Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 5, 2022

Luke's University Health Network realized it needed technology that could help expand care across its 14 hospitals throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey spanning both urban and rural areas. The provider organization realized through virtual care it could enable its clinicians to see patients much faster.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Rising costs, generational shifts, digital transformation, and fast-growing investments in new health care models and technologies are forcing change in the legacy health care, noted in the State of Consumerism in Healthcare 2021: Regaining Momentum , from Kaufman, Hall & Associates.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

are self-rationing care in the era of COVID-19 by cutting spending on health care visits and prescription drugs. PwC explored how COVID-19 is influencing consumers’ health care behaviors in survey research conducted in early April by the Health Research Institute. Patients in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Once the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the health system needed to be able to treat the surge of patients with urgent care needs virtually so they could keep them safely at home and away from the overwhelmed emergency care system. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

Marshfield Clinic Health System based in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has nine hospitals – plus Marshfield Children's Hospital inside the flagship hospital – and more than 60 healthcare centers in more than 30 communities across Wisconsin. MCHS had multiple telehealth platforms prior to COVID-19. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

"Before COVID-19, Geisinger already had been thinking for a long time about improving participation in cardiac rehab, a Class I recommendation for eligible patients," said Alex Zimmerman, DNP, RN, vice president of the Heart & Vascular Institute at Geisinger. Its health plan covers more than half a million members.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2021

When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, patient and provider needs shifted substantially – and consumer demand for telehealth options skyrocketed. Mike Morgan is president of Updox, a vendor of a healthcare communication platform for in-person and virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Telehealth In recent conversations with healthcare executives across the country, I hear the same story: The dramatic spikes in telehealth visits in March and April have dropped off, even as in-person visits have started climbing slowly. Teladoc reported that total visits rose 92%, from 1,063,000 to 2,045,000 in the past quarter.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic most certainly has driven telehealth into the mainstream of healthcare. RPM benefits healthcare during the pandemic by helping with hospitals already packed to the gills, enabling patients to be monitored and treated at home. What has been the impact on chronic conditions as a result of the pandemic?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

When barriers are removed, patients are better able to participate in their healthcare. TRU spent almost two years testing new technology and ended up partnering with Vivify Health to help identify patient needs through our tele-care program." THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL. Abnormal results trigger telehealth RN follow-up."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed telehealth into the spotlight with exponential adoption, helping to prove its value. The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Virtual reality is the "goldilocks" the mental health sector has been waiting for, says Risa Weisberg, chief clinical officer at mental health technology vendor BehaVR, a licensed clinical psychologist and an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy. Telehealth certainly has made mental healthcare available to many more people.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 27, 2023

If you think about technology as simply being able to do more with less, healthcare is a great place to apply those skills” Steve Krupa , CEO, Psilos Group On March 11 th , 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

United Methodist Communities, headquartered in Neptune, New Jersey, is a faith-based, not-for-profit senior living and healthcare provider. “Our clinical staff could only be reactive to the needs of our residents,” said Larry Carlson, president and CEO of United Methodist Communities. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

Lord knows that through the bedlam of the past year-plus, there have been countless lessons to be learned in healthcare and health IT. They are: Andrew Buscemi, director of information technology at Holyoke Health Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts. ( @HolyokeHealth ). The entire foundation of healthcare is built on in-person care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

But the fact that these ideas are even being discussed points to how far the conversation has shifted since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has forced providers to think more creatively about care models and revenue. — John Halamka, M.D., jhalamka) March 17, 2021.

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Health Intersections

MARCH 28, 2020

In a number of contexts, people are using FHIR in production to make or report on patient appointments. It’s a natural question, then, how the COVID-19 epidemic impacts on this. How to represent this in FHIR: Mark an appointment as a virtual appointment. All of this is happening very rapidly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Additionally, it was important to the organization that it have a strategic approach to developing clinical programs, using consistent technology, rather than having telehealth done differently in each clinical area. When the pandemic began, Cincinnati Children's Hospital needed a scalable solution that could be integrated quickly.

