Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

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."

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Carbon Health , a hybrid healthcare company that combines expert care with proprietary technology for easy everyday health, announced today that it has received $100 million from CVS Health Ventures, CVS Health’s corporate venture capital platform, as part of an initial close of its Series D round.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

Similar to many health systems across the country, COVID-19 created an urgent need for MaineHealth to take care of patients at a distance to keep patients and care teams safe. "In the outpatient setting, there was initiation and wide deployment of Zoom service access for direct patient care. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

million grant stems from the FCC's Connect Care Pilot Program , which is designed to help eligible provider organizations defray the costs of offering virtual care and study how the FCC's Universal Service Fund can help support the trend toward connected-care services. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 27, 2022

CVS on Thursday announced the launch of its new CVS Health Virtual Primary Care service. The new offering integrates patient engagement tools, telehealth, electronic health record data and more on a single platform that can connect consumers with clinicians at CVS or other providers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2023

Similarly, younger consumers — namely Millennials, Gen Z and Gen X members — are more likely to seek primary care and services in new and novel formats beyond the traditional medical home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

” 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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 24, 2022

"This commonsense policy helped ensure that families could access vital telehealth services – including virtual primary care and behavioral health services – prior to having to meet their deductible," wrote the organizations. However, the letter noted, those flexibilities expired Dec.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In addition to gaining access to Ochsner’s telemedicine capabilities, Rush’s hospitals and primary care clinics also will be able to tap into Ochsner’s billing practices and other support services. The deal also will see Ochsner implement vendor Epic’s electronic health record. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Lloyd Price

MARCH 28, 2024

Shared Care Records - a time of transition and expansion This Market Analysis of Shared Care Records (SCRs) reveals a dynamic landscape within the NHS marked by both progress and persistent challenges.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.* The newly proposed Act (H.R.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

A practice-wide communications system that can help free up primary care reception staff. Stephanie Chia, Russ Hinz and Susan Tolin will offer more detail in the HIMSS23 session "Equity on Chicago's South Side: Connected Care Technology." Babblevoice. CT at the South Building, Level 1, room S103.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The combined company leverages VillageMD’s deep expertise in value-based care to support and accelerate the transition to more risk-based care and Summit Health-CityMD’s longstanding and deep expertise delivering multispecialty, connected care. We are incredibly excited about the potential of these combined companies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

The Center for Connected Care at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is focused on the resourcing and diffusion of digital health solutions in partnership with the Mayo Clinic practice, extending Mayo Clinic’s knowledge and expertise and increasing patient access to clinical care, even at a distance. THE PROBLEM.

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Xealth

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Kate Klaphake, Product Manager, Connected Care, Allina Health At Allina Health , we understood the pressing need to modernize our patient education initiatives throughout our 60+ primary care clinics in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Nurses benefit as well.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.* The newly proposed Act (H.R.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

To support health centers in these efforts, the California Health Care Foundation established the Connected Care Accelerator (CCA) program, a quality improvement initiative launched in July 2020. Audio-only visits were the leading telehealth modality for primary care and behavioral health throughout the pandemic study period.

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Xealth

APRIL 10, 2024

The hospital, with locations in Milwaukee and Neenah, Wisconsin, is recognized as one of the leading pediatric health care centers in the United States. Having the ability to monitor our patients once they leave the hospital is remarkable. It is ranked among the top pediatric hospitals in the country by U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

And although they've leveled off somewhat as patients have begun to feel safer returning to in-person care, one thing is clear: Virtual care is here to stay. "We now call on Congress to make permanent the flexibilities that have supported the use of evidence-based connected care to improve healthcare quality, access and value."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Patient care is not about separate primary care, secondary care, hospital care. Telehealth can contribute to making data accessible to different care team members," concluded Helena Dominguez.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

AccessHealth was awarded $439,286 for telehealth carts and network upgrades to increase clinical capacity and prevent further community spread of COVID-19 by treating primary care patients remotely for COVID-19, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and other diseases and illnesses. USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

In tandem with a comprehensive plan of ongoing patient support and patient education, such as provided by chronic care management, remote patient monitoring can benefit providers and patients in a myriad of ways. What is Chronic Care Management (CCM)? Visit [link] Experience the Clear Arch Health Difference.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2020

On the online Citizen Area (RSE Área do Cidadão), users can access their electronic health record (EHR), book an appointment with their primary care physician and check their vaccination card or vital testament. Beta-tests are already being run and the service should be available next year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2022

Even prior to COVID-19, many primary care physician offices were so overwhelmed they had difficulty scheduling patients for same-day or same-week visits. Helping patients establish this downstream care relationship is the epitome of good customer service in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In addition, an electronic consulting platform would enable primary care providers to seek advice from a specialist by sending a message through an electronic health record system. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, as Medicare now covers a broad range of virtual care models,” Rehuban continued.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

That the company devoted financial resources to invest in a consumer/patient survey on telehealth says a lot about the changing nature of health care delivery and the expanding retail health ecosystem that can deliver care almost anywhere there is broadband connectivity, and a licensed clinician and patient at either end of that connection.

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Enzyme Health

APRIL 30, 2019

The lawsuit highlights a national battle between ocular telehealth companies and the 11 states where connected care eye exams are banned. Visibly, a Chicago-based company that offers direct-to-consumer online eye exams, is taking the state of Indiana to court over the state’s ban of ocular telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

Sales National wound care center Healogics implemented Net Health’s Tissue Analytics solution. Illinois-based Primary Care Joliet implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow. Patient experience vendor Vital surpassed 1 million users across more than 100 hospital clients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

SIP provides incentives for TRU Community Care facilities to provide interim care for patients who have historically high hospital utilization rates. The goal of SIP is to deliver intensive care coordination for patients to connect them with a primary care physician.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2021

That’s a big promise and vision, so to kick the tires on such a Holy Grail I had the opportunity to meet, virtually, with two key leaders of Philips’ health care business: Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader Connected Care, and Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Leader, Post Acute & Home.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

In other words: remote patient monitoring can be a very useful component in chronic care management. What is Chronic Care Management (CCM)? Visit [link] Experience the Clear Arch Health Difference.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Amy receives care at a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), built to provide whole person care for patients like herself. This center provides her primary care, dental services, pharmacy, and labs. Like many patients in her situation, she is covered by Medicaid and Medicare.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 17, 2020

Now imagine you’re that patient’s primary care provider (PCP). You have zero idea what was said or discovered or treated during those visits, which hinders your ability to provide whole person care. Choosing Responsible Connected Care. While that might annoy you, it doesn’t qualify as steering.But wait.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 14, 2020

Unfortunately, these convenience consults rarely add long-term gain to a patient’s care outcomes or a clinician’s insights. Truly connected care means using agnostic, data-driven telemedicine to insert clinically advanced care at the right patient touchpoints. Moving from Convenience Consults to Connected Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

” Because residents will have the opportunity to receive primary care services in a safer environment through telehealth, Parker will contribute to public health goals of reducing the spread of COVID-19 while reducing excess burden on the hospital systems throughout New York City that may be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For patients, it is best to have messages about remote patient monitoring programs delivered by someone they trust and have a relationship with: their primary care physician (PCP). Simply put, RPM is about optimizing care delivery with connected care technology in lower cost remote care settings.

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