Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System offers a 100% virtual care program for behavioral health integration that is delivered to patients either directly in a primary care clinic or the patient's home. Therapists are supported by a psychiatrist and a specialized behavioral health pharmacist.

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Digital Health Wire

MARCH 12, 2023

Unlike many other areas of healthcare, behavioral health doesn’t appear to be a small group of high utilizers driving up volumes. In 2021, two-thirds of patients diagnosed with a mental health condition saw a provider five times or fewer. Should high demand shift care settings for behavioral healthcare?

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

You can read my take on IFIC’s 2017 survey here on Health Populi – Shopping Food for Health is Mainstream, but Confusion is Super-Sized. Be aware that primary care providers are already switched-on to this idea. More women than men are taking on these cost-cutting strategies to manage food expenses.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2022

It’s more of an “and” than an “or,” we know now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as financial health connects with mental health, physical health, and social/civic health. Yes, to health care access (especially primary care). Yes, to healthy food.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A 2017 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute/Greenwald & Associates showed that millennials rated virtual care as “extremely or very important” to their choice of medical provider. High Need for Mental Healthcare. The rise in mental health conditions alongside COVID-19 is being billed a dual pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

Neil Evans, chief officer for the Office of Connected Care in the Veterans Health Administration, the agency had laid the groundwork for virtual care expansion through established telehealth programs in more than 50 clinical specialties. The COVID-19 crisis, though, triggered a rapid scale-up.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

“We knew millions of people weren’t getting the care they needed — they were either too embarrassed to seek help or felt stuck in a system that was confusing and intimidating. Addressing the access and affordability pillars, Sam’s Club launched a collaboration with Humana called Care Accelerator.

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 16, 2022

Among those seeking emergency care from EDs is a growing number of patients suffering from mental health crises. However, when it comes to addressing this high-demand for psychiatric care, many emergency departments and hospitals don’t know where to start. So, why is it difficult to address mental health needs in the ED?

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

” All 50 state Medicaid agencies have adopted some coverage for telehealth, with 10 states not advancing coverage since 2017. There’s a move among state Medicaid programs to migrate from traditional hub-and-spoke models of care, with 29 states not specifying a specific patient setting for payment. health care system.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2018

The daily life of a person managing diabetes feels many costs: at work, on relationships, at play, during sleep, on time, on mental health, and to be sure, on personal finances. The fiscal bottom-line for PwD: 1 in 2 patients has sometimes gone without diabetes care due to cost.

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Digital Health Today

MAY 19, 2020

William Kassler of IBM Watson Health explains the roles of Fear, Resilience and Self-care. Our guest in this episode is Dr. Kassler has held a variety of roles at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Continue Education Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Key considerations for embracing telemedicine post-pandemic: Improved access: Rural communities often have limited access to specialists, making it difficult for these individuals to get the care they need. As of April 2021, 84% of physicians were offering virtual visits and 57% said they would prefer to continue offering virtual care.

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Iris Telehealth

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHC) are specially designated clinics offering comprehensive services to treat mental health and substance use disorders. On their certification, Mola said, “We were certified in 2017. You could come in and learn how physical health impacts mental health.”

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mHealth Insight

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

. “To see whether these laws translate to more use of telemedicine, researchers examined private health insurance claims data from 2005 to 2017 from OptumLabs Data Warehouse. In Mental Health we should be asking not what mobiles are doing to our mental health but what they could be doing. .

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The health network has been using the Xealth digital health platform, integrated into its EHR system, since early 2018. Omada is the 10 th digital health app that the health system has added to this platform, which covers a variety of clinical areas, including mental health, maternity, diabetes and others.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As cars grow more connected via Bluetooth like our TVs, autos morph into a third space for health, which I’ve considered here in Health Populi and in some of my futures work with clients.

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InTouch Health

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Students will be able to access concussion assessment, behavioral counseling, and primary care services through these various programs. The program, which went into effect at the beginning of the school year, features telemedicine stations where students can connect with a mental health counselor without leaving campus.

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SteadyMD

APRIL 7, 2022

Josh Emdur, DO, a family medicine physician and Chief Medical Officer at SteadyMD, says the current primary care model of seeing patients every 10-15 minutes is one of the main reasons primary care clinicians are burning out at record pace. Burnout is possible in any care setting, including telehealth.

