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MAY 22, 2023

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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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Laura Mrazik, manager of telehealth at MaineGeneral Health, to discuss best uses and best practices with Zoom so others can learn from MaineGeneral's lessons. Our initial pilot quickly evolved into four active telehealth services. It has now been one year since primary care switched to Zoom.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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. hours in September 2021, according to the study. before the pandemic to 8.18

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AUGUST 26, 2021

The Massachusetts Federally Qualified Health Center Telehealth Consortium announced this week that its dozens of members have conducted more than one million telehealth visits total since March 2020. At the same time, Consortium representatives note that telehealth expansion must not leave patients behind. WHY IT MATTERS.

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Australian government has set aside A$106 million ($76 million) over four years to support what it calls "permanent" telehealth, which will ensure flexibility in healthcare delivery and continuous health consultations via phone or online. Around 89,000 providers are now using telehealth services. WHY IT MATTERS.

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APRIL 26, 2024

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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MAY 3, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a new era in medicine in which telehealth appointments are a core aspect of the patient-provider relationship and provide broader access to healthcare. Q: In your experience, what was telehealth adoption like over the past 12 months? million appointments held by 60,000 providers.

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MARCH 7, 2022

"Our experience during the pandemic was that telehealth meant our member psychiatrists were able to treat more patients, which was critical as we faced a mental health crisis,” said APA CEO and Medical Director Dr. Saul Levin in a statement. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

A massive nationwide scale-up of telehealth and remote patient monitoring unlike anything yet seen. The hope, of course, is that the galvanizing technology innovations that have emerged from the stress and disruption of the past year will be foundational to a better, brighter world in 2021 and beyond. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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MARCH 8, 2022

Neil Evans, chief officer for the Office of Connected Care in the Veterans Health Administration, the agency had laid the groundwork for virtual care expansion through established telehealth programs in more than 50 clinical specialties. Also in 2021, VA provided more than 2.3 Also in 2021, VA provided more than 2.3

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. Craig Settles Six years ago I had a stroke and telehealth saved my life. However, as wonderful as telehealth is, it has a serious Achilles' heel.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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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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OCTOBER 3, 2022

One Health, based in Hardin, Montana, is a family of Federally Qualified Health Centers that provides integrated primary care to rural and frontier communities in Montana and Wyoming. "We used the Lean Six Sigma framework to optimize our telehealth workflows." " Sarah Compton, One Health.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. The virtual-first primary care was launched in January of 2021 to a ten-county geography in central Pennsylvania.

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APRIL 8, 2022

Those locations will provide a range of services, said Walmart, including primary care, labs, X-ray and EKG, behavioral health and counseling, dental, optical and hearing. In addition, the centers will offer telehealth options from 9 a.m. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. on Sundays. THE LARGER TREND.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Year-over-year, compared to the three months ending June 30, 2021, the technology-enabled primary care provider posted the following numbers: Net revenue was $255.8 million in 2021 – a 112% increase. Total membership was 790,000 as of June 30, compared to 621,000 in 2021 – a 27% increase.

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JULY 31, 2023

Roy Schoenberg, president and CEO of Amwell, to get the lowdown on these discussions at The Clinic, as well as his opinions on where telehealth will be five years from today. I understand The Clinic and Amwell have been discussing an overarching digital and virtual care strategy. What is the focus here, and why now?

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JUNE 19, 2023

Over the last few years, Medicare Advantage plans have dramatically increased their deployment of telehealth systems for seniors. While some in the healthcare industry may be skeptical of telehealth’s utilization, particularly within the Medicare population, these plans continue to move full steam ahead.

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JANUARY 6, 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 telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi, Chief Medical Officer at BrainCheck.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

For the last decade, Queen's Health Systems has been building telehealth services to meet these patient needs, beginning with hospital-based telemedicine and building out to direct-to-patient telehealth services. "Over the last five years, we built out clinic-to-clinic telemedicine and scheduled direct-to-patient telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2022, a lot of attention has been focused on devices for remote patient monitoring (RPM), but devices that enable clinicians to assess and diagnose patients at home are also needed to fully realize the promise of care-at-home. TytoCare , a virtual care company, recently launched its Home Smart Clinic that enables primary care from home.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

" Another problem Baptist Health was facing was non-traditional players such as Amazon, Walmart and Google entering the healthcare industry, along with dedicated national telemedicine companies such as Amwell, LiveHealth and others. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Click here to read the special report.

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JUNE 2, 2021

B2B software comparison website Capterra has published the results of a study with over 1,000 Australians, detailing their perspectives and considerations about telehealth. Telehealth software continues to grant rural areas and large global populations access to medical services. THE LARGER TREND. In doing so, over 3.2

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MAY 6, 2021

"Within a week of the pandemic hitting the United States, we also rolled out Zoom Business and Doximity to our patients as a telehealth option," Raman recalled. The tools also integrated with Raleigh Medical Group's telehealth solutions and Phreesia check-in platform.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Britton, system program manager, UHS virtual healthcare and digital transformation. "We achieved URAC Consumer-to-Provider Telehealth Accreditation for the Virtual Walk-In in December 2019 and hold the distinction of being the first health system to receive that designation. Expanding the use of telehealth. " Sean J.

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JULY 17, 2023

CCA specializes in managing complex care for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as those who narrowly miss the threshold for Medicaid. We’ve found that members prefer using virtual care for regular check-ins and routine symptom management appointments because it saves time and stress.

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MAY 7, 2021

Some of them center on the importance of data and analytics, the need for more patient engagement, the requirements of keeping telehealth up to par, and the need to focus technologies on enabling enterprise-wide strategic plans. As of April 19, 2021, St. When telehealth is not up to par. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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JUNE 15, 2023

million ($21 million) over the next four years has been allocated to the Child and Adolescent Virtual Urgent Care Service (CAVUCS) while A$67.8 million ($47 million) has been set aside for the adult SA Virtual Care Service (SAVCS) over the next five years. Funding of A$30.8

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association was among several groups this week that submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. " "It's really an issue of not being able to survive if they're delivering care for free. WHY IT MATTERS.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Before 2020, HopeHealth, based in Florence, South Carolina, faced two problems with its telehealth offerings. "Lack of care opportunities due to transportation, limited primary care locations and inadequate income opportunities can send many patients running to the emergency department. THE PROBLEMS. " Sean E.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 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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MAY 17, 2023

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium is a unique collaboration between stakeholders across the state that provides access to mental health resources no matter where the child may be. The program was expanded in 2021 when the Texas Legislature approved federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

An estimated 122 million Americans , or 37% of the population, lived in 5,833 mental health professional shortage areas as of March 31, 2021. The nation needs an additional 6,398 mental health providers to fill in these shortage gaps, noted Dr. Bob Booth, chief care officer at TimelyCare, a telehealth provider for college students.

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MARCH 4, 2021

Bernstein was the former vice president of clinical affairs at Carena and was "actively involved," according to a bio listed on the Telemedicine Telehealth Service Provider Summit , with Carena's telemedicine-related growth. Bernstein is still a medical provider at Care Medical, as per his LinkedIn and the company website.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Dr. David Bates, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital, compared the priorities set out by the declaration to the real-world response to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the United States. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Array Behavioral Care has been at telepsychiatry for 20 years, with a large base of virtual psychiatrists. How are hospitals and primary care physicians expanding access to mental health and addressing the burden they're experiencing from the mental health crisis through telepsychiatry?

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