Duane Boise

JULY 31, 2017

It means hours spent waiting in a waiting room, surrounded by other patients. Thanks to research and development advancements made by MMJ Technologies, consumers are realizing that all of these areas may only be temporary – and they are demanding a more mobile-centric experience. Providers who fail to offer a more mobile-friendly experience may see themselves losing patients or, at the very least, not bringing in a steady flow of new patients.

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Health System CIO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The harsh truth is that telemedicine has fallen far short of expectations, says David Bensema. Columns Featured Patient Experience Telemedicine David BensemaBut if it’s marketed more effectively and key changes are implemented, it can still serve a key purpose.

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Health System CIO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

And although he learned quite a bit from the experience, he’s happy to be back in the CIO shoes that seem to fit him so well. Chief information & innovation officer role. * “If you put the patient first, you’re going to do okay.”. Telemedicine for cancer care. If you put the patient first, you’re going to do okay.

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Health System CIO

AUGUST 1, 2016

No matter how you define telemedicine - whether it’s real-time video conferencing or the transmission of photos - it’s going to see exponential growth in 2017, and your organization needs to be ready, says John Halamka. Patient Experience Telemedicine Blog John Halamka

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American Well

DECEMBER 6, 2017

As you get up and running with your telehealth practice, you may be wondering: what exactly do my patients see? Download Amwell, set up your own patient account and explore. But until then, here are some answers to common questions we get from doctors about the patient experience: 1. Who are the patients on Amwell? Amwell is open to the public, so patients all over download the app and see available providers. How will patients find me?

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

JANUARY 15, 2019

The National Cancer Institute reports 2017 U.S. According to Deloitte’s report in Evidence Based Oncology ( The American Journal of Managed Care publication), many organizations are exploring ways to control costs and enhance care quality for oncology patients (e.g. Patient Centered Medical Homes, CMS’ Oncology Care Model). With many different types of cancer and treatment options, each patient embarks on a personal care journey.

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American Well

DECEMBER 6, 2017

As you get up and running with your telehealth practice, you may be wondering: what exactly do my patients see? Download Amwell, set up your own patient account and explore. But until then, here are some answers to common questions we get from doctors about the patient experience: 1. Who are the patients on Amwell? Amwell is open to the public, so patients all over download the app and see available providers. How will patients find me?

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

Power,” your mind probably imagines reviews of automotive performance, retail shopping experiences, or perhaps even health insurance plan customer service. I’ll also weave in the latest insights from the ATA 2019 State of the States report updating legislative/regulatory telemedicine activity at the U.S. Cost is a key driver for patients seeking health care — often leading to self-rationing or postponing visits to a health care provider when care is needed.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018. Telehealth adoption also grew from 2017 to 2018. Live video use roughly doubled, from 19% in 2017 to 34% in 2018.

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American Well

APRIL 6, 2017

How can we integrate telehealth in the continuum of patient experience? Clarity of purpose was an essential first step for our partnership with them; their strategic goals for the virtual clinic shaped the des ign and operation of the service: Their goals: Grow their affiliated patient population in Illinois and Wisconsin. Educate staff on the inclusion of telemedicine to better meet consumer needs.

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American Well

APRIL 6, 2017

How can we integrate telehealth in the continuum of patient experience? Clarity of purpose was an essential first step for our partnership with them; their strategic goals for the virtual clinic shaped the des ign and operation of the service: Their goals: Grow their affiliated patient population in Illinois and Wisconsin. Educate staff on the inclusion of telemedicine to better meet consumer needs.

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American Well

MARCH 7, 2017

Not surprisingly, the hospital of the future will require technology solutions like telehealth to meet growing patient demands for remote access to health information and providers. The hospital of the future won’t be the hospital you grew up going to, but with all the promise technology can bring – improving the patient experience and driving down costs – that might be a good thing. Featured In : HIT Leaders and News.

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American Well

MARCH 7, 2017

Not surprisingly, the hospital of the future will require technology solutions like telehealth to meet growing patient demands for remote access to health information and providers. The hospital of the future won’t be the hospital you grew up going to, but with all the promise technology can bring – improving the patient experience and driving down costs – that might be a good thing.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2018

consumers rank supermarkets, fast food chains, retailers, and banks as their top performing industries for experience according to the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings. Peoples’ experience with health plans rank at the bottom of the roster, on par with rental cars and TV/Internet service providers. This year, it appears that auto dealers and airlines have fared worst on the very poor end of the customer experience spectrum.

