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Telemedicine is a major driver in shifting the healthcare delivery model

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Accountable Care Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Workflow More than ever, the system selected to provide telemedicine services must provide added controls to overcome factors that are outside the control of the provider.

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Building a virtual ICU depends on politicking and persuasion

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The kind of goals all health systems are after in the era of accountable care. '" Once the battle of hearts and minds was one, there was still plenty of other preparation and groundwork to lay, of course – both technologically and procedurally. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One of the biggest storylines since the early days of the pandemic, of course, was telehealth – finally capitalizing on its potential as it was thrust into the spotlight as a necessary modality of care delivery. " Value-based care: New impetus for change. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data

Healthcare IT Today

Particularly pertinent to the Healthcare IT Today blog, wellness is a goal promised by many digital apps. Outcome measures are meaningful on an actuarial level, of course: not tied to individual patients on a one-to-one basis. healthcare system can have a tenuous relationship to outcomes. Do these programs give us what we seek?

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The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Welcome to the third installment in Healthcare IT News ' latest feature series, "Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years." As was the case with most healthcare provider organizations, COVID-19 accelerated OhioHealth's pace rolling out virtual care. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

In a Sunday NY Times piece on the phenomenon of urgent care clinics supplanting PCP visits in an on-demand world , some describe leaving traditional primary care for “concierge” practices and the like while others set up their own urgent care centers as a bulwark against retail clinic competition. David Harlow.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

In a Sunday NY Times piece on the phenomenon of urgent care clinics supplanting PCP visits in an on-demand world , some describe leaving traditional primary care for “concierge” practices and the like while others set up their own urgent care centers as a bulwark against retail clinic competition. David Harlow.