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The Future of Remote Care for Connected Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As we begin to take a step back to evaluate the impact Covid-19 has had on the healthcare industry, now is the time to examine how specialized video conferencing tools can improve patient care and provider efficiency while simultaneously reducing costs over time. The brighter future of connected health is upon us.

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Exploring the Benefits of Remote Care for Skilled Nursing Facilities

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A new report published in McKnight's Long Term Care News explores the connection between remote care and skilled nursing facilities, and how the application of the former can contribute to the success of the latter. This, in turn, enables care teams “to work together to track decline or progress,” Li notes.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

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Access to Telehealth Services Private Health Insurance Coverage for telehealth and other remote care services will vary by state and private insurance plans. The article below clarifies and summarizes the end-of-pandemic reimbursement decisions made by private payers, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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Remote patient monitoring and virtual care – a paradigm shift

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And now healthcare providers are exploring and expanding new use cases and applications for a wide array of technologies that can enable patients to receive care outside of the proverbial four walls. of remote patient monitoring patients comply with. Teresa Sieck unpacks the results of the report about remote patient.

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When setting up in-hospital RPM systems, consider the inputs and outputs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"COVID-19 has introduced quite an interesting challenge to healthcare professionals around the country," said Emma Fauss, Medical Informatics Group CEO, during the Cisco-sponsored discussion, Unlocking Patient Data from the Bedside for Remote Care at Scale.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Video visits, temperature sensors and wearables can replace the need for clinic visits. Given today’s technological advancement in healthcare, most follow-ups can be well managed remotely. Video visits.

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Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" 60% said they were "very" or "extremely" prepared to manage portals, but fewer health systems were well-positioned to store high volumes of data (53%), offer provider-facing communication platforms (50%), or secure video technology to connect docs and patients (47%). Further down the list?