Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2024

million eligible patients through more than 680 health centers across 41 U.S. states, and virtually in all 50 states. “The merger of Marathon Health and Everside Health will create a stronger combined organization even better equipped to build a primary care model designed with patient experience and outcomes in mind.

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Iris Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2023

But how does telehealth work for mental health care? Telemental health services solve common challenges. By incorporating virtual providers into your team, you can support your on-site clinicians with mental health specialists, enabling them to better serve their patients.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

Expanding omni-channel, data-driven, cost-effective health care in the community, tailoring that care, and attending to mental health paint the picture of health through the lens of CVS Health. The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

The four stories we generate are: Retail Health For All, starring “The Consumer” DIY Healthcare, starring “The CEO” Fragmentation Meets Bureaucracy, starring “The Castaway,” and, “One World, One Health,” starring “The Health Citizen.” The community ethos bolsters social cohesion and mental health.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

I talked to Tim Costantino, vice president and head of product, about challenges and potential barriers to meeting these goals. AdvancedMD is a cloud-based service merging an EHR with a health care management solution, and has recently announced upgrades to its EHR, practice management, and patient engagement functions.

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Health Populi

APRIL 23, 2024

In this health consumer update, McKinsey spoke with three consumer marketing experts from other industries to learn best practices on how best to “be there” for consumers — in other words, meeting people where they are. The first bar chart from the report tells us that most U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Patients’ postponing health care will continue for some, resulting in worse prognoses for them along with the need for providers to engage people where they are to bolster trust in their return to care sites. along with health disparities and inequities. Mental health will continue to be the epidemic beyond the pandemic.

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Digital Health Today

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Although healthcare workers have received much-deserved praise for their strength and resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges, the pandemic is taking its toll on the mental health of those on the front lines. Unfortunately, some of them perceive asking for mental health support as a sign of weakness.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

Technology has became culturally accepted as an integral part of the patient experience as telemedicine gained popularity. As a result of the pandemic, telehealth went from underused to the preferred way to receive care by many patients seemingly overnight. The patient experience in its entirety is becoming more digital-forward.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 29, 2023

In the realm of healthcare, where the well-being of individuals is paramount, behavioral health reviews play a pivotal role in ensuring quality care. This article delves into the significance of behavioral health reviews, highlights best practices, and sheds light on the crucial role they play in enhancing patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The debut installment of the new Cleveland Clinic & HIMSS Patient Experience Digital Series debuts next Tuesday, November 10. Moreover, when behavioral or mental health would present at the emergency department, "there were no onsite psychiatric resources," said Hasselberg.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?

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Iris Telehealth

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Today, telehealth continues to provide care to those who cannot reach behavioral health services as easily. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals and health systems continue to experience challenges meeting patient volume and needs with limited behavioral health resources.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

COVID-19 has created another health crisis in this country – a massive increase in depression and other mental health issues associated with being isolated. "Pre-pandemic, we had occasional telemedicine visits that we arranged manually via Google Meet," Merok recalled. " MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 12, 2024

Solution Erases Long Phone Holds for Patients, Supports Overwhelmed Medical Front Desk Workers, and Improves Patient Access to Physicians Assort Health is introducing the first generative AI solution built specifically for healthcare call centers, promising to erase that dreaded hold music forever. The company is announcing $3.5

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

At the same time, multiple respondents called for legislation to support a national patient identifier. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : Reporting From the Epic User Group Meeting and Civitas Conferences. Read more… Meet Growing Demand for Mental Health Services With Personalized Digital Solutions.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

For general health, a broad range of conditions addressing dermatology and skin health, anti-inflammatories, cholesterol, hepatitis, GI issues, migraine, allergy, weight management, and mental health. The website notes that there is a 12-visit maximum under this plan.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

While NPs are essential to addressing the provider shortage and improving the patient experience, they’re also indispensable when it comes to mental health treatment. The type of NP working in the mental health field is called a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner or a PMHNP.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

A decade+ later, we see the maturing of the patient-as-consumer, taking on more self-care beyond fitness and wellness blurring into medical and acute care as hospitals re-locate services and monitoring to people at home and people becoming more activated in tracking chronic conditions, from head-to-toe.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What if… you were given the opportunity to build a health system from scratch in this new era of platforms, cloud computing, AI and machine learning, curious-digital-empowered consumers, and collaborators in retail and community settings operating close to peoples’ homes and workplaces?

