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Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More and more patients are able to take advantage of remote consults and other virtual care options as health systems have begun pursuing telehealth programs in earnest, new HIMSS Media research shows. " Of the 125 respondents asked about the telehealth projects underway at the U.S. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Orlando Health's program is the first in Central Florida to be approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and represents an expansion of a federal enhanced care model created during the pandemic to extend the scop of hospital resources. It's going to be the emergency department for heart attacks or strokes.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

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'Telehealth titans' discuss cost-savings of virtual care, describe the hospital of the future

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a panel this past week at the HIMSS Connected Health Conference in Boston, Dr. John Halamka, international healthcare innovation professor at Harvard Medical School, and four other telehealth experts tried to arrive at a definition of just what telehealth is. "It's a tool. Just like the EHR is a tool.

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Oncology Patients experience a personalized journey with interventions and education for better care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Eighteen months ago, we introduced this telehealth type of application to our oncology patients. ” Address Patient Needs with Right Resource: When patients are not in the Clinic or Hospital, it is important to understand what they need. Our palliative team is embedded within Oncology.

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How the Latest Pandemic Relief Bill Effects Telehealth

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Telehealth advocates aren’t impressed with the lack of support for connected health services in the latest pandemic relief package. We believe arbitrary restrictions on telehealth must be permanently removed to make way for a modernized and more accessible healthcare system.”. But those calls were largely ignored.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

These exceptional benefits landed the hospital on Best Companies AZ ‘s 100 Best Arizona Companies list for healthcare, and Phoenix Business Journal gave the hospital its HealthCare Leadership Award in 2017. The company offers a competitive benefits package including life insurance and telehealth visits.