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United Methodist Communities has early successes with telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” The other challenge United Methodist faced was facilitating specialty and primary care physician visits for residents. The lockdown and quarantine restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic put a significant burden on residents who required routine specialty and primary care. ” MARKETPLACE.

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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

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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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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

This was made clear when we reached out to our lovely Healthcare IT Today community for their insights on RPM. For these programs to remain successful beyond acute needs, long-term buy-in from critical stakeholders, including healthcare providers, payors and most importantly, patients, is needed.

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Leveraging Technology to Improve Referral Management in Home Health Care

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While these are two large factors behind the increased demand, other factors are driving the increase, including the technological advances that enable better remote care. The process begins when a patient is referred to a specialist home health provider by his or her primary care physician.

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A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Equality Health telehealth system for primary care practices is available for free to primary care practices in the extensive Equality Health network of independent primary care providers. Patients can securely connect online, including in low-bandwidth environments, using their cell phone or computer.

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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. Whether it is integrating Apple Watch data, shortening emergency department wait times or providing better concierge care, these interventions can be helpful, or even great. (We