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Playing a crucial role in hospital-at-home programs, these technologies complement in-home visits and provide patients with a complete range of hospital services, including mental health, nephrology, and case management. I am particularly excited about digital therapies for mental health. Currently, in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

I’ll point to one that’s become a key learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is mental health care. have a mental health provider in their practice, compared with 9 in 10 Dutch and Swedish primary care practices. communities, worsening health disparities that grew in the COVID pandemic.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

The use of telehealth visits grew from 4% of older people having ever used virtual platforms by May 2019, to 30% of older patients using telehealth in June 2020. Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For example, express written consent for such messages is not required by law for pertinent medical information, but it is a best practice to meet patient expectations and avoid complaints. Today, text messages are often the most effective, as automated emails and phone calls are often less preferred by patients.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

Jasper’s data ecosystem complements the patient’s clinical data on the psycho-social side of the person – that is, “real life.” Patients can track nutrition and food intake, mood and mental health, financial issues, transportation, and activity (such as steps). “There are people behind those data points.”

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 16, 2022

million patients visit hospital emergency departments in the United States each year. Among those seeking emergency care from EDs is a growing number of patients suffering from mental health crises. So, why is it difficult to address mental health needs in the ED? According to the CDC , approximately 146.5

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

JANUARY 4, 2023

Get that right and we can ensure that the NHS is meeting the needs of all the population and not just those who are equipped to navigate the healthcare system. . The NHS was set up to provide high quality care for patients, free at the point of need. Digital technology is the conduit to equal and equitable access to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

"Providence is committed to the total wellness of the community and considers social determinants of health, housing, and treatment of mental health and substance abuse as integral to creating the highest level of health for all people," officials said. Health equity. Vulnerable communities.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

But there are opportunities to learn from patients and advocacy groups at the meeting to inform the demand side of the health/care equation, and that’s crucial to understanding consumer experience, values and sense of value that enables people to get the care they need. That’s the supply side of HLTH.

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Xealth

MAY 2, 2024

Engaging a diverse patient population through accessible, intuitive digital platforms can significantly enhance patient outcomes and satisfaction. Discover strategic approaches for leveraging your existing digital health investments to create more engaging and effective patient experiences for all involved.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 13, 2023

ranking: that, “Sharing is caring,” adding that Lyft has continued to expand its healthcare business to link patients needing transportation — a key social determinant of health and care access — to doctor’s appointments, dialysis sessions, mental health services, and college student health services.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2019

This meeting convenes the company’s clients, partners, and staff to share best practices, spark insights and learnings, and enable networking between people attending the meeting. Terri Kline, President and CEO (retired), Health Alliance Plan. Joseph Gonnella, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

We begin 2023 with the opening of CES 2023, the world’s largest annual meet-up of consumer electronics innovators, companies, and retailers. How can digital health and other consumer-facing technologies help our health? Life expectancy in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2021

.” Then add in “sweet teams are made of this,” and you have the making of telehealth enabling health/care across the continuum, as I show in my drawing here. Sweet teams are increasingly inter-disciplinary, including primary care, bundling in mental health, health coaches and nutritionists.

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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.

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Iris Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2024

When they don’t have this access, they leverage social workers for care coordination, therapy, and patient support. If a patient comes in with cardiac or lung issues, you want them to meet with a provider with the appropriate skill set and knowledge to assess them based on their presentation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2023

RTM, which is reimbursable , lets patients connect with their doctors and nurses via care management apps on their smartphones to report non-physiological data, ask questions, watch videos and report outcomes to get better – anytime, day or night. Given that nearly half of adults in the U.S. healthcare system.

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