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Groups Recover Together sees great success treating opioid use disorder via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In March 2020, Groups Recover Together closed its physical locations, stood up a telehealth platform and transitioned to 100% virtual care. "We now know that 2020 was the worst year ever recorded by the CDC for drug overdoses. Before COVID-19, this was in the form of weekly, in-person group therapy. " PROPOSAL.

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What does the 'after COVID' business look like? IT leaders weigh in

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This is the latest in Healthcare IT News' series of feature stories on lessons learned during the COVID-19 era. March 11, 2020, became this sort of destabilization point for healthcare, when the WHO declared the pandemic. In January 2020, it conducted 3,500 virtual care visits. You can read the others here and here.).

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Mount Sinai eases translation in 200 languages through its Epic telehealth platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When telehealth visits increased exponentially during the pandemic, patients at Mount Sinai Health System with limited English proficiency, or LEP, were at a great disadvantage to receive equal access to services because of the language barrier. Telehealth platforms were not originally set up with LEP patients in mind. THE PROBLEM.

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Top 10 telehealth stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There's no question that the COVID-19 crisis ignited unprecedented patient interest in telehealth. But to gain a sense of the landscape going forward, here's a refresher of Healthcare IT News' top 10 telehealth stories from 2020: Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation.

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The M*A*S*H model of care and pushing IT to the limit – lessons from a tough 12 months

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Today, Healthcare IT News presents the latest in its feature story series speaking with healthcare C-suite officers and other health IT leaders about the healthcare information technology and other lessons learned during the past year, and how they are applying those lessons this year and beyond. Relying on telemedicine.