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Most clinicians can't access telehealth directly from EHRs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to a survey released Tuesday by the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, the majority of physicians and other qualified healthcare professionals say telehealth is positively influencing clinical outcomes, patient experience, cost and professional satisfaction. Workflow was also an issue.

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VA working with Apple to broaden telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Veterans Affairs says it's collaborating with Apple to boost the availability of telehealth services for veterans across the U.S. The program connects qualifying veterans with iPads, helping 50,000 of them more easily take part in telehealth services and access other VA virtual healthcare services.

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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There's the massive electronic health record modernization , of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth. Indeed, telehealth continues to be a major priority for the VA. Evans, VA Office Of Connected Care.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MaineHealth wanted telemedicine technology that could easily integrate into its care models and that would be highly accessible for patients to use. "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.

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Lehigh Valley streamlines ED triage with virtual docs and nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To confront the problem, Lehigh Valley began using telehealth and telecommunications technologies to mobilize resources to optimize a patient’s waiting time – while reducing the number of patients leaving the ED without being seen. Access the leadership of your regional federally funded Telehealth Resource Center.

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Solving the Disconnections in Connected Care

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Inpatient adoption has risen from 54 percent in 2014 to 85 percent in 2019 according to Definitive Healthcare’s 2019 Inpatient Telehealth Study. Providers turn to telehealth apps that don’t integrate with the hospital EHR. Standardizing for Smarter Care. Detached and Divided. Telemedicine is on the rise. Request a Demo.

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Rush, Ochsner Health System partner on telemedicine, Epic EHR

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The integration of Epic software will give Rush patients the ability to access their own electronic health records through Epic’s patient portal, MyChart, while simultaneously streamlining patient registration, care coordination and scheduling tasks. ON THE RECORD. However, the results of a July survey conducted by J.D.