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What facilitated telehealth can do to improve care for high-need groups

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

However, the promise of telehealth has not been fully realized, particularly in populations with the greatest health inequities. In many cases, the same factors that lead to poor health and poor access to care contribute to low use of digital health services.

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Memorial Hermann Implements Laudio Platform to Bolster Frontline Support

Digital Health Global

We’re excited to leverage this new platform to improve our team members’ daily lives and their overall satisfaction,” said Bryan Sisk, SVP and Chief Nursing Executive for Memorial Hermann, who also played a key role in engaging Laudio.

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Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

We partner with primary care practices and power them through bold financial incentives and smart technology. We are a diverse team of physicians, technologists, MBAs, nurses, and operators. You will be making a massive impact on people’s lives and ultimately feel like you are doing your best work here at Vytalize.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. We need to refine the Ryan Haight Act to develop a telemedicine registry that can safely prescribe controlled medication virtually.

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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

That generates a call from the care team to the ED. In a nursing facility for over N days? That also generates an alert to the the care team, allowing for better care management. In a hospital emergency room?

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Why It's Time to Embrace Telemedicine

eVisit

I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world. What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new!

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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

That generates a call from the care team to the ED. In a nursing facility for over N days? That also generates an alert to the the care team, allowing for better care management. In a hospital emergency room?