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VA Connected Care Chief: Telehealth Is 'Going to Become Health Care'

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“This is going to become health care,” says Dr. Neil Evans of telehealth. A physician board certified in both Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics, Dr. Evans also serves as Chief Officer for the Office of Connected Care (OCC) at the U.S. The VA Office of Connected Care & ‘Anywhere to Anywhere’ Initiative.

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“Your care, your way:” Learning from the Philips Future Health Index 2023

Health Populi

That was in the midst of the fast-pivot toward virtual care and telehealth on-ramps welcomed by both clinicians and patients. 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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CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Do Your Clinicians Suffer Digital Health Fatigue? Allina Health has the Answer.

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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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Digital Health Intelligence Market Analysis: Shared Care Records - a time of transition and expansion

Lloyd Price

They’re central to the ‘Digital Front Door’ strategy, focusing on patient-facing services, enhancing secondary care, and reducing the strain on frontline services. While many regions have effectively implemented SCRs, barriers such as interoperability and a focus on planned care hinder widespread adoption.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

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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"The sustainable advancement of telehealth is one that removes inequalities in healthcare"

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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