Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

For instance, we commonly seek those with nursing, pharmacy, revenue cycle and physician experience as part of our recruiting process. The year 2021 can be the most exciting for the healthcare industry. Here's hoping that our actions will be dictated by "assurance" rather than desperation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 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.

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Health Populi

MAY 26, 2021

The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer spotlighted the infodemic and eroding trust in the U.S. also lost consumers’ trust during the pandemic, except for a handful of businesses — most notably, the health care industry gained a lot of American trust-equity from 2020 to 2021. The post Healthcare, Heal Thyself!

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The demand for personal support workers (PSWs) as well as home nurses is rising. Hagai Heshes, Head of Product Marketing and Nate Danner, Director of Provider Solutions at TytoCare gave Healthcare IT Today a live demonstration of their solution at the recent #HLTH2022 conference. billion USD in 2021 to $62.1

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2021

In a follow-up program, lead study author Jennifer Mallow, an associate professor in the West Virginia University School of Nursing’s Adult Health Department, is delivering telehealth services to West Virginians and tracking the relevant metrics. What are the nurses doing, and how long does it take them? Twitter: @kjercich.

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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. Check out our community’s healthcare workforce predictions. Let’s be real—nurses are, to put it lightly, still being stretched very thin.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

The 2002 telepsychiatry items will be replaced by video telehealth items introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, while inpatient telehealth items introduced in September 2021 will no longer be available. Some healthcare leaders in the country have pointed out potential consequences of the MBS telehealth changes. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Healthcare IT News sat down with Franklin to discuss changes occurring in healthcare staffing, what he calls hybrid staffing strategies, and the results of a new LocumTenens.com survey. According to a 2021 study from Health Affairs, nearly 100,000 nurses exited the profession last year – most of them under the age of 50.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

Citing a 2021 study, they noted that the use of telehealth in harm reduction primary care programs providing buprenorphine helped to increase access to care and overcome health inequities. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

With modern databases, it’s ridiculous for many care managers to be checking the availability and services of nursing facilities manually. Data of discharge and disposition (such as skilled nursing facility, infusions, and home care) should be in place by the evening of the day after the procedure.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Why Intelligent Communication Is Key to Retaining Nursing Staff. Hal Wolf on HIMSS 2023: “It Feels Like We Are All Back.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2023

Augusta University Health launched its Virtual Care at Home program in February 2021 as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. When Augusta began the program in 2021, the goal was to eventually apply for the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, so staff knew they would need to find a vendor that could offer continuous monitoring.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2022

Kaiser and Mayo have been supporters of the acute care at home model amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with both health systems putting a combined $100 million toward Medically Home in May 2021. But not everyone has been pleased: Nurse unions criticized the strategy, saying it undermined their role and potentially endangering patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In response to increasing patient demand for telehealth, Kaiser Permanente this week announced the launch of a new "virtual-first" healthcare plan in Washington state. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich. Email: kjercich@himss.org.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 5, 2022

Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. "The VRC still exists today and probably will be a central enterprise for other virtual monitoring and virtual nursing needs for the foreseeable future." " MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

Funding to fuel national expansion and continued innovation in nurse hiring amid widespread industry shortages and upheaval. Incredible Health , the fastest-growing career marketplace for permanent healthcare workers, today announced it has secured $80 million in Series B funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.65 healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

"The only way to ensure high-quality outcomes was to give nurse practitioners, nurses and social workers telehealth capabilities," said Chad Hartmann, director of access and palliative services at TRU Community Care. The nurse also could get on a tele-visit with the patient through the capability of the tablet.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

By enabling broader surveillance of patients in a hospital's intensive care unit – even multi-site ICUs, with as many as 100 beds – the Mural technology, monitored continuously by nurses and intensivists, aggregates near real-time data to keep them apprised of patients' conditions. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 16, 2022

The meta-analysis , which examined 12 studies published in English and Turkish from 2016 through 2021, sought to examine how virtual care apps could affect maternal and neonatal health outcomes, as well as costs. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 20, 2023

Accessible via HealthDirect, the service assesses children via video conferencing with a clinical nurse, who then determines their best care pathway and care provider based on their specific needs, whether a trip to the ED, a consultation with a paediatrician, or a visit to a local GP or urgent care centre.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2022

In the fourth quarter of 2021, there were 4,024 in-person visits and 6,726 telehealth visits, accounting for 62.57% of visits. "That program was rolled out at Hackensack Meridian Health nursing homes and rehabilitation centers and has been tremendously helpful, particularly throughout COVID," he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The pandemic has been anything but linear, and we know that across the world, 2021 was a slog," said Gale. "It's no wonder the research shows healthcare workers are more burned out than ever. Scheduling: Nurse and Staff. Galen Healthcare. CSI Healthcare IT. Healthcare Management Consulting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2021

" As Christina Farr explained for CNBC in February 2020, Amazon Care's "care providers, including the physicians and nurses, are technically employed by a separate subsidiary called Oasis Medical. STAT also pointed to now-removed January job postings for healthcare-related roles at Amazon in California, Georgia and Texas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The CONNECT for Health Act, introduced in April of this year and sponsored by 50 senators, is still in committee, as is the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 in the House. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Delivered by the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network and Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), the free virtualKIDS service connects families with a clinical nurse who helps determine the best care pathway for their children and their non-life-threatening health concerns.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2021

Healthcare IT News published a comprehensive special report detailing vendors of these technologies. There was no need to login or install an application creating friction between clinician and patient, and if patients missed a check-in or didn't have access to a smartphone, the nurse was prompted to call the patient."

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

According to a 2021 survey released by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), nearly every nursing home (99 percent) and assisted living facility (96 percent) in the U.S. is facing a staffing shortage.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With a third of nurses say they intend to leave their job next year, and hospitals paying upwards of 2.5X Our goal is to develop and deploy a portfolio of data informed incentive programs that help create more sustainable work environments for shift-based healthcare providers, like nurses.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

No hospital or health system is immune from the challenges of the nationwide nursing shortage. As organizations look for ways to reduce the administrative burden on nurses and improve engagement and satisfaction, virtual nursing is one consideration. What is the national nursing shortage like today?

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

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. Wichmann and Pamela O.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 9, 2023

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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

MEETING THE CHALLENGE The counseling and nursing teams use Backline more than medical staff because the medical staff tends to see patients mostly in person. "And the nursing team does patient education – how to properly store and use medication, how to keep it safe. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2023

As one of the busiest emergency departments in the country, our nurses and administrative staff immediately saw the benefit of Florence,” said Saad Chaudhry, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Luminis Health. Nurses are saving time and seeing patients faster in our ED.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | November 04, 2021 News A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors Now more than ever, healthcare IT leaders can use a comprehensive listing of companies that make.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The healthcare market encompasses a diverse range of segments, including Standalone Hubs, Mobile Hubs, Services, High-Acuity Patient Monitoring, Medium-Acuity Patient Monitoring, Low-Acuity Patient Monitoring, Hospitals, Payers, Home Care Agencies, Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Facilities, and Home Health Hubs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 16, 2023

"Patients were roomed by a nurse at one of our offices where the telemedicine equipment was already set up, and our providers would be at another one of our offices or possibly working from home," he continued. MEETING THE CHALLENGE Oak Orchard Health has used telehealth services in most areas of its healthcare delivery.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Unpacking Healthcare’s IT Infrastructure Needs. In addition, claims denials saw a 2x increase from 2020 to 2021.

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