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Why Provider Networks Are Going Virtual

GlobalMed

So often experience and cynicism have trained us to think of healthcare as a zero-sum game, where expanded market offerings for some patients drive up insurance premiums for others, or a payer’s cost savings program increases the documentation burden on providers. First let’s look at how these provider networks work without telemedicine.

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With 15,000 team members, 3,000 providers and $3.1 THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. In addition, all data from these visits was lost to Memorial and its provider team as it didn't flow back to Memorial.

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Women’s and Children’s Health Network launches Australia's first virtual gynaecological service

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SA Health has announced the launch of a new virtual care service for women needing urgent attention for their gynaecological concerns. WHY IT MATTERS The virtual service catering to gynaecological concerns is said to be a first in Australia. million ($21 million) in funding over four years from the state government.

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New survey sheds light on providers' embrace of telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News sat down with Virginia Telehealth Network's Mara Servaites, executive director, and Robin Cummings, special projects director, to dig into the results and find out the status of telemedicine in the state. Why do you think this is? And why do you think this is?

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Why telemedicine must play a central role in solving the specialist shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual care has proven that it can be a big help in connecting patients with the right specialists , and in a timely manner. More often than not they don’t know where to go, who to see, what’s covered by insurance, and what tests or medical records to get. How can virtual specialty care help overcome these challenges?

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Telehealth set for 'tsunami of growth,' says Frost & Sullivan

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But in the years ahead, virtual care and remote monitoring should truly take off, according to the report. WHY IT MATTERS. This poses huge opportunities and challenges for providers and vendors alike. "We will never go back to 50 [telehealth] visits a day," said NYU Langone CMIO Dr. Paul Testa. ON THE RECORD.

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Improving rural access to radiology services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS By most accounts, radiology practice in rural areas is bleak due to the nationwide physician shortage and a spate of hospital closures, according to RSNA's Daily Bulletin. "For patients, models that can attract high-quality specialists and deep and diverse provider networks also will be hugely valuable."