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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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Aging Populations of Consumers and Physicians Underpin the Future Doctor Shortage

Health Populi

That means small growth expected for pediatrics and specialties that serve the young, and huge growth expectations for clinicians focused on providing care to older and older health citizens. In 2017, HealthLeaders published an essay titled, “The U.S. This Big Trend converges with another aging demographic: that of U.S.

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How Telepsychiatry Can Support an Effective Integrated Care Model

Iris Telehealth

Integrated mental health services acknowledge that mental health and physical health don’t exist in silos and make high-quality care a reality for patients across the country. Additionally, it can also increase patient satisfaction in various primary care settings, including rural and urban communities.

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Consumers Shop Food for Health, But Cost Is a Barrier to Healthy Eating

Health Populi

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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How Telepsychiatry Can Support an Effective Integrated Care Model

Iris Telehealth

Integrated care acknowledges that mental health and physical health don’t exist in silos and makes high-quality care a reality for patients across the country. The integrated care model also saves providers time and money. The integrated care model takes things a step further, circles back and asks, “How did that go?”

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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. We discussed other research demonstrating that the proportion of consumers who use alternatives to seeing “their” primary care provider, like telemedicine and retail clinics, is growing. Accenture surveyed 2,301 U.S.

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Amazon Care's health provider signaling potential expansion, says STAT

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

His LinkedIn describes the role as the "founding medical director of the medical practice for Amazon Care." " As Christina Farr explained for CNBC in February 2020, Amazon Care's "care providers, including the physicians and nurses, are technically employed by a separate subsidiary called Oasis Medical.