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Michigan Avenue Primary Care integrates EHR, telehealth and scheduling

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 has created another health crisis in this country – a massive increase in depression and other mental health issues associated with being isolated. " Dr. Joshua Merok, Michigan Avenue Primary Care. The automated Google Meet video conference invitations saved schedulers hours of time each day.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

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The use of telehealth visits grew from 4% of older people having ever used virtual platforms by May 2019, to 30% of older patients using telehealth in June 2020. Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

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This post follows up Part 1 of a two-part series I’ve prepared in advance of the AHIP 2024 conference where I’ll be brainstorming these scenarios with a panel of folks who know their stuff in technology, health care and hospital systems, retail health, and pharmacy, among other key issues. Imagine if the U.S.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

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Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. One of the obstacles facing some U.S.

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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

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As the HLTH conference convenes over 6,000 digital health innovators live, in person, in Boston in the wake of the delta variant, what should attendees keep in mind to help HLTH make health? The top-line in the report, and the bottom-line for health citizens, was that 38% of U.S.

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How Henry Ford Health System's 100% virtual behavioral care program works

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System offers a 100% virtual care program for behavioral health integration that is delivered to patients either directly in a primary care clinic or the patient's home. Therapists are supported by a psychiatrist and a specialized behavioral health pharmacist.

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Health @ Retail – Prelude to GMDC SelfCare Summit with Updates from Hims & Hers, GoodRx, Sam’s Club and Amazon Care

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Addressing the access and affordability pillars, Sam’s Club launched a collaboration with Humana called Care Accelerator. This isn’t meant to be a fully-loaded insurance plan, but a product that “curates” selected medical services consumers want to access at relatively low-cost to care for basic health care needs.