American Well

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Approximately 62 million Americans —or one in five people—live in rural areas, while only nine percent of all physicians practice in these settings. This lack of care in rural communities is creating a huge healthcare access issue, resulting in patients driving long distances for care. million miles of travel.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 4, 2023

are bullish on the role AI will play in health care in 2024, especially to lower access barriers to care and to diagnose and detect health conditions. adults in late September 2023 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on AI and health care. But this should change over time as more patients are exposed to AI-infused care.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The University of Arizona will provide free tuition to medical students in an effort to increase the number of primary care doctors working in underserved communities in the state.

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BMC Digital Health

JANUARY 15, 2024

Longitudinal client tracking systems with digital health interventions are recommended for implementation in resource-limited settings but lack evidence of benefits, harms, and implementation. In the eRegMat c.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. There are other aspects of AI applied to health care about which U.S. Move fast with AI and break things?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2024

While telehealth alone doesn't appear to add significantly to a primary care physician's workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary and EHR work, new research shows. more medical record review minutes.

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Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2022

In urban areas: Internet access and the so-called “mixed immigrant cohesion and accessibility index” contributed to mortality differences. In suburban areas: Higher COVID-19 death rates were associated with higher poverty rates and older adults and people with disabilities who had lower rates of mobility.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 11, 2022

Areas of opportunity include data analytics for research, enhancing EHR capabilities and using AI algorithms to support patient care and operational efficiency.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 25, 2021

The company is using the funds to expand into new care areas including sleep, hypertension and diabetes.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 8, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aims to advance value-based primary care, especially in rural areas and among underserved populations, with a new pilot project. |

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2021

The pandemic accelerated many Very Big Deals in digital health venture capital investment, mergers and acquisitions, and the re-emergence of SPACs in health care. This graphic comes out of my current thinking about telehealth across the continuum of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a chronic shortage of mental healthcare providers in rural areas, there is a significant lack of access to this much-needed care for those who reside there. An estimated 122 million Americans , or 37% of the population, lived in 5,833 mental health professional shortage areas as of March 31, 2021.

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DigitalHealth

MARCH 27, 2024

The NHS Long Term Plan seeks to mainstream digitally-enabled care across all areas of the NHS. Not only will this enable true transformation of healthcare, but it will also play a key role in the delivery of the wider net zero agenda.

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19 Labs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

We proudly announce that 19Labs has officially become a Bay Area Global Health Alliance member, marking a significant milestone in our commitment to advancing health equity and innovation worldwide. Our dedication to driving positive change aligns seamlessly with the values of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. 19labs.com.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 25, 2024

Four in five nonprofit hospitals are spending less on community benefit areas like financial assistance than what they are estimated to receive in tax breaks, according to the latest annual report | Even after accounting for discounted care and community benefit investments, the money 2,425 nonprofit hospitals saved through tax breaks in 2021 would (..)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Department of Veterans Affairs is offering new access to telehealth and virtual care options. WHY IT MATTERS For veterans living in areas with very limited internet availability, the VA's telehealth and telewellness services are typically out of reach. Neil Evans, chief officer for the VHA's Office of Connected Care.

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Cityblock is expanding its services to Medicaid patients in the New York City area through a partnership with Centene-owned Fidelis Care. Cityblock will collaborate with the health plan to provide primary care, mental health and social services to thousands of members in the New York City area and Long Island.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2024

For health care, AI can benefit diagnosis and clinical care, address paperwork and bureaucratic duplication and waste, accelerate scientific research, and personalize health care direct-to-patients and -caregivers. Adopting principles of equity-by-design and privacy-by-design will help us along the journey.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

We kick off this episode by diving into this topic and debating whether or not organizations truly care about the patient experience. Next, we take a look at provider organizations and talk about what their main focus areas are for patient experience. What are the main patient experience focus areas for provider organizations?

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The nonprofit health system partnered with Health Catalyst on eight years of performance improvement initiatives targeting length of stay, care management, ED utilization and other costly focus areas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

According to a media release, this new service is for patients at risk of hospitalisation, including those with heart and respiratory disease and infections; aged care residents; and COVID-19 patients with chronic comorbidities. About seven million Australians, or around 28% of the total population, live in rural and remote areas.

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Health Populi

JULY 22, 2021

The range of clinical areas covered by these apps is shown in the “wheel” above, illustrating that mental and behavioral health, diabetes, heart and cardiovascular, digestive system, and respiratory applications together represented over one-half of the digital health categories and disease states in 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A mix of business savvy and cultural competency can overcome workforce shortages, declining populations and hospital closures in rural areas to improve access to radiology services, according to speakers at the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 29, 2024

Newel is one of the frontrunners in digital therapeutic (DTx) applications, and we are pleased to have them as our partner in this indication area. Orion has an extensive portfolio of proprietary and generic medicines and self-care products. The core therapy areas of our pharmaceutical R&D are oncology and pain.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2024

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients. We interviewed Kelly Bliss, president of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Rather, the implementation stemmed from a desire to be proactive in delivering the best care possible. "This technology is meant to provide timely access to expert stroke doctors to determine a plan of care for suspected or diagnosed stroke patients," she explained.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Starting this November, people living in rural and regional areas and other eligible patients can once again access free video consultations for mental health. Rural and regional Australia posts higher rates of mental health-related hospitalisation and suicide than urban areas. million ($30 million) investment in the October budget.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 9, 2023

DOWNLOAD THE FREE BOOKLET The approach features six areas of expertise as a guide for their work: Digital Transformation of Brands, Connected Experience, Reimagining Scientific Affairs, Change Management and Shifting Capabilities, Data Driven Enterprise, and Emerging Business Models. Download the booklet

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS With the grant, disbursed as part of the USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, will be used to outfit Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital with new telehealth technologies as part of Geisinger's Virtual Nursing Program, which launched this past year.

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19 Labs

APRIL 17, 2024

Over the past three years, our joint commitment to bridging healthcare gaps in rural areas has yielded transformative results, touched countless lives, and revolutionized how healthcare is delivered. Patients from the hard-to-reach and highly marginalized localities served lack access to specialty care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

One way people in these rural areas still can receive access to high-quality healthcare in a convenient and cost-effective way is through telemedicine and remote patient monitoring options. They typically need to pay closer attention to their health and benefit from monitoring, support and easy access to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

She is a member of the clinical leadership at Done, a platform that connects patients with psychiatric board-certified medical professionals for services including online video consultations , diagnosis, care team support and prescription delivery. This is particularly true in rural or economically distressed areas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2024

Digitalisation in healthcare holds the promise of optimising processes and expanding access to care. The range of changes tech could in theory bring to healthcare is extensive, including the following: Faster access to and improved coordination of care by having a more direct channel with clinicians through an online portal.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2024

Now that telemedicine is a mainstream method for healthcare delivery, C-suite executives and health IT leaders at provider organizations must keep a sharp eye on trends in virtual care. We discussed further adoption, the hybrid care model , chronic care management, worksite healthy clinics and asynchronous telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2023

With so many of the nation's underserved patients using telehealth services, practitioners and medical organizations must work to understand what these patients need in order to improve the quality of care. In some areas of the country, hospitals and clinics are closing, and people travel long distances to get in-person care.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2024

In many rural areas across the U.S., and even in a lot of urban areas, there’s a significant lack of access to psychiatry or behavioral health services in general. Fortunately, virtual behavioral health services can go a long way toward filling those care gaps. What is a shortage area?

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

. | A federal and state investigation concluded that the deal for San Ramon Regional Medical Center would give John Muir Health over 50% of the local inpatient general acute care market, likely leading to higher prices and lower quality in the area.

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