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Enzyme Health

JULY 3, 2019

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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care innovations

DECEMBER 12, 2018

That’s according to a number of recent reports focused on telehealth research within a few specific areas of telehealth implementation — one of them focused on primary care and mental health, the other on exploring the application of telehealth and remote care technology within skilled nursing facilities.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 21, 2018

Eren can be proud of the role he has played in pioneering digital health and establishing Push Doctor as a recognised consumer brand in digital primary care. In 2017, Push Doctor treated over 1,000 different condition types including a wide range of infections, gastric, respiratory and mental health conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Some specialties, such as mental health, may find stronger footing via virtual visits. “Happy clinicians are the best ambassadors for virtual care,” the report asserted. As a result of these new digital relationships, healthcare organizations will need to prioritize clinicians’ mental health, HRI stated.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

That hasn’t yet been available to those of us who quantify our steps, weight, sleep, food intake, and other health metrics. In 2017, Hugh Langley wrote in Wareable that, “blood pressure is wearable tech’s next challenge.” Knowing your blood pressure is an important step for managing the risks of heart disease.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Harbor is a nonprofit mental health and substance use disorder treatment provider based in Toledo, Ohio, that has been addressing community needs for more than 100 years. It serves more than 23,000 individuals annually. Lighthouse Telehealth is a subsidiary of Harbor, formed in 2018 to meet the growing demand for telehealth.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The research explored telehealth services adoption rates and drivers, budgets and ROI, the technology’s role in delivering care, and the factors important to executives when selecting a solution for their organization. In May 2017, Baltimore-based SGP surveyed 98 individuals.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

One is a healthcare industry focus on value-based care provided by a decreasing number of physicians. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortage of up to 105,000 doctors by 2030, including an estimated 43,000 in primary care. Physicians who reported marginal time for documentation were 2.8

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care innovations

JUNE 27, 2018

Evans is speaking of the VA’s efforts to integrate new technologies into its operations, which have been rapidly accelerating since the 2017 announcement of a far-reaching series of telehealth expansions in 2017 designed to offset the agency’s highly publicized difficulties in staffing and skyrocketing patient wait times.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2020

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: That Hims blog is titled, “Making Healthcare Work for You.” With the addition of the direct-to-consumer (DTC) saliva test for COVID-19, Hims’ self-care portfolio joins the pandemic health economy and, at the same time, expands DTC in this pandemic era.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

While virtual health can’t solve every Medicaid issue, it can dismantle many typical roadblocks: Providers and patients can meet as scheduled even if the patient has missed their bus or had a childcare cancellation. Medicaid is the largest payer for mental health services in the United States.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Healthcare is a $3 trillion+ industry wrought with waste and middlemen.Two insurers, UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, are among America’s largest firms by revenue, bringing in $200 billion and $185 billion respectively in 2017. The idea makes sense; it can reduce running costs while leveraging the offer for future health insights.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This mega-study looks at every nook-and-cranny of employer-sponsored health care, from the macro premium picture and health plan offer rates to the more granular data on employee wellness, mental health, and telehealth — categories that weren’t part of the report’s early findings that launched 24 years ago.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The firm applied for and secured FDA approval back in 2017 for Abilify MyCite, a product jointly developed with Otsuka that focused on the schizophrenia population. Late last year, Otsuka committed to help Proteus expand its menu of digital medicines to other areas of mental health. The Redwood City, Calif.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Barriers of every type fell and, for once, providers and patients were equalized in their need and desire for virtual care. Routine visits, orthopedics, follow-up visits, mental health and other health services partook in the proverbial virtual care banquet. Contributing to ED challenges like LWBS is ED boarding.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

.: Relatively high levels of obesity are literally weighing down Americans’ health status, contributing to higher rates of diabetes, raising risks for many cancers, and reversing gains made in heart disease. The 2017 U.S. Americans have relatively less access to a doctor when care is needed, the OECD report revealed.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Adventist Health System (Altamonte Springs, Fla.). As the employer of more than 80,000 people, Adventist Health System aims to promote personal, professional and spiritual growth with its workplace culture. In 2017, Adventist’s corporate campus received the Orlando Business Journal ‘s Corporate Philanthropy Award.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Between 2017 to 2021, there was also significant movement in a few other areas: identity and self-esteem (up 11 points from 2017), as well as control and reality (up 7 points between 2017 to 2021). affected by behavioral health conditions: mental health and substance use disorders,” GAO highlighted.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For several years, I’ve called out telecom connections as a social determinant: for example, in this Huffington Post column written in July 2016, I asserted that broadband is a social determinant of health. In May 2017, AMIA called for the same , and the issue is getting the traction it merits. such as in the U.K.

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