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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.

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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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How telehealth is starting to reshape primary care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At Columbia, South Carolina-based Prisma Health, "we’re on a journey pursuing aspects of digital health," said Dr. Mark Wess, the health system's vice president and chief health information executive. "The asynchronous virtual visit for primary care is one of those."

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The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. As the COVID-19 crisis has made evident, telehealth can be a useful tool to help connect patients with services remotely.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.

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Telehealth helps address many key chronic care management challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors. is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." But telehealth can help in a significant way. In August, it named Brian Esterly CEO.

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MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. Raj Ratwani, PhD, vice president of scientific affairs for the MedStar Health Research Institute, and director of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare.