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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

We enroll patients at-risk for preventable healthcare utilization, many of whom live in communities negatively impacted by adverse SDOH, and proactively engage with them through nurse care managers. Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email him: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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TigerConnect unveils telehealth system to help providers fight COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The system also enables care providers to securely exchange photos, videos and file attachments on their smartphones. TigerTouch is a mobile-centric healthcare-communications platform that enables doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to communicate securely with patients via video, voice or text with a single, enterprise-grade app.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. THE PROBLEM.

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HHS Awards $685 Million to Improve Patient Care

ACA Times

“Supporting doctors and other health care professionals change the way they work is critical to improving quality and spending our health care dollars more wisely,” said HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell. We’re committed to helping companies reduce risk, avoid penalties, and achieve 100% ACA compliance.

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CMS rolls back more Medicare, telehealth regs for providers working through pandemic

Henry Kotula

Accountable care organizations also scored a major win in the Thursday rule drop, with CMS pledging they wouldn’t be dinged financially for lower-than-expected health outcomes in their patient populations from COVID-19.?. In the past, only doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certain others could do so.

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Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data

Healthcare IT Today

I’m sure that doctors and nurse practitioners truly care for the overall happiness and wellbeing of their patients. As mentioned by Erica Kraus, a partner specializing in value-based care at Sheppard Mullin , the actions of a single clinical institution in the U.S.

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Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Cindy is a registered nurse with more than 20 years combined experience in healthcare administration, clinical delivery, and health information technology both in the public and private sectors. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting.