Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2024

Many of the virtual care and digital health systems in development, as well as those pursued over the past several years, are geared toward addressing three macro challenges healthcare currently faces: workforce shortages and burnout; hospitality capacity and throughput; and care fragmentation or patient access. " Dr. Kenneth W.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2024

language access services are only increasing in importance for healthcare organizations. That’s why a small but growing number of leading-edge healthcare organizations have started to adopt a hybrid model using a virtual interpreter call center to help them efficiently and effectively connect staff and patients with interpreters.

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Iris Telehealth

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Quality management is paramount to making sure you stay on track with your behavioral health goals. Let’s take a look at how to define quality management, the benefits of quality management, and quality initiatives your organization can put into action. That’s where having a quality management strategy comes into play.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

“Clinical transformation with AI is easier without patients.” Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. ” Cordovano further explained to me.

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Xealth

MARCH 29, 2024

Note to readers: This is the first post in a six-part series exploring the perspectives of digital patient engagement. Digital patient engagement is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s a necessity. These gaps include undiagnosed diseases, lack of access to effective treatments, and restricted access to necessary healthcare services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2023

Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively). ” he said.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 29, 2024

It aims to achieve several goals: Empower individuals: The EHDS will give people more control over their health data, allowing them to access and share it electronically with healthcare providers across the EU. Governance framework: A clear set of rules will govern how data is accessed, used, and stored within the EHDS.

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Clear Arch Health

MARCH 11, 2024

Is your healthcare system, community health center or federally qualified health center (FQHC) struggling to reach patients with obstacles to receiving in-person care? Do your rural community patients have limited access to care due to location or financial constraints?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2021

TJ Elbert, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Data at Health Catalyst, said provider organizations, especially, were desperate to access trusted data as they treated patients in a virtual setting. “But more than that, you can make smarter decisions across the entire organization.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Developed by McLean Care, the iAgeHealth service is being positioned as a "global" solution to barriers to accessing clinical services for residential aged care in regional, rural, and remote communities. The service taps a virtual pool of specialist clinicians who are unbounded by location.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Although we were forced into fully remote operations with COVID-19, we have been making modifications along the way and have discovered how beneficial it can be to our organizations and our patients. To make further strides though, we have to understand where we’ve come from, where we are now, and how it is making an impact.

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Iris Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Telehealth has revolutionized the patient experience by making it easier to attend appointments, communicate with their provider, and reduce no-show rates. On top of enabling continuity of care for patients, telehealth also increases clinician satisfaction and provides financial benefits for organizations. million people in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). She has more than 20 years of experience working with a wide range of patients. The first of your three predictions for telepsychiatry in 2024 concerns access.

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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. For those individuals, the ability to access care is inordinate compared to other areas.

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Lloyd Price

MARCH 13, 2024

Exec Summary: Answer engines and generative AI are a powerful combination revolutionising the way information is accessed and delivered in the healthtech industry. Streamlined Customer Support: For healthtech companies, answer engines can handle routine inquiries from patients, freeing up human agents for more complex issues.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2023

Teletriage nurses often face intense pressure as they work in fast-paced situations while assessing patients, employing critical thinking and delivering high-quality care. Imagine being a nurse tasked with caring for patients. But your hands are cuffed behind your back. You are not allowed to touch the patient.

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Clear Arch Health

JANUARY 10, 2024

Providing value-based, member-centric care t o address Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) - via remote health monitoring services - can mitigate adverse impact to patients, and may help to ensure Medicare Advantage plan success. Use this actionable intelligence to create services that can be tailored to suit specific patient needs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2023

It is difficult enough to find access – especially timely access – to needed medical specialists in large urban areas, but it can be next to impossible in rural communities. Virtual care has proven that it can be a big help in connecting patients with the right specialists , and in a timely manner. population.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 8, 2024

In addition to helping individual families virtually, Focused Approach also offers clinics the opportunity to add the Focused on Feeding program to their list of services. In addition to helping individual families virtually, Focused Approach also offers clinics the opportunity to add the Focused on Feeding program to their list of services.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

Telepsychiatry is a great way to improve access to care for your patients, but how do you know if it would be a good fit for your health system? Key considerations for your telepsychiatry program While jump-starting a telepsychiatry program might seem intimidating, it’s easier than you might think.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2024

Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs) are required to meet a strict set of standards to ensure high-quality, timely care for their patients. In this blog, we’ll look at how a quality-focused, virtual behavioral health partnership can help CCBHCs meet their metrics and set new standards for care in their communities.

