Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

" The article also makes a point to emphasize that the medical workforce in the U.S. is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." " As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And while telehealth has helped provide sweeping access to high-touch treatment, virtual care still is limited by the shortage of therapists. Telehealth certainly has made mental healthcare available to many more people. Where in your view does telehealth come up short? These all are really positive contributions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One big question in healthcare when it comes to the digital divide: How can people in these households get access to telemedicine ? Virtual care can be a game-changer for people in rural communities and healthcare deserts. Even in urban centers where there are shortages of specialists.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. This first event featured healthcare leaders from across the country and took place in Nashville. The second major theme was acceptance.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

A report released this past week from the ANCOR Foundation and United Cerebral Palsy found that telehealth can play an integral role in transforming the healthcare system to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their caregivers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our community’s healthcare workforce predictions. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

Over the past few months, the organizations have deployed telemedicine services to support care in at least a half-a-dozen states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. This hospital already had called 150 different places to try and find a tertiary care center to transfer folks to, but to no avail.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

During the pandemic, so much was asked of our healthcare workers that they began to get burnt-out and started to quit. Stretched out led to stretched thin, meaning that more healthcare workers got burnt-out and quit as well. So how do we get out of this cycle? Kimberly Hartsfield, EVP Growth Enablement at VisiQuate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The health system's experienced caregivers include experts in behavioral health, cancer, cardiology, children and women's services, heart and vascular care, neurology, pulmonology and surgery. For years, UMass Memorial Health has leveraged technology as a means of augmenting in-person care at the bedside. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Musculoskeletal (MSK) is routinely one of the three most expensive categories of care (along with cardio-metabolic disease and cancer care). Dr. Steve Schutzer, an orthopedic surgeon for 34 years, is working on this pain point as cofounder and COO of Upswing Health, a virtual clinic for MSK/orthopedic problems.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Tytocare’s Mission to Make Home Medical Care Easier and More Accurate. Read more… Addressing Healthcare’s Top Cybersecurity Challenges.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Searching for a New Angle to Address Health Equity. Read more… Exploring Augmented and Virtual Reality Apps for Training.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Defending against these attacks must be a top priority for healthcare cybersecurity professionals. In 2024, the attack surface will continue to grow.

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MeMD

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way Americans access healthcare. When the country shut down in March 2020, virtual care became the new standard, as it provided a safe way to access healthcare without stepping foot in a doctor’s office or emergency room. Virtual Care is Preferred. Telehealth can help.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. It’s crucial for healthcare organizations to stay at the forefront of these technological advancements to provide the best care for patients and consumers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Virtua Health is a nonprofit community health system with five hospitals, seven urgent care centers and 280-plus locations across South New Jersey and Philadelphia. " "The virtual tool also gives our staff the opportunity to immediately reach out to that patient if we notice they are struggling during initial engagement.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. The idea behind the alerts to help doctors get the information they need quickly to improve patient care. Doctors Love Alerts – Until They Don’t.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." "He took a look at my hand to see how well the progression was going.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Virtua Health's successful "get human fast" online engagement platform propelled patients to interact with staff and clinicians expanded to virtual consultations, chatbots and RPM. The six virtual care programs are as follows. First, Urgent Care Telehealth.

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Henry Kotula

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

[link] Five years ago, I started the Fixing Healthcare podcast with the aim of spotlighting the boldest possible solutions—ones that could completely transform our nation’s broken medical system. healthcare has fallen further behind its global peers, notching far more failures than wins. of federal spending on healthcare.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 9, 2019

That means a euphoric time of year for most of us but it can also be pretty stressful – especially if you’re hosting a big family gathering or racing to meet end of year deadlines. It also found some companies offer an extra PTO day or other stress-buster to help their workforce stay focused and productive over the winter holidays.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. What’s most important and impactful about telehealth is the technology’s ability to enable care and improve accessibility. Ankit Gupta, CEO at Bicycle Health.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of telehealth to deliver healthcare services safely and effectively. ” These findings demonstrate the significant shift towards telehealth as a solution for providing behavioral health care during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

There has been this huge rush to implement AI wherever it can be added. There are so many great things that AI can do, such as data gathering, increased pattern recognition, etc. For a closer look at this balance we reached out to our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights. Colin Banas, M.D.,

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MeMD

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Burnout has a staggering human cost – and it’s also a major driver of healthcare spending. What’s more, 95% of HR leaders said burnout is sabotaging workforce retention according to Kronos Inc. Addressing Burnout in the Workplace. There’s no “one-size-fits-all” solution for addressing burnout among U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

Social distancing is a key factor in reducing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and tele-visits can be a safe and secure means for providers to deliver certain types of care for their patients. The spread of COVID-19 has been devastating on the healthcare system in Queens. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Technology can significantly alleviate some of these issues throughout the rev cycle by automating repetitive tasks, enhancing efficiency, and augmenting human capabilities.

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Henry Kotula

APRIL 10, 2023

healthcare. Too often, that’s exactly how U.S. government agencies go about regulating advances in healthcare. Devaluing ‘virtual visits’ Established in 1973 to combat drug abuse, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) now faces an opioid epidemic that claims more than 100,000 lives a year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2023

Hospitals across the nation are facing workforce challenges with nurse staffing shortages posing one of the biggest threats to care delivery. workforce from 2020 to 2021 due to a perfect storm of issues ranging from burnout and job dissatisfaction to competing family obligations and COVID-related illness.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

No hospital or health system is immune from the challenges of the nationwide nursing shortage. As organizations look for ways to reduce the administrative burden on nurses and improve engagement and satisfaction, virtual nursing is one consideration. What is the national nursing shortage like today?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

160 million Americans live in regions with mental health professional shortages. Cost and access also are barriers to care, with a predicted shortage of 21,000 adult psychiatrists by 2030 making matters worse. Telepsychiatry can be a lifeline to areas with few mental health options by increasing access to treatment.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Jake Pyles, CEO at CipherHealth The path to value-based care is anything but a straight line. Community health workers will become a pillar of the healthcare community.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In any case, health systems will need to work to improve access to care – and can do so by offering integrated, personalized options.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There are so many challenges that we are currently facing in the world of healthcare, that possibly adding another one is overwhelming to think about. It can stop a lot of human error and take mundane tasks off of healthcare’s shoulders. On one hand the automation will solve a lot of problems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2023

The passing of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 shows the federal government’s commitment to health equity, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens, regardless of location or socioeconomic status. In doing so, patients will be able to receive care even if their provider is out of state.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2021

health care system that existed before the public health crisis. What lessons can be learned from the COVID-19 stress-test to build American health care back better? Some 600,000 physicians provide care to people in the U.S. The coronavirus pandemic exposed weaknesses in the U.S.

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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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