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Telemedicine Today: April 2016

American Well

Welcome to the April 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today newsletter! In case you missed them, here are a few updates from Avizia: Avizia is among the 10 Most Promising Telemedicine Solution Providers of 2016. Brazilian Doctor Crafts a Telemedicine System to Combat Zika. Telemedicine is bringing patients new hope.

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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

That said, the last four years have demonstrated to us that patients will ultimately drive the need for advancements that ultimately move us towards adopting more efficient care delivery models and at scale. Improved level of care can be achieved by using both telemedicine and virtual care.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors. Once adjusted for volumes, the higher expenses are more evident as hospitals struggle to hold down per-patient costs.”

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

News and Studies Follow-up rates for telehealth and in-office visits have remained consistent since 2020 , according to analysis from Epic Research. GLP-1 agonists have overtaken insulin in total prescriptions and cost among commercially insured patients , according to an analysis from Cedar Gate Technologies.

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Lean Digital: How Apps and Services Can Help Control Weight

Healthcare IT Today

A Congressional bill would promote behavioral therapy for obesity and extend Medicare coverage for drugs treating obesity. Arcadia has done research on disparities in GLP-1 treatment for diabetes among Medicare patients, which mirror familiar problems in other areas of health care.

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Health systems are notching big wins with their IT investments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years News Brooklyn provider automates patient experience tracking to spot health equity gaps At One Brooklyn Health System, tools such as the Brooklyn Health Equity Index survey are helping.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

Structural challenges, especially painful due to EHR barriers — with the promise of APIs (application programming interfaces) and the ongoing development of clinical decision support tools.

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