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What Your Healthcare Organization Can do to Make Patients More Comfortable with Telepsych

Iris Telehealth

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has become a mainstay for patients across the country. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) reports the following data: 28 studies found that more than 80% of patients indicated satisfaction with telehealth. Increasing patient comfortability at healthcare organizations.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. Here's an interesting one: This story actually dates from way back in the pre-pandemic past of 2017. In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. CMS final rule poses big hurdles for payers.

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What is the Future of Virtual Wards?

Lloyd Price

They also offer the potential for more personalised and patient-centered care, which can lead to better health outcomes. In the coming years, we can expect to see virtual wards become more common, as healthcare providers and policymakers recognise their potential benefits.

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What is the Future of Virtual Wards for patients, providers and payers?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary Virtual wards, also known as hospital at home, are a rapidly growing model of care that allows patients to receive hospital-level care in their own homes. This is done through the use of remote monitoring technology, such as wearable devices, video consultations, and telemedicine.

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How Henry Ford Health System's 100% virtual behavioral care program works

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This telemedicine approach allows a small number of therapists to care for patients across the health system, providing evidence-based treatment with proven clinical outcomes compared against care provided by a primary care physician alone.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

That sudden experiment allowed for valuable insights that healthcare organizations in 2021 can use to fine-tune where they should land on the spectrum of virtual and in-person – in ways that make the most sense for care delivery, patient experience, reimbursement and clinical research.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

It may be too early to start imagining a world where health care is truly owned by Big Tech — you order prescription drugs with your Amazon Prime account, see a nurse at the Apple Clinic, get your benefits statements from Google, and call an Uber instead of an ambulance when you need to go to the hospital. But something is happening here.