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How the VA laid the groundwork for a pandemic-fueled telehealth spike

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many of those patients, however, face mobility hurdles and other challenges that can make it difficult to reach in-person care. "This was accomplished over several weeks early in the pandemic and without that, VA care teams may not have been able to maximize video use during this period of time." Twitter: @kjercich.

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AWS announces healthcare workforce accelerator cohort

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The companies selected for the newest AWS Healthcare Accelerator will focus on three critical needs in the healthcare space: retention, deployment and training, says Dr. Rowland Illing, chief medical officer and director of International Public Sector Health & the Global Healthcare Venture Capital and Startups team at AWS.

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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

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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 recently answered some questions from Healthcare IT News about how technology is helping VA make big improvements in patient access, engagement and experience. " Neil C.

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How Intermountain Healthcare gets top marks for virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

These services initially used an internally developed telehealth platform with TV room kits and mobile carts as patient care connection points. "These results were achieved by focusing on platform stability, patient education, and provider training and support," Wayling said. Support line for providers.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In June, Healthcare IT News and the other HIMSS Media brands, Healthcare Finance and MobiHealthNews, launched a new series of editorial webinars at the HIMSS Learning Center. Naturally, the first focus was on exploring the new normal of telehealth and virtual care. How to train employees for the new normal.

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How virtual nursing can help solve many workforce shortage woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It empowers patients and care team members at the bedside to bring in clinical reinforcement, specialists, translators and patient family members virtually when needed. Virtual nurses can act as a second line of defense for new, less-experienced nurses, many of whom received limited hands-on training during the pandemic.

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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

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Within that training, staff members found that they needed to give their patients peace of mind as well as comfort. "As for staff education, training the staff in multi-departmental transitions was necessary for our patient-centered medical home status," said Jared M. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.