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Providing After-Hours Healthcare with Telemedicine

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Or do you wait until Monday when you can call your primary care provider (PCP) and then wait a few more days for an appointment? Access to healthcare is usually thought of in terms of insurance and location. Access to healthcare is usually thought of in terms of insurance and location. Telemedicine After Hours.

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EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network compared patient messaging among ambulatory physicians before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding they were mostly documenting visits and not messaging patients. hours per eight patient scheduled hours. before the pandemic to 8.18

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How virtual care can help ease the rural mental health crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With a chronic shortage of mental healthcare providers in rural areas, there is a significant lack of access to this much-needed care for those who reside there. In addition, research shows rural Americans are less likely to receive mental healthcare because of the stigma, Booth added. How did this problem develop?

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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS To identify common facilitators and barriers to telehealth implementation, researchers evaluated practice leaders' perspectives on 32 aspects of telemedicine in their practices, according to a new report published in the Annals of Family Medicine. They self-identified their point of maturation.

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Telehealth, properly integrated with EHRs, can boost cancer care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Kathy Dalton Ford, chief product and strategy officer at Ronin, which develops clinical oncology software, very much believes virtual care and other technologies can help providers improve their cancer care. What is it about oncology that makes it a good fit for telemedicine? But the tools have to be properly calibrated.

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At Children's Mercy, telemedicine boosts access to highly sought-after subspecialists

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Children's Mercy supports the children of Kansas and Missouri, with the next children's hospitals being hours away in all directions. "It was the dedication to quality, reliability and patient/provider experience that set Teladoc Health apart. THE PROBLEM.

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Tele-stroke tech improves care and provider confidence at Essentia Health-Fargo

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"This technology is meant to provide timely access to expert stroke doctors to determine a plan of care for suspected or diagnosed stroke patients," she explained. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Click here to read the special report.