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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. But there’s another, less visible realm where telemedicine has transformed costing savings and patient outcomes: correctional facilities.

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A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, technology has advanced to support new methods of delivering care such as evolving telemedicine efforts. Yet, it took the desperation associated with a pandemic to bond like-minded team members to collaborate in order for telemedicine to become an innovative mainstay in the delivery of patient care.

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Correctional Healthcare Is Changing and Here’s Why

GlobalMed

When you think of a typical telehealth visit, you might picture a patient at home communicating with a primary care provider or a patient and nurse in a long-term care facility coordinating care with a specialist. In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them. .

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UMass Memorial Health proves RPM virtual sitting is as effective as in-person care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Launched in 2006, its tele-ICU program remotely monitors more than 150 adult critical care beds across Central Massachusetts. "In September 2020, the IT team partnered with nursing leadership and Caregility to launch a pilot for virtual observation to prove its effectiveness," he continued. THE PROBLEM. " MARKETPLACE.

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AI-powered RPM can help address the rural neonatal care crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Coupled with a worsening nursing shortage , this is a huge problem for rural American families. hospitals rose 45% from 2006 to 2015. These strategies include telemedicine and remote patient monitoring. Even before the pandemic, maternal and infant outcomes in the U.S. were shockingly poor.

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4 Ways Healthcare is Getting a Return on Telehealth

American Well

A report by the Commonwealth Fund found that Partners HealthCare’s Connected Cardiac Care Program has seen a 50 percent reduction in heart failure-related readmission rates for enrolled patients since its telemedicine pilot launched in 2006. The program has estimated a total cost savings of more than $10 million. Preventative Outreach.

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4 Ways Healthcare is Getting a Return on Telehealth

American Well

A report by the Commonwealth Fund found that Partners HealthCare’s Connected Cardiac Care Program has seen a 50 percent reduction in heart failure-related readmission rates for enrolled patients since its telemedicine pilot launched in 2006. The program has estimated a total cost savings of more than $10 million. Preventative Outreach.