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Bipartisan bills in House, Senate seek to increase telehealth in nursing homes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate, aims to enable more widespread use of telehealth in skilled nursing facilities. This bipartisan bill will help transform rural health care and improve lives." WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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HIMSS21 tech news: Epic/telehealth integration, acute care telemedicine, new remote care tech

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The integrated workflow enables health systems to access TytoCare-generated data in a patient's EHR and clinicians to access TytoCare exam data directly within Epic, as well as seamless remote patient monitoring, the company reported. A new remote care management system. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar. Patients have embraced the shift to digital, with nurses supporting digital engagement.

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Intermountain expands reach, broadens offerings of hospital at home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Intermountain Healthcare announced this week that it is expanding the scope and services of its hospital at home program, more than a year since it was first launched in May 2020. Patients and family agree to have phones nearby at all times, so tele-nurses and technicians can reach out to validate new alerts. WHY IT MATTERS.

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CPSI gives away new telemedicine system to combat the pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The goal is to enable safe and comprehensive virtual medical visits between patients and healthcare providers. CPSI is offering the product for free for the remainder of 2020 to help healthcare-provider organizations during the pandemic. TalkWithYourDoc.com, the company said, delivers more than remote-care appointments.

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Former Amazon medical officer examines Surgeon General's clinician burnout warning

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Maulik Majmudar, chief medical officer and cofounder at Biofourmis, a vendor of personalized, predictive health IT – who prior to that served as Amazon’s medical officer who led the launch of Halo – sat down with Healthcare IT News to discuss the crisis and potential solutions.

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UMass Memorial Health proves RPM virtual sitting is as effective as in-person care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"iObserver allows a remote care team to monitor up to 12 patients per screen, with two-way audio/video support, night vision and rapid-response bedside alerts. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. " MARKETPLACE.