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CiscoHealth

JULY 20, 2017

But the patient experience extends beyond robots and devices. At the very core, healthcare is about collaboration between caregivers and patients. Leverage specialists across facilities to provide specialized expertise to more patients. Here again, collaboration technology provides benefits – both for providers and patients. For example, a video consult can help a caregiver route a patient to a specialist without an in-person appointment for a referral.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Anthem’s policies looked to nudge patients to less costly outpatient facilities, including urgent care centers and freestanding imaging centers. Providers will need to manage patients post-discharge and keep them healthy in their homes rather than in hospitals. Krishna believes payers may move more into bundled payments, bonus payments and capitation as it pushes providers to care for the whole patient rather than receiving payments for individual services. [link].

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

health/care ecosystem that brings a self-care front-door closer to consumers, patients and caregivers. Note that Albertsons bought Plated, the subscription meal kit company, in 2017. His remarks provided context and introduction to a panel on “The Power of the Patient” in helping address health care costs in America. Dr. Smith noted there’s a huge reservoir of untapped labor in patients.

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CiscoHealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Collaboration is changing the face of healthcare, enabling agile strategies like telemedicine, remote monitoring, care-team communication, and specialist engagement. When clinicians and patients can collaborate—seamlessly and securely—they can break through traditional barriers to care and innovation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A massive nationwide scale-up of telehealth and remote patient monitoring unlike anything yet seen. Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

Back in 2017, Millennium Physician Group, one of the largest independent physician groups in the U.S., Every patient, every time. To achieve this, we knew we needed to look beyond the leading edge of medicine at the time and take our patients where the future of healthcare was headed.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Today, patients expect to be treated when they want and where they want, said Dr. Christopher Davis, an emergency medicine specialist and medical director for UCHealth Virtual Health. Virtual urgent care was born out of a drive to provide more choice, and more convenience, for our patients.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

million outpatient visits in a year, MedStar Health caregivers and patients had to address the world’s new reality that stay-at-home orders might lead to delays or cancellations for routine and non-urgent medical needs to stop the spread of COVID-19. Also, patients had a continued need to reach out to their primary care physicians to get questions answered about COVID-19. Telemedicine technology and services vendor Bluestream Health has served MedStar Health since 2016.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

HRI also interviewed numerous thought leaders from throughout the industry and frontline clinicians to understand their on-the-ground experiences during a historic year. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) is adopting and supporting new Connected Health technologies that empower patients to monitor, collect, and share health and treatment data with their physicians and care providers. Mobile technology not only increases patient autonomy and engagement, it can lower costs and improve outcomes for those with chronic conditions. Comprehensive patient care. Managing rising-risk patients in a value-based world.

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Hinduja Global Solutions

JULY 26, 2018

Healthcare has undoubtedly made business-to-customer strides toward 24/7 optimized experience—from nurse triage to customer relationship management and analytical population health management data collection. Both payers and providers are more proactively tracking member and patient interactions to build intelligence for future interactions. The cost of compliance has steadily grown over the past few years, rising 43 percent from 2011 to 2017, according to a recent Ponemon report.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Health care is incredibly backward in its use of information and consumer technologies and there are ample opportunities to improve patient care while reducing cost. 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. Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine.

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 was a historic year for telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), as a series of developments played out that helped extend these important care delivery services to more patients than ever before. With decades of collective experience designing and perfecting RPM programs , the team at Care Innovations bring to the table a level of expertise not often found in the nascent world of telehealth development — expertise that clearly shows through in analyses like this.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Ever since the announcement last year that three of America’s biggest companies — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase — had united, Voltron-style, to fight for lower healthcare costs and forge “a better patient experience” for their combined 1.2 million employees, industry watchers have waited patiently for more details about what the healthcare hydra has planned. And Alexa’s telemedicine-like applications continue to expand.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A growing volume of outpatient care will be provided in ambulatory surgery centers, primary care clinics, retail clinics, urgent care centers, nurse managed health centers, imaging facilities, emergency departments, retail clinics, and patients’ homes. 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.

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