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Patient Scheduling and Pre-Visit Intake: Let’s Give Patients What They’re Asking For

Healthcare IT Today

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 about their patient experience.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Leveraging Technology to Improve Referral Management in Home Health Care

Healthcare IT Today

The process begins when a patient is referred to a specialist home health provider by his or her primary care physician. These referrals are traditionally transmitted by way of phone calls, faxes, or emails with scanned documents attached.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

Reeya Patel, Vice President of Healthcare Insights at Azalea Health, points out that a televisit can document that a follow-up appointment has been scheduled, a request for a medication took place, or a referral to a specialist has occurred, all for billing purposes. Improved workflows.

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Horizon Health gains operational ROI from EHR and telehealth integration

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"As a result, we needed to implement a more integrated telehealth solution that streamlined staff workflows and simplified the patient experience," explained Jake Haacker, CIO at Horizon Health Services. MEETING THE CHALLENGE With the EHR integration of telemedicine, all patient encounters now are in a single system.

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How virtual nursing can help solve many workforce shortage woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In remote roles, these nurses can field tasks like virtual admissions and documentation so bedside nurses are free to focus on direct care. Virtual nursing improves patient coverage by putting eyes and ears in every room. Patients benefit from more frequent or continuous virtual nurse monitoring and support.

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How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

We reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on the role technology can play in working towards health equity. New legislation will require organizations to document how they screen patients for social determinants of health, analyze patient data, and address healthcare disparities.