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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sun River Health was among the first organizations to receive funding under the Federal Communications Commission COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Within a few weeks, Sun River Health was able to make remote telemedicine visits accessible to almost all of its primary care and behavioral health patients. THE PROBLEM. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" EHRs: Automation can help. Burnout has been an ongoing scourge at hospitals for years now, and the crushing demands of the pandemic have only made it worse for physicians , nurses , telehealth managers and others. " Telehealth: Now what? Now the question is, what's next ?

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

At American Well, we recognize that telehealth is a new or budding concept for a lot of people in a lot of different industries. Our goal is to help you understand how telehealth can work for you and what exactly all these buzzwords mean. Telehealth is on the rise in ACOs. Click here for an in-depth showing of AW9 features.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

At American Well, we recognize that telehealth is a new or budding concept for a lot of people in a lot of different industries. Our goal is to help you understand how telehealth can work for you and what exactly all these buzzwords mean. Telehealth is on the rise in ACOs. Click here for an in-depth showing of AW9 features.

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The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. These factors shot telehealth and related technologies and services like connected health and remote patient monitoring through the stratosphere. Moore is all for telemedicine.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates. However, EHR macros must accurately capture the patient’s condition on the day of the encounter. But it’s worth noting that perhaps the most important one is the proposed 3.4%

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Stopping Referral Leakage with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

When patients decide to see a primary care provider or specialist who is out of network or operating in a different hospital system, several repercussions happen: Clinicians and hospitals lose the reimbursement for medical services that are provided elsewhere. Provider reputation. Referral challenges.