Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

Telehealth 113

Telehealth EHR RCM Healthcare IT 113

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System offers a 100% virtual care program for behavioral health integration that is delivered to patients either directly in a primary care clinic or the patient's home. The team provides comprehensive behavioral healthcare to a wide range of patients.

Primary Care 148

Primary Care Mental health Patient Experience Healthcare IT 148

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 16, 2020

But other experts who spoke at this week's HLTH VRTL 2020 conference reminded attendees, clinicians and innovators must be willing to think outside the box to fulfill telehealth's promise. "The pandemic has driven innovation in the shape and design of the traditional healthcare visit.

Telehealth 170

Telehealth Primary Care Digital Health Healthcare IT 170

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

$140 million in funding raised since November 2020 Wellvana Health announced today that it has closed an $84 million capital raise to drive innovation in value-based care enablement for independent primary care physicians, specialists, and health systems.

Primary Care 89

Primary Care Medicare Leadership Patient Experience 89

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2022

In January 2020, the organization launched a remote patient monitoring pilot, working with vendor Health Recovery Solutions to monitor CHF patients after discharge from the hospital. Upon discharge, patients often need support to understand their symptoms and warning signs after returning home. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

Primary Care 169

Primary Care Telehealth HIPAA Patient Experience 169

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2023

The deal builds on an existing partnership between the organizations dating back to 2020 and accelerates Vytalize’s expansion into Medicare Advantage, commercial plans, and Medicaid, as well as multi-specialty care.

Primary Care 94

Primary Care Patient Experience Medicare Healthcare IT 94

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today, Reimer is in the middle of a $350 million virtual care initiative, working to overcome health IT workforce challenges, and building a modern data ecosystem – emphasis on modern. We also plan to build five satellite clinics to ensure patients have access to care and services close to home. Enterprise Taxonomy:

Nursing 184

Nursing Primary Care Digital Health Healthcare Cybersecurity 184

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. We then made the business case to pilot switching existing services over to Zoom, including all primary care practices. Enterprise Taxonomy:

Telehealth 142

Telehealth Telemedicine eCare Primary Care 142

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

I was scheduled to meet with Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader of Connected Care at Philips, at HIMSS in Orlando on 9th March 2020. This second graphic diagrams a patient journey map for the coronavirus, across the continuum of care settings from the community and home to primary care, emergency, hospital, and post-acute.

Connected Care 374

Connected Care Digital Health Telehealth Public Health 374

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

" "Coupled with seamless EHR integration and clarity on reimbursement methodology, our new telemedicine infrastructure will push Sun River to thoughtfully consider patient experience in the development of a resilient yet flexible model of care." Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. "Doxy.me

Telemedicine 171

Telemedicine Telehealth EHR Primary Care 171

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2022

"But it also adds a higher level of intensity to meeting patients' needs in a more immediate way and with the best solutions available." " Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, El Camino had moved in the direction of telehealth, but virtual care was still a tool the hospital did not yet have. MARKETPLACE.

Telehealth 142

Telehealth Patient Experience Primary Care HIPAA 142

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Value-based care continues to take root in healthcare. This is why, as the new year approaches, Healthcare IT News has sat down with an expert in value-based care to get his views on what 2022 will hold for the payment system. Team-based care means that patients are at the center of care delivery.

Accountable Care 163

Accountable Care Medicare Telehealth Public Health 163

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 7, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

eCare 95

eCare Digital Health Drug Development Healthcare IT 95

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

"Our direct-to-consumer model allowed us to expand our reach to new patients as well as strengthen our relationships with existing patients – bringing virtual care to the home, leisure and employer spaces," said Dr. David Houghton, medical director for telemedicine and digital medicine at Ochsner Health.

Telemedicine 150

Telemedicine Telehealth Digital Health Psychiatry 150

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

CareTeam is a primary care organization that partners with employers to operate on-site, near-site and shared-site clinics for employees. It takes a personalized approach to care, as well as a whole-patient approach. All of these factors add up to an exceptional patient experience."

