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6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.1

Digital Health Global

If you think about technology as simply being able to do more with less, healthcare is a great place to apply those skills” Steve Krupa , CEO, Psilos Group On March 11 th , 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic.

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Upstate Medical University decreases no-shows by 59% with telehealth, which patients love

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. THE PROBLEM. Collaboration was underway with clinicians, and vendors were being evaluated.

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Marshfield Clinic boosts patient-provider satisfaction and provider efficiency with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Marshfield Clinic Health System based in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has nine hospitals – plus Marshfield Children's Hospital inside the flagship hospital – and more than 60 healthcare centers in more than 30 communities across Wisconsin. THE PROBLEM. MCHS had multiple telehealth platforms prior to COVID-19.

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Stopping Referral Leakage with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

Increased patient volume, eliminated air transport , after-hour appointments and reduced no-shows can all reduce costs or add additional provider income. Hospital networks and large healthcare systems are most affected by patient leakage. Often this kind of loss isn’t tracked by the hospital network or healthcare system.

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Innovative offerings from 2020 (virtual) HIMSS

Aging in Place Technology Watch

He talked about the capability to use cloud faxing for providers who lack an EHR system, enabling doctors to prescribe, query the network and download patient records. He talked about the capability to use cloud faxing for providers who lack an EHR system, enabling doctors to prescribe, query the network and download patient records.

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At one urban health center, ‘regulatory change was critical’ to telehealth success

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” NFP uses an Epic EHR (through OCHIN, a health center-controlled network) and had access to Zoom through Epic’s MyChart patient portal, but determined it would be too difficult for its patients. Telemedicine and remote work immediately became the solution. Telemedicine and remote work immediately became the solution.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the healthcare industry through the wringer. Healthcare executives up and down the line have learned many valuable lessons from their experiences this past year. It's required new ways of working, new methods of communication, new solutions to old problems and innovative solutions to new problems.