are disconnecting from traditional primary care, since the current experience is not meeting consumers' expectations, some industry observers say. When consumers disengage, the promise of traditional primary care cannot be realized. You are big on reimagining primary care.

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Most primary care telehealth visits don't require in-person follow-up, Epic study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Will virtual primary care become a new model of healthcare delivery?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans received care from their primary care physicians via telemedicine. Telehealth technology and services company Amwell now is promoting the concept of "virtual primary care. Q: What is virtual primary care? But it worked.