Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2023

The exam involves mock patient scenarios where students may be required to access made-up patient medical records. "It is crucial for our students to train and be assessed in a manner that is consistent with clinical practice in the hospital setting," said Dr Sean Jolly, Senior Lecturer at the Adelaide Health Simulation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Cancer is a highly complex disease but technology should ideally make caring for cancer patients simpler. Kathy Dalton Ford, chief product and strategy officer at Ronin, which develops clinical oncology software, very much believes virtual care and other technologies can help providers improve their cancer care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2021

Raleigh Medical Group is a multispecialty group that serves the Research Triangle area of North Carolina with 115,000 patient visits a year in its internal medicine, gastroenterology, dermatology and rheumatology divisions. The COVID-19 virus interrupted Raleigh Medical Group's daily schedules and challenged patient care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

First, consider: the lack of interoperability between health data, resulting in silos, has plagued our ability to “operate” (that “O” in “OS”) in a smooth fashion across the care continuum, from clinical trials and research to patients’ self-care driving optimal outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

Some of them center on the importance of data and analytics, the need for more patient engagement, the requirements of keeping telehealth up to par, and the need to focus technologies on enabling enterprise-wide strategic plans. To see all the stories in the series, click here to visit the special portal.).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, PrimaryOne Health dealt with regulations that prevented routine telemedicine visits with patients. Some of the regulations allowed visits from one physical location to another physical location; however, site-to-site visits didn’t help with any of the pressing patient care needs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Te Whatu Ora Waikato has adopted a new attendant task management solution, replacing its old system that had contributed to bottlenecks in patient flow. About 130 attendants of the organisation who manage over 1,200 tasks daily can now send and receive notifications in real-time using Alcidion 's Smartpage non-clinical solution.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 9, 2020

The health system had been planning to explore the clinical and financial aspects of telemedicine, then deploy the technology where it made sense. GLHS immediately began looking for a good alternative to patients physically entering a healthcare facility for treatment. THE PROBLEM. " Lori Miller, Grand Lake Health System.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 8, 2023

What exactly is patient engagement? Patient engagement refers to the active involvement of patients in their own healthcare. It involves a partnership between patients and healthcare providers, with patients taking an active role in decisions about their care and treatment. What is the future of patient portals?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

With the Veris Cancer Care Platform, cancer care teams at the New Jersey Cancer Care, PA can now review patients' physiologic and clinical data in real time and deliver personalized care. In addition, the app allows caregivers and families to follow the patient's journey.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Exec Summary Patient engagement and patient portals are expected to play an increasingly important role in healthcare by 2030. As healthcare becomes more consumer-centric, patients are demanding more control over their own health and wellness.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 1, 2020

By April, that response included virtual urgent care, remote patient-monitoring, continuous virtual monitoring for in-unit patients and a shift in ambulatory care services. The VUC system had been in place since 2015, explained the team in the manuscript, with the goal of providing rapid access to care for low-risk clinical conditions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

Several surveys about the online patient experience were recently released. It won’t surprise anyone who follows healthcare professionally—or who has used a healthcare portal—that patients are frustrated and disappointed. Patients would like to fill out all necessary forms before they arrive.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Indonesia eases access to population health data The Indonesian Ministry of Health has built a one-stop Data Services Portal for accessing population health data. It also features downloadable documents related to national and local health data collection, such as questionnaires, codebooks, guidelines and reports.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Back when patient portals were first introduced, one of the original concerns clinicians raised was that they were afraid that they would get too many patient messages and find themselves overwhelmed. More recently, however, providers have begun to reevaluate their position on charging for medical advice requested via a portal.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

The Center for Connected Care at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is focused on the resourcing and diffusion of digital health solutions in partnership with the Mayo Clinic practice, extending Mayo Clinic’s knowledge and expertise and increasing patient access to clinical care, even at a distance.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2021

At the industry level, Sahni’s team calculated a potential $105 bn of savings each year by streamlining the financial transactions ecosystem and operational functions like clinical credentialing. This last graphic from the McKinsey report illustrates the pain points for patients engaging with payers’ call centers.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Welcome to the convergence of patients’ health care life with financial and retail lives, we learn from the 2024 Healthcare Financial Experience Study from Cedar. Note the 58% of patients told Cedar that paying for a healthcare bill was stressful. The less financially set patients are those who, If cost insecure, 32% of U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

For years, patient portals have been considered the most efficient tool for patient engagement. According to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Stat poll, by 2018 patient portals were employed by about 90% of the surveyed providers. . What’s wrong with patient portals? Patient portals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

