Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In 2020, telemedicine truly, finally hit the mainstream in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. Here, five physician telehealth managers tell their stories.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ashish V. It is not about remote patient monitoring or adopting electronic health records or tools to help patients view their charts. We’ve seen that the patient experience, cost control and human capital considerations all improve with real-time connectivity.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2024

The following is a guest article by Kristin Quinlan, CEO at Certified Languages International (CLI) With 1 in 5 residents speaking a language other than English at home and an expanding diversity of languages spoken in the U.S., language access services are only increasing in importance for healthcare organizations.

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MAY 3, 2024

The following is a guest article by Kristin Quinlan, CEO at Certified Languages International (CLI) With 1 in 5 residents speaking a language other than English at home and an expanding diversity of languages spoken in the U.S., language access services are only increasing in importance for healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 10, 2021

The following is a guest article by Carlene Anteau, MS, RN, Vice President, Marketing, Twistle. Adhering to an episodic or long-term health treatment plan can be overwhelming for many patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2023

The consumerization of healthcare and more to the point – the digitization of the patient experience that is required to satisfy it – is no longer theoretical. For physician practices, payers, hospitals, and health systems, the takeaway is clear.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The following is a guest article by Holly Miller , President at Collette Health (formerly MedSitter) Amid the many challenges in healthcare, an emerging central theme is how to balance technological innovation with a compassionate human touch. A glaring example of these challenges is the current nursing shortage, projected to leave the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2023

The following is a guest article by Josh Wilda, CIO at University of Michigan Health-West. He’s also one of many Exalta patients who took advantage of a partnership with a local hospital to receive needed specialty care through a unique hybrid remote/in-person model.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 26, 2021

After I published my article last month suggesting that the Care Manager might be becoming the most influential person in healthcare, the Chief Medical Officer at my company CareCognitics, Spencer Kubo, asked me if he could expand the discussion and share the importance of the role doctors play in chronic care management as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

The following is a guest article by Sheetal Chawla, VP and Head of Life Sciences at Capgemini Americas. The promise of innovation and efficiency in the new era of medicine could change patient experiences forever.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Lynne Bell, Vice President, Vertical Markets at Spectrum Enterprise Digital transformation in the healthcare industry has been propelled by technology advancements, evolving regulations, and changing patient expectations. Spectrum Enterprise , a part of Charter Communications, Inc.,

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The following is a guest article by John Janas, MD, Medical Director at Twistle. The COVID-19 pandemic has successfully accelerated the availability of digital health tools, while simultaneously exposing opportunity for improvement in their ability to activate patients in their care.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andy Nieto, Global Healthcare Solutions Manager at Lenovo. Andy is one of our A-List speakers at our new EXPO.health Experience Series.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

Jumpstarting Healthcare’s Digital Transformation in the Year of Vision The following is a guest article by Julie Mann, Chief Commercial Officer at Carium.

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JUNE 23, 2020

As the telehealth adoption wave continues in healthcare, we thought we’d take the time to do a series of articles on a number of aspects of telehealth. In this first series we’re going to look at various Telehealth features. We’ll talk about whether those features should be considered essential.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2020

Editor’s Note: This article was queued up before the Covid-19 situation, but it still gives great insights into the virtual care world coronavirus is pushing us towards.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andrea Tait, VP of Client Value, Orion Health. Patient-Generated Data’s Place in Patient Care Today, health systems have increasingly recognized the need to be patient-centered, with a focus on empowering and engaging patients to assist them in maintaining their own health.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andy Nieto, Global Healthcare Solutions Manager at Lenovo. Five digital strategy steps Health IT expert and former Cleveland Clinic CIO Ed Marx headlined a recent EXPO health event with a talk on “Five Keys to Developing a Digital Strategy.”

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MARCH 19, 2021

The following is a guest article by Rick Halton, VP of Marketing, Lumeon. For many providers, 2020 might have felt like being thrown out of an aircraft, at 10,000 feet, with no training on using the parachute. With hospital margins down to just 0.3% by the close of 2020 (without subsidies), those who had already […].

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The following is a guest article by Adam Sabloff, CEO and Founder, VirtualHealth. Health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), medical homes, and other risk-bearing entities are at a critical juncture: they must achieve “value” at a time when healthcare is facing enormous challenges.

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MAY 25, 2023

About Lucienne Ide Lucienne Ide, MD, PhD , is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Rimidi , a leading clinical management platform designed to optimize clinical workflows, enhance patient experiences and achieve quality objectives.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The author of this article is a non-paid advisor to HyIvy Health through ventureLAB in Canada. The technology was impressive and performed well during an impromptu demonstration by Lindsay Brennan, Sr Marketing Specialist at NuraLogix. I compared the heart rate from their app to my FitBit and the readings were within 5 BPM of each other.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The following is a guest article by Manjula Julka, MD, MBA, Vice President, Clinical Innovation at PCCI. For safety-net healthcare systems, helping patients with social needs such as transportation, food or housing, just makes sense from a mission perspective. But when it comes to creating a business case, it gets more complicated.

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JULY 23, 2019

The following is a guest article by Hannah Landes, Senior Associate at NowPow, and Niko Skievaski, Co-founder and President at Redox. healthcare industry has made a big investment in moving to a value-based care model, both in terms of reimbursement structure as well as medical practice.

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

You can read the full article here. We believe in the benefits digital health and telemedicine solutions can bring to patients and are happy to partner with Care Innovations,” said Marcel Gmuender, Global Head of Roche Diabetes Care. I believe the common denominator in successful programs is courageous leadership,” he writes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Thanks to new regulations from the government and subsequent new rules from commercial payers, telemedicine services are being reimbursed. These factors shot telehealth and related technologies and services like connected health and remote patient monitoring through the stratosphere. Moore is all for telemedicine. " B.J.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

The following is a guest article by Wendy Deibert, EMBA, BSN, RN, VP Clinical Solutions at Caregility.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

New patient experience expectations, coupled with a looming labor shortage in radiology, is forcing new (and in many cases, overdue) innovation in imaging diagnostics. Telemedicine helps to fill this gap. This would be especially true for Baby Boomers who are becoming a greater percentage of the patient population.

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Frost & Sullivan recognized MEDITECH with the 2022 North America Enabling Technology Leadership Award , citing the EHR vendor’s work on clinical decision support.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Hospitals that embrace AI that helps address the many emotions and uncertainties while receiving care will not only improve patient outcomes but differentiate themselves in the market. The time for incorporating AI into the patient experience is now. Are there any areas of patient engagement that we missed in this article?

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 29, 2023

Current literature is full of unflattering public articles that seem to self-perpetuate, and I’ve highlighted standout samples below. Commonly, patient ED presentations are not clear-cut with both false positive and negative findings. The Wall Street Journal article “Many Hospitals Get Big Drug Discounts.

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