Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 15, 2023

South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare has released its report on the conduct of temporary telemedicine during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. million people from February 2020 to January 2023. million treatments administered via telehealth, most treatments (29.25 Most telehealth treatments, or about 2.88

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Telemedicine took a huge leap forward during the pandemic as more providers and patients embraced remote delivery of healthcare services. We interviewed him to discuss the intersection of telemedicine and AI. Q. What is the problem in telemedicine that you think Al is especially suited to address?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to treat benefits for telehealth services like excepted benefits. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

New tools from the American Telemedicine Association can help assess a community's digital infrastructure and estimate the cost of telehealth-based clinical or social interventions to show how virtual care can impact healthcare disparities. " she said in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare is pushing further to institutionalise telemedicine by launching a nationwide pilot of the service. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Under the three-month pilot, telemedicine services are only offered when a doctor deems it necessary and safe for target patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently looked at state trends with regard to expanding access to telehealth-based behavioral care during the pandemic and found that states see telemedicine as a key component of maintaining access to behavioral healthcare for Medicaid enrollees. WHY IT MATTERS. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 17, 2023

Together, telehealth consults and an array of emerging digital health tools are helping streamline access to care and improve the patient experience for oncology and other specialty care. One place where that's proving true is The Clinic at Cleveland Clinic , that health system's joint telemedicine venture with Amell.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The study proposed that if telemedicine expansion indicates physicians spending more overall time in EHRs, health systems and policymakers may need to alter productivity expectations and their reimbursement policies. before the pandemic to 8.18 hours in September 2021, according to the study.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2022

Bill Lee signed a bill into law on Thursday that would make providing abortion via telehealth a Class E felony, punishable with a fine of up to $50,000. It will go into effect in 2023. In the wake of the news, several companies that offer abortion via telemedicine say they've seen a surge of interest in their services.

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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. But so many organizations had no telemedicine programs, and thus technology, in place. You've had great success in telemedicine using Zoom technology.

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Redox

JULY 31, 2023

Read more Information blockers face stiff penalties Certified health IT developers, HIEs, and HINs are subject to violation penalties starting on September 1, 2023. Subscribe The post Vital Lines July 2023 appeared first on Redox. Get the IDC InfoBrief (30+ pages) Preview the research in our blog Was this forwarded to you?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. These findings have since been supported in subsequent observational studies on telehealth adoption during the pandemic. are not ready to participate in video visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. 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. during 2023. The most valuable commodity today is data.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. New drugs and delivery models are going to challenge what can be delivered over telemedicine and challenge the regulations of how in-person services are delivered.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Remote patient monitoring The question of virtual care's post-pandemic staying power has been answered resoundingly: Telemedicine is here to stay. By Bill Siwicki | October 17, 2023 News Covenant Health advances hospital-at-home program Dr. John Busigin, Covenant Health's Advanced Care at Home medical director, said that 20-30% of.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 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. John Lynn spoke to John Wilson and Scott Pross at SolarWinds about the importance of proactive security in healthcare. FOLX Health CEO Liana M.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 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… Healthcare IT Today: Health IT Potpourri. How are AI and automation addressing healthcare labor shortage challenges?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Sara Hendren, Global Telehealth Lead at MobilTeK by Care on Location. MobilTEK , launched its first international telehealth program in the department of Chuquisaca Bolivia in March of 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Galileo is a recently launched telehealth service that delivers 24/7 primary and multi-specialty care in both English and Spanish. His goal is to help remove language as a barrier for access to healthcare for the 53 million U.S. Please describe how you deliver virtual healthcare. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 22, 2023

They include a primary care access program that facilitates consults for primary care physicians; a school-based telehealth access program for direct intervention for students; and more. " MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. million students.

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AMD Telemedicine

MARCH 27, 2023

This article was originally published in December 2019 and was updated in March 2023. As patient retention is a measurement of your ability to keep patients loyal to your healthcare organization, it is important for the bottom line of your practice as well as the longevity and reputation of your service.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality "Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process" is a free quality improvement program designed to help practices improve the cancer diagnostic process. What is the status of the "AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

As they roll out new leading-edge technologies – AI and automation, telehealth and remote monitoring, EHR optimization and patient engagement – they're realizing lasting positive outcomes for their patients and their bottom lines. million medication instructions without. million medication instructions without.

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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." The new importance of telemedicine. " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. "We went ahead.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

In-person visits are still perceived more positively than virtual visits when it comes to telehealth quality, outcomes, convenience and utility, according to a soon-to-be-released healthcare survey of more than 6,000 consumers in the U.S., In healthcare, paying attention to the consumer is so important.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through Medicare. Permanently allow health centers and rural health clinics to provide telehealth services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services said it would temporarily extend telemedicine flexibilities for the prescription of certain controlled medications granted under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, which is set to expire on May 11. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

"We will be integrating this technology and predictive analytics with our coaches and telehealth platform as the foundation for our new all-virtual spine injury prevention program launching later this year," Schutzer noted. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In a summary of a Sunday presentation on the radiology workforce shortage, Danny Hughes, economist and professor at Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions, said that between 2013 and 2023, more than 130 rural hospitals closed. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Southwest Rural Health Research Center has identified mental health concerns and addiction as the first and second most important priorities for rural health stakeholders, according to a May 2023 policy brief. Bob Booth, chief care officer at TimelyCare, a telehealth provider for college students. How did this problem develop?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

His predictions about some of the top healthcare M&A trends for 2023 are holding true as the second quarter continues. "We are returning towards pre-COVID-19 financials, and the organizations struggling before the pandemic are in the same predicament now," Chou wrote for Healthcare IT News in February.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 10, 2022

House of Representatives approved an omnibus spending bill late Wednesday night that extends temporary telehealth flexibilities under Medicare beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate, several COVID-19-era telehealth policies will remain in place for about five months after the public health emergency ends. WHY IT MATTERS. The mammoth $1.5

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 8, 2023

Through this acquisition, Florence will broaden its product offerings with synchronous and asynchronous virtual care and further their mission to create a consumer-centric interface that engages patients at every stage of their journey across virtual and physical care to solve healthcare’s most significant constraint: clinical capacity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2023

"USC turned to GI Digital, a company with a long history in providing capsule endoscopy services and related technologies through its sister companies in Europe and Southeast Asia, to create a USC platform for GI via telehealth, or 'Tele-GI,'" he said. remotely, followed by a telehealth visit. " Jutabha recalled.

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SteadyMD

MARCH 17, 2022

As hospitals and doctors’ offices continue to be overburdened by staff shortages and patient overload, telehealth offerings keep pace in providing a wide-range of patient care access, overcoming racial inequality, transportation barriers from rural communities, and treating chronic medical conditions.

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