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Elation Health Acquires Medical Billing Company Lightning MD

Healthcare IT Today

Elation Health continues to expand its primary care offerings. The acquisition adds revenue cycle capabilities to Elation’s clinical-first EHR and Best in KLAS , virtual care platform. The company was founded in 2017 by registered nurses Kelly Schoenfeld and Brian Esser.

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Wearable, Shareable, Virtual: The Demands of the Digital Health Consumer in 2018

Health Populi

As I wrote here in April 2017, telehealth and virtual healthcare are mainstreaming. This week at the 2018 annual HIMSS conference, telehealth is playing a mainstream role in discussions about right-sizing and right-placing healthcare. Three in four consumers in America say technology is important to managing their health.

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Telehealth Research Used to Support New Policy Initiatives for Expansion

care innovations

Changes to policy regarding telehealth and remote patient management (RPM) — and, specifically, changes affecting the reimbursement for these services offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — are having an effect on the usage of digital delivery on the larger healthcare industry. Improved efficiencies for providers.

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Top 5 Examples Of Wearable Medical Devices

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

For instance, connecting electronic health records (EHR) and wearables benefits primary care and chronic care patients. It provides up-to-date and quick access to complete information about patient health and helps medical practitioners reduce medical errors and provide safer care. Monitoring Health Conditions.

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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. As of August 2017, 21 states granted nurse practitioners full prescriptive authority to diagnose, treat and prescribe medicines for patients, free of physician oversight.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

In 2017, Adventist’s corporate campus received the Orlando Business Journal ‘s Corporate Philanthropy Award. As a 73-bed acute care hospital, Bailey Medical Center was recognized with Ardent Healthcare’s Ardent Cup as an outstanding facility in four times from 2012 to 2017, and it earned a five-star CMS rating in 2017.

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Payer, provider trends to watch in 2019

Henry Kotula

This year will see a swath of players from across the industry tackle behavioral health gaps by complementing primary care with telemedicine. While larger health systems tend to have the means to be early adopters of new and robust healthcare technologies, physicians are beginning to integrate such services into their practices.