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AMD Telemedicine

MARCH 23, 2023

Protecting Patients’ Access to Care and Coverage With Telehealth Telehealth has changed the face of the healthcare market. Solutions like virtual visits, remote monitoring, and real-time medical information exchange are opening doors for patients by improving access to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2023

Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively). ” he said.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2024

and even in a lot of urban areas, there’s a significant lack of access to psychiatry or behavioral health services in general. Fortunately, virtual behavioral health services can go a long way toward filling those care gaps. In many rural areas across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and now in many war-torn parts of the world.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

While this is great and has the potential to make a really big impact for good on the lives of patients and potentially costs, one thing that is often missed in this discussion is high quality patient identification. Rogow, CEO and President at Healthix , who shared their use of Verato to address their Patient Identity challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2023

Your survey has discovered fascinating things about Virginia providers' feelings about continuity of care and quality of care they’re able to offer patients via telehealth. They feel confident in the quality of care they offer via telehealth and have seen improvements in their patients’ continuity of care.

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

Although many individuals in these populations require treatment, the majority of Native Americans reside in rural areas where access to mental health services is severely limited. Thankfully, telehealth can help bridge the gap and connect this community to culturally competent behavioral health services that meet them where they are.

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AMD Telemedicine

AUGUST 2, 2023

Over the past decade, telehealth has become increasingly popular as a means to provide care to patients. However, the adoption of telehealth services has become more of a priority for healthcare providers since the onset of the pandemic. Make training mandatory for your staff. Simulate real encounters for practice.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Galileo is a recently launched telehealth service that delivers 24/7 primary and multi-specialty care in both English and Spanish. It aims to set itself apart with its fully bilingual service offerings. His goal is to help remove language as a barrier for access to healthcare for the 53 million U.S.

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Iris Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

Achieving value-based care for your health system can lead to higher-quality patient care, increase provider satisfaction, and facilitate economic benefits for all. But how can your health system achieve these benefits?

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 19, 2024

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has taken the healthcare world by storm. By enabling clinicians to track patient vitals and health data remotely, RPM offers a promising path to improved patient outcomes, potentially reduced healthcare costs, and increased access to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Please discuss Sanford's $350 million virtual care initiative and how it is helping the organization. Sanford Health recently launched a $350 million virtual care initiative to transform healthcare for rural and underserved communities across the Midwest by significantly improving access to convenient, high-quality healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

" As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management. TimeDoc Health is a vendor of virtual care management, chronic condition management and remote patient monitoring technologies and services. The reverse is now true," according to the Post.

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Xealth

APRIL 17, 2024

Note to readers: This is the fourth post in a six-part series exploring the perspectives of digital patient engagement. Mike Deegan, Director, Business Development Driven by staffing shortages , clinician and patient burnout, and dynamic regulatory environments , digital engagement emerges as a beacon of innovation and efficiency.

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AMD Telemedicine

MARCH 27, 2023

As patient retention is a measurement of your ability to keep patients loyal to your healthcare organization, it is important for the bottom line of your practice as well as the longevity and reputation of your service.

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Iris Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Is your emergency department (ED) becoming the go-to for behavioral health patients because your psychiatry unit is under too much pressure? With fewer providers, appointments, and specialized psychiatric facilities available, more and more behavioral health patients are coming to the ED as a last resort. Long wait times.

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Iris Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

Every day, we see first-hand how telehealth improves access, bridges care gaps, and enhances patient experiences and outcomes. With the great demand for timely, high-quality care for many Americans, telehealth has changed how patients receive care and how health systems, community clinics, and providers facilitate care.

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