Researchers pointed to two major factors appearing to drive the increase: clinical review, where clinicians view test results and patient history, and in-basket messages from seven possible sources. They measured EHR active-use time across four different functions: clinical review, notes, orders and in-basket messaging.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2021

"With virtual care here to stay, providers must focus on delivering a seamless experience for telehealth visits – one that’s easy, intuitive, and frictionless for patients, and secure, trusted and simple from a clinical standpoint," wrote Zoom Global Healthcare Lead Ron Emerson in a post about the announcement.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

Growing digital health investments that will push patient utilization up. What enables those deflating cost-reducers is the growing adoption of digital health tools, from telehealth and virtual care to self-care in patients’ hands at home and on-the-go via mobile health apps.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The MAVEN Project is a nonprofit organization serving Federally Qualified Health Centers and free and charitable clinics, connecting expert specialty physician volunteers with clinic providers. They can consult on cases, serve as mentors, provide continuing education and collaborate with clinical staff. THE PROBLEM In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2024

“We believe strongly that this unilateral action is a violation of Carequality’s terms and conditions and is sufficiently important to the treatment of patients to address this matter publicly,” Particle Health said in a statement. The new solution is called Greenway Clinical Assist.

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Xealth

APRIL 25, 2024

the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. “Our Our goal has always been to deepen connections between patients and care teams through familiar technology,” said Mike McSherry, CEO and co-founder of Xealth. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., Xealth spun out of Providence St.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2021

"First, while we had in place technology to enable telemedicine – in particular virtual visits – it had not been optimized for use nor integrated within our clinical workflows or our EHR," said CIO Thomas Furlani. "What we refer to here as a great digital divide that is common across healthcare."

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Looking at the Latest in Real-Time Clinical Note Generation. John Lynn spoke to Dr. Noah Crampton at Mutuo Health Solutions about the importance of integrating the consent process into the user experience for ambient clinical voice , along with the company’s larger focus on privacy and data governance.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

THE PROBLEM Patient access is a top priority for AdventHealth, a health system based in Altamonte Springs, Florida. For the health system, improving the way it delivers care to patients starts with meeting them at the place of their needs. "Amwell became our partner in both video visits and inpatient use cases," Bard said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

"Some 70% to 80% of these DHA residents are established patients at Denver Health. "The majority of these patients are racial/ethnic minority populations (72%), dually eligible for Medicare/Medicaid, with multi-morbidity and high healthcare needs, and lower health and digital literacy," she added.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 14, 2021

When we think about “3 C’s” for health care experience leadership, we might turn to Cleveland Clinic, Cigna, and CVS/health. Why these three? ” . What health care can learn: These organizations streamlined operations and delivery, quickly pivoting to meet increased consumer demand during the pandemic.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2019

Medicare Advantage members note an overall dissatisfaction with health care portals. One of the biggest barriers to older patients not engaging with digital technology for health care is patient’s perceived lack of utility –rooted in a lack of personalization. The patient portal is one such example.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The survey found that two-thirds (66%) of patients have questions after a provider encounter and one in five patients (19%) has new questions following the appointment. We have a long history of delivering trusted clinical content like UpToDate ® and Emmi. “We

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest safety net health system in the United States, serving more than one million patients annually, including the most vulnerable New Yorkers. Consumers have come to expect an array of options bringing care closer to home, including virtual urgent, remote patient monitoring and mobile delivery.

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Xealth

APRIL 8, 2024

Note to readers: This is the third post in a six-part series exploring the perspectives of digital patient engagement. The shift empowers patients and care providers with innovative tools, paving the way for potentially enhanced health outcomes through more personalized and accessible care.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The following is a guest article by Dan O’Connor, Vice President of Service Desk at HCTec The healthcare industry has quickly evolved to be very data-driven, and the role of IT has become essential in the patient delivery experience. Managing and troubleshooting these diverse components can be overwhelming for IT teams.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

CareTeam is a primary care organization that partners with employers to operate on-site, near-site and shared-site clinics for employees. It takes a personalized approach to care, as well as a whole-patient approach. " Additionally, CareTeam places a heavy focus on addressing patients' whole health. THE PROBLEM.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 21, 2023

Here are some examples of how asynchronous messaging can be used in healthcare: Patient-provider communication: Patients can use asynchronous messaging to communicate with their healthcare providers for non-urgent issues, such as medication refills, appointment scheduling, and test results.

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