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American Well

APRIL 2, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a once-in-a-lifetime test to the healthcare industry. We have all been touched by the courageous response of healthcare workers and the broader healthcare ecosystem doing their best to prevent the spread of the virus. Are you prepared for a tsunami of scale?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Personalization is embedded into many aspects of our lives, from individualized show recommendations on our Netflix accounts to AI-driven product recommendations based on our shopping habits. Recent McKinsey research shows that 71% of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized interactions. . Personalized Healthcare in Action

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Health System CIO

APRIL 16, 2020

As technology becomes more strategic to the mission of an organization — especially in the areas of research, education, and patient care — information technology needs to be represented at the cabinet level. COVID-19’s long-term impact on care delivery. COVID-19’s long-term impact on care delivery.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The following is a guest article by Vijay Yanamadala, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Sword Health and System Medical Director of Spine Quality at Hartford Healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on people’s mental and physical health, has greatly contributed to a rise in opioid-related deaths. healthcare system.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

APRIL 27, 2020

How cities are turning to collective intelligence to enable smarter approaches to COVID-19. It is also what makes them particularly vulnerable to the risks of outbreaks such as COVID-19, with some experts arguing it will force a significant rethink of urban planning if we are to achieve long-term survival in a pandemic world.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 31, 2023

The COVID-19 crisis underscored pre-existing health disparities, including telehealth inequities , notably among financially disadvantaged racial and ethnic minority groups. Health Disparity Study Methods Data for this study was sourced from the COVID-19 Research Database Consortium, managed by Datavant.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 31, 2023

The COVID-19 crisis underscored pre-existing health disparities, including telehealth inequities , notably among financially disadvantaged racial and ethnic minority groups. Health Disparity Study Methods Data for this study was sourced from the COVID-19 Research Database Consortium, managed by Datavant.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Privacy is one of the most important parts of a patient’s healthcare experience. HIPAA protects patients by limiting who can access PHI, when they can access it, and how they use it. All entities in the healthcare industry must practice caution and discretion in how they handle patient data.

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Digital Health Today

APRIL 22, 2020

For this special Coffee Talk I invited two leaders from one of our sponsors to share some of their insights and expertise on one of the most important areas of healthcare right now, Biomedical Informatics. We’re really privileged to work with some of the leading organizations in healthcare. Cheng-Kai Kao, MD: LinkedIn.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Given the number of factors to consider in implementing a Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) program, it’s important to make clear the benefits that RPM can offer healthcare providers, especially when combined with a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS). . How Remote Patient Monitoring Improves Patient Outcomes. Aging in Place .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the healthcare industry through the wringer. Healthcare executives up and down the line have learned many valuable lessons from their experiences this past year. Tina Esposito, chief health information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, based in Downers Grove, Illinois.

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 5, 2020

Readers’ Note: This is the first of two articles on the Future of Hospitals in Post-COVID America. examines how market forces are consolidating, rationalizing and redistributing acute care assets within the. and affordable healthcare services in medically-underserved communities.]. Click to access CBC_72_08052020_Final.pdf.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Garfield Health Center, based in Monterey Park, California, did not have a telemedicine program in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. ” Staff also knew that having telemedicine technology available in the future as an option could be ideal for patients for whom virtual appointments would be preferable, he added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. Just as the digital strategy was beginning to take shape, the first COVID-19 patient was admitted to a Geisinger hospital.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Wellness” has become a new mantra for healthcare organizations. Particularly pertinent to the Healthcare IT Today blog, wellness is a goal promised by many digital apps. This article begins a series that looks at useful measures of health and how the companies that promote wellness programs demonstrate their success.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

This shows that the huge surge in and mainstreaming of telehealth during the ongoing pandemic has caused the C-suite and other healthcare leaders to embrace the technology that has for so long existed on the periphery of medicine. What does your survey show in the area of expected growth and investment in telehealth?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Dr. Geoff Rutledge, chief medical officer of HealthTap , says that variations in healthcare outcomes between adjacent counties can be huge. One of my interviewees said that in the U.S.,

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