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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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Particle Health Appoints Dr. Carolyn Ward as Director of Clinical Strategy

Digital Health Global

As a practicing board-certified primary care physician, Dr. Ward has experienced firsthand the frustration that providers and patients face when it comes to navigating data accessibility and usability challenges.

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Telemedicine Today: November 2016

American Well

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! million Americans under the age of 18 lack “access to care that meets modern pediatric standards.”. Many children with insurance cannot access primary care, and those who can often have challenges getting specialty care. Subscribe to Updates.

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When Social Determinants of Health Limit Virtual Care Access

GlobalMed

The US Census Bureau 2016 data showed that 80% of white households had a desktop or laptop computer in 2016, while only 63% of Black and 67% of Hispanic households did. In other words, any efforts to eliminate health inequities through virtual care must also address barriers to digital health access.

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Telehealth and RPM on the Montana frontier

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One Health, based in Hardin, Montana, is a family of Federally Qualified Health Centers that provides integrated primary care to rural and frontier communities in Montana and Wyoming. All but one of One Health's clinic locations serve communities that meet the frontier definition. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL.

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A Fresh Look at Telehealth Patient Demographics in 2019

Enzyme Health

Recent telehealth adoption statistics show a strong growing trend in favor of the service - According to a 2019 report from nonprofit FAIR Health , telehealth utilization grew 53% from 2016 to 2017 nationwide, more than any other service, including urgent care, retail clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and ERs.

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How Millennials are Reshaping the Entire Healthcare Sector

Advanced Medical Reviews

A Manatt Health study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the total number of such clinics grew 900 percent between 2006 and 2014 , to 1,800 nationwide. 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.

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