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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The sprawling provider network continues to seek new ways to deliver better care to its members where they live, in their communities and their homes. Evans, VA Office Of Connected Care. Since its inception in June of 2008, more than 86 million VA Secure Messages have been initiated by VA patients or their care teams.

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Henry Ford Health System gets ROI from employer-based telemedicine clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System and General Motors partnered to develop a narrow-network insurance product for GM employees called GM Connect Care. Through this product, HFHS aimed to offer innovative care delivery options that would be convenient and cost-effective for GM's members. THE PROBLEM.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Experts from across the health IT field will share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. Reducing the cost of care requires aligning incentives of providers, payers and patients. Collection.

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

Healthcare IT Today

A follow-up article will cover the broader topic of connected care. Hari Prasad, CEO of Yosi Health , and Joseph Demmons, Application Integration Product Manager at Azalea Health , point out that patient self-scheduling portals are usually provided by the organization’s EHR vendor.

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PointClickCare Acquires CPSI Subsidiary, American HealthTech

Healthcare IT Today

CPSI) and a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions and related services for the post-acute care market. We support efficient patient care across an expansive base of community hospitals with electronic health record (EHR) product offerings that successfully integrate data between care settings.

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MaineHealth turned a COVID-19 grant into a permanent telehealth program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Choosing a solution that was easy to use for both patients and care teams was a high priority so as not to exacerbate digital access and digital literacy barriers." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " MARKETPLACE. Click here to read the special report.

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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

Supporting organizations include Epic, the HIMSS EHR Association and HCA Healthcare. Sales National wound care center Healogics implemented Net Health’s Tissue Analytics solution. Illinois-based Primary Care Joliet implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow.

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