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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

deaths due to accidents, accidental overdoses, and suicide in 2017. Patients-as-consumers increasingly expect retail-enchanting service levels from health care – especially as patients pay medical bills increasingly out-of-pocket. It is a critical time for the U.S. Convenience isn’t just a nice-to-have: it has economic ROI.

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As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

Health Populi

Three in four large firms covers telemedicine in 2018, KFF found. This coverage line item is fast-growing, from the 27% low mark in 2015 of large companies covering telemedicine to 63% in 2017 and 74% in 2018.

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Breaking the Cycle of Financial Toxicity

GlobalMed

at least, we now expect that extensive medical treatment – whether that’s chemotherapy, ongoing dialysis visits or surgery to repair a broken femur – may involve significant medical bills. Hospital stays, outpatient visits, tests and medications can all add up, even when patients have health insurance. In the U.S.

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Getting Started with Telehealth

TheraNest

Telehealth is different from telemedicine because it encompasses a broader scope of remote healthcare services. telemedicine refers only to remote clinical services, while telehealth can refer to a range of non-clinical healthcare services as well. According to the ONC. This is where telehealth comes into play.

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Getting Started with Telehealth

TheraNest

Telehealth is different from telemedicine because it encompasses a broader scope of remote healthcare services. telemedicine refers only to remote clinical services, while telehealth can refer to a range of non-clinical healthcare services as well. According to the ONC. This is where telehealth comes into play.

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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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Five Healthcare Industry Changes to Watch in 2020

Henry Kotula

This change is occurring as the result of clinical innovations, patient preferences, financial incentives, electronic health records, telemedicine, and an increased focus on improving quality of care and clinical outcomes. The average number of plans a beneficiary has access to this year will be 28, up by a whopping 50% from 2017.