EHR 110

EHR Patient Experience Primary Care Telehealth 110

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

Even before COVID-19, Louisville, Kentucky-based Baptist Health was facing a variety of challenges: access to care, patient experience, lack of specialists in its rural market and lack of new patient acquisition strategies in the digital space. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM.

Telehealth 150

Telehealth Telemedicine Digital Health Primary Care 150

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2023

However, its location is central to suburban residents who live south of Grand Rapids ― less so for the urban, mostly nonwhite patient base at Exalta. Exalta describes itself as a “faith-based nonprofit healthcare center that offers accessible, compassionate care for the whole person.”

Telehealth 93

Telehealth Remote care Primary Care Telemedicine 93

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, staff anticipated doing about 2,500 telehealth visits in 2020, about half of which were likely to be direct-to-patient telehealth. Like most healthcare organizations, Queen's Health Systems saw a massive increase in telehealth adoption during the early days of the pandemic in spring 2020.

Telehealth 132

Telehealth Telemedicine Psychiatry EHR 132

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." " Creating the in-person experience virtually. The new importance of telemedicine.

Telehealth 212

Telehealth Telemedicine Leadership Mental health 212

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022. Chris Baird, Chief Marketing Officer at Weave.

Health IT 103

Health IT Nursing HC Patient Experience 103

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telehealth adoption in a way that initially wasn’t considered feasible by providers and payers pre-2020. million in 2020. This could be data like lab results from a patient’s rheumatologist not being sent to their primary care doctor.

Primary Care 64

Primary Care Telehealth Interoperability Healthcare Innovation 64

Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2018

With GreatCall, Best Buy consolidates a role at the convergence of Internet of Healthy Things (thank you, Dr. Joe Kvedar ), smart and connected homes, wearable tech, and self-care. will continue to grow in healthcare, it’s exciting to see Best Buy making a bet in this way. While Amazon, Walmart, Apple, et.

Digital Health 168

Digital Health Health Technology Healthcare IT Primary Care 168

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

Life Science 208

Life Science Pharmaceuticals Mental health Telehealth 208

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In 2020, telemedicine truly, finally hit the mainstream in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

Telehealth 162

Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care 162

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

She sat down for a conversation with Healthcare IT Today about the role technology can play in helping to retain physicians and reduce clinical cognitive load. Physician attrition, #PhysicianBurnout and workforce are top concerns for healthcare right now. Technology + Primary Care. Here is a clip from our interview.

Primary Care 97

Primary Care Telehealth Patient Experience Digital Health 97

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Healthcare executives up and down the line have learned many valuable lessons from their experiences this past year. The greatest health IT learning of 2020 in the face of COVID-19 has been the profound want of patients and clinicians to connect digitally, said Testa of NYU Langone Health.

Hospital IT 216

Hospital IT Digital Health Telehealth Leadership 216

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

As MedStar Health launched its telehealth response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of the health system’s caregivers first rose to the challenge of meeting a historic surge in demand for the existing MedStar eVisit urgent care, on-demand telehealth offering. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM.

Telehealth 209

Telehealth Nursing Telemedicine Primary Care 209

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

For 40 years, NFP’s model was solely a face-to-face model of integrated care – primary care, behavioral health, dental, midwifery and pharmacy – that included meeting social needs, transportation barriers and access to care roadblocks. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM.

Telehealth 194

Telehealth Telemedicine EHR Primary Care 194

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

"In our ambulatory virtual programs, we manage complex chronically ill patients," said Annie Bannister, RN, executive director of vEngagement at Mercy. "For the first time, these patients with complex, chronic illnesses had real-time access to providers ─ something unheard of in their world. MARKETPLACE.

Nursing 174

Nursing Primary Care EHR Healthcare IT 174

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Redefining the Clinician and Patient Experience The Ambience AI operating system consists of a holistic suite of applications, designed to alleviate clinician burnout, improve overall system efficiency, and enable high-quality care.

EMR 101

EMR Patient Experience Primary Care Health IT 101

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

Telehealth 218

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Nursing 218

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Healthcare Workforce. Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability. Healthcare Consumerism. John and Colin’s 2023 Healthcare IT Predictions.

Health IT 99

Health IT Patient Experience Mental health Private practice 99