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How one FQHC uses telehealth for primary care, behavioral health and addiction treatment

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Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center in Nashua, New Hampshire, provides primary care, behavioral health and dental services to a population that is either homeless or at risk of homelessness. Harbor Care Health is a Federally Qualified Community Center. "In 2019, we treated 3,194 patients. MARKETPLACE.

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The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

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Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Optum Virtual Care said to be closing down

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This month, one physician and IT entrepreneur posted on his Substack had posted other unconfirmed reports that suggested Optum was ending its telehealth service – and asked whether brick and mortar healthcare had the capacity to replace Optum's millions of virtual visits. million in 2019. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

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Their multivariable regression model analyzed weekly EHR metadata, comparing the same measures for one year before the pandemic – August 2018-September 2019 – with the same period one year after its onset – August 2020-September 2021. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Telehealth helps reduce depression in youth, Texas consortium finds

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In spring 2021, emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts were nearly 51% higher for adolescent girls compared with the same time period in 2019. right now have no mental healthcare providers at all. "The most-organized efforts now are the primary care access programs and collaborative care models.

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Female physicians more likely to adopt telehealth early

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The research team notes that despite an assumption that a COVID-19-fueled shift to virtual care happened "all at once," that may not have always been the case – potentially leading to some patients who didn't feel safe seeking in-person care being left behind. 1, 2019, and Dec. Of the 3,473 physicians, 13.8%

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Telehealth may help reduce medicine's carbon footprint

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They calculated the average distance between patients' home addresses and their assigned primary care clinics, and used Oregon Department of Transportation data about how individuals run errands to estimate what percentage of in-person trips were taken by car. per year through 2019 – but declined by 46.2%