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Lehigh Valley streamlines ED triage with virtual docs and nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nurse and virtual doc triage To make this happen, the health system implemented a virtual nurse and virtual physician triage program designed to get patients moving through the ED process sooner rather than later. The tests included physicians, nurses, technicians, scribes, EKG techs, etc.,

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Application period for FCC Connected Care Pilot Program now open

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Connected Care Pilot Program, first formalized on March 31, 2020, is open to nonprofit and public eligible healthcare providers nationwide. Provider broadband data connections. Other connected care information services. " Leadership Fundamentals for Digital Transformation. WHY IT MATTERS.

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New outlook for telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Western NSW, where Dr Nott is based at, covers about 250,000 square kilometers (about the size of Germany in terms of land mass) with 35 smaller rural community hospitals and 3 larger hospitals that provide sub-specialty care. In those 35 smaller hospitals, there are significant challenges in medical workforce coverage and nursing.

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Why digital healthtech is more important than ever

Digital Leaders HealthTech

Following NHS England and NHS Improvement Guidance calling for steps to implement a clinical service model for care home support during COVID-19, remote monitoring has been highlighted as vital to this process. More thought leadership. Keep up the great work! Originally post here.

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2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers

GlobalMed

Tribal lands sometimes have the lowest rates of broadband adoption; many Indian Health Services facilities lack the bandwidth to offer virtual care. FCC initiatives such as Connected Care NPRM and the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund strive to bring telehealth services to patients in underserved, rural and tribal areas.

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Trinity Health's RPM program drops 30-day readmissions rate from 16% to 6%

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The program, using vendor Vivify Health's connected care platform, aimed to reduce readmissions." " "After hours and on weekends, the Virtual Care Center acts as a triaging nurse to Trinity's home care and hospice patients across the U.S., managing more than 4,000 patients."

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The greatest health IT learning of 2020 in the face of COVID-19 has been the profound want of patients and clinicians to connect digitally, said Testa of NYU Langone Health. Partnering with senior leadership at the hospital, we were able to roll out systems that kept us on the cutting edge of technology."