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Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Improving Youth Mental Health at Scale in Texas. One in six Americans aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The telehealth cliff is looming, casting much uncertainty and concern for the health and safety of Medicare beneficiaries, and the sustainability of our already overburdened healthcare system," said Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. HIMSS is the parent company for Healthcare IT News.).

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

If they don't act before the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the groups said, Medicare beneficiaries "will lose access to virtual care options which have become a lifeline to many. "Many of the telehealth flexibilities are temporary and limited to the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

Philips, recently named as one of the largest Fortune Global Companies in 2020 (#385, up 46 spots and ranking in the top 10 largest public health care companies in the world), has been working globally with health systems since the emergence of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China in 2019. equipment and hardware).

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

By saving time, telehealth allows the doctor to fit more patients into the week.Several respondents said that televisits would bring more people into the health care system, especially mental health patients. But at least one type of value-based care is getting reimbursed: digital monitoring for behavioral care.

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How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cloud Computing Connected Health Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Before disasters such as tornadoes or wildfires, they should consider designating municipal buildings as "generator and telehealth zones" where equipment and virtual care kiosks can be moved. history, as these images show.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Christ Hospital Health Network, with over 3,500 employees, is ranked No. Hospital leadership recently refreshed the Employee Assistance Program, which looks to improve work-life balance for employees by addressing behavioral and mental health needs. Eskenazi Health (Indianapolis). Cleveland Clinic.