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Can Healthcare Optimize Its Human Resources and Redefine Care Delivery in the Process?

Healthcare IT Today

Many skilled nursing facilities are short-staffed, so patients cannot always transition out of the hospital in a timely manner. At the same time, there simply are not enough nurses and other healthcare providers to care for the people who will need support and resources in the next five to 10 years.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Because of the distance barrier to care and recognizing that the value telemedicine can provide to achieve the Triple Aim goals of improving specialist access, quality of care and affordability, Children's Mercy Kansas City began to identify telemedicine and technology options to help treat patients across the regions served.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

Hands-On Data Collection I talked to Dr. Geoff Rutledge, chief medical officer of HealthTap , a company that came early to telehealth and that I covered several times as far back as 2011. He believes that the doctor should discuss SDoH with patients, collecting data and discussing its implications.

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3 Ways Healthcare Engagement Models Differ From Other Industries

Hinduja Global Solutions

Healthcare has undoubtedly made business-to-customer strides toward 24/7 optimized experience—from nurse triage to customer relationship management and analytical population health management data collection. Source: Healthcare Analytics News. Diveya.Durai. Thu, 07/26/2018 - 20:24.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

It may be too early to start imagining a world where health care is truly owned by Big Tech — you order prescription drugs with your Amazon Prime account, see a nurse at the Apple Clinic, get your benefits statements from Google, and call an Uber instead of an ambulance when you need to go to the hospital. But something is happening here.

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Healthcare has never experienced anything like Amazon’s combination of logistics, voice AI expertise and data analytics. The impact could be huge.

Lloyd Price

Ever since the announcement last year that three of America’s biggest companies — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase — had united, Voltron-style, to fight for lower healthcare costs and forge “a better patient experience” for their combined 1.2 JPMorgan Chase has also invested in on-site healthcare.

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