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For Tempe AZ, Public Health Means Being a 20-Minute City

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dr. Stephanie Deitrick, Chief Data and Analytics Officer for the City of Tempe, to learn more about their public health initiatives and how it relates to being a 20-minute city. Using GIS Technology for Healthier Living In 2012, Kent Larson described the concept of a 20-minute city in a TED Talk.

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Covenant Health uses telemedicine to get specialists to rural areas – and much more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The health system's telehealth stroke program was begun in 2012, developing the region's first comprehensive stroke center. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Covenant Health began its journey with telehealth a decade prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and served as a pioneer in the region in virtual care.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"It was the dedication to quality, reliability and patient/provider experience that set Teladoc Health apart. "Without any doubt, the devices InTouch Health offered a decade ago, in conjunction with their proprietary network, delivered unprecedented provider and patient experiences," she continued.

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ChatGPT May Not be Ready to Revolutionize the Healthcare Industry Quite Yet, But There’s Promise for the Future

Healthcare IT Today

ChatGPT, or other AI-based language translation systems, can serve as a resource for multilingual interaction, simultaneous translation, and can help to communicate a message in a patient’s first language, reducing the language-based gaps in health care and improving the patient experience.

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Parkview Health gets 70% of patients onto Epic portal, home of its telehealth programs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"But perhaps none is more important than our electronic health record, as it serves as the backbone of our communications between providers and patients." " Parkview Health made strategic moves in 2012 to implement and integrate Epic as its EHR for all hospitals and providers. Click here to read the special report.

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CVS Health to Acquire Oak Street Health

Healthcare IT Today

With an innovative care model and technology platform designed to deliver consistently superior outcomes and patient experiences, Oak Street Health has demonstrated that its model is scalable. About Oak Street Health Founded in 2012, Oak Street Health is a network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare.

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Ask and Tell: Family Caregiving as a Social Determinant of Health

Healthcare IT Today

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