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AHRQ program seeks provider organizations to help improve hybrid telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The program aims to improve the cancer diagnostic process in telemedicine-enabled primary care settings by strengthening safety culture and helping practices to close the loop on care transitions and other vulnerable processes along the cancer diagnostic pathway. Dr. Hardeep Singh is principal investigator.

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When Social Determinants of Health Limit Virtual Care Access

GlobalMed

This includes a variety of nonprofit and public eligible providers like teaching hospitals and medical schools, community medical centers, local health departments or agencies, not-for-profit hospitals, rural health clinics, and skilled nursing facilities. But expanding broadband access isn’t always enough.

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A Fresh Look at Telehealth Patient Demographics in 2019

Enzyme Health

Knowing more about who your patients are and what they’re looking for in their medical practitioners is important for any doctor or nurse to know, but it’s especially important in a field like telemedicine. None of these states appeared in the top 5 in 2016, meaning that services aren’t only growing within states, but across the country.

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Hospitals are signing on to use Alexa-type devices to access patient data

Lloyd Price

Hospital systems across the country are in the initial stages of rolling out voice-activated digital assistants like Alexa to boost patient engagement and simplify the work of doctors and nurses. Boston-based Commonwealth Care operates four primary care centers and administers two health plans.

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How Millennials are Reshaping the Entire Healthcare Sector

Advanced Medical Reviews

In 2012, they represented 2 percent of all primary care visits, and they are currently key catalysts of the broad move toward value-based care. These clinics are typically open on weekends, well-integrated with provider mobile/web apps for easy scheduling and staffed by nurse practitioners.

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Providing After-Hours Healthcare with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

It’s time to make a decision: do you go to the urgent care clinic a few blocks away? Or do you wait until Monday when you can call your primary care provider (PCP) and then wait a few more days for an appointment? A 2016 Commonwealth Fund study found that 51 percent of U.S.