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QliqSOFT: Addressing the Challenge of Collecting SDOH Information

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today caught up with Bobbi Weber, VP of Product Marketing & Customer Success at QliqSOFT , a company that provides HIPAA-compliant, real-time communication between doctors, nurses, caregivers and patients. We wanted to find out more about how the company is helping healthcare organization collect SDOH information.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. " "Before COVID-19, the level of cognitive overload and burnout among nurses and doctors was alarmingly high," he said.

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12 Ways Telehealth is Saving Small Hospitals

GlobalMed

As community hubs of healthcare, they are tasked with delivering expert medical care across emergency departments, outpatient practices, surgical suites, labs, radiology departments, intensive care units and more. But consider that they’re also asked to: Provide an exceptional patient experience. Lower healthcare costs.

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The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth has shown great promise to bridge gaps in the areas of rural health and access to specialized care since Regenstrief researcher-clinicians pioneered a decade ago the value of telephone-based care management delivered by nurses for cancer related pain and depression, said Tachinardi of Regenstrief Institute.

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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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5 payer trends to watch in 2018

Henry Kotula

“Overall, these trends will likely shift significant patient volume from higher-intensity settings to lower-intensity settings while maintaining — or in some cases even improving — quality of care or patient experience,” Krishna said. Payer-provider partnerships vary in type, size, location and model.

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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.