Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 2022

Many stayed the course and […]. He uses the all-in-one cloud suite from AdvancedMD. Before the pandemic, many private practice physicians faced significant pressure to merge or consolidate with large health systems for survival.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

more patients than ever are turning to telehealth for care – eschewing overcrowded emergency rooms and dormant physician practices in favor of virtual consults. NYU Langone Health launched its telehealth initiative more than two years ago, but study co-author Dr. Paul Testa told Healthcare IT News that patient use skyrocketed in March.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Kennedy Krieger has had a small behavioral-telehealth program for military families for four years. The Center for Autism and Related Disorders program has provided limited telehealth services. We primarily use a HIPAA-compliant Zoom system along with our Epic EHR to conduct our telehealth operations,” she said.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

The EHR Hits Its Stride. As the EHR “hits its stride” (Trend #4), data will increasingly underpin treatment paths, personalized medicine, and predictive care (Trend #7) to manage patients’ risk upstream. The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

News The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health Seven health system IT executives explain how they're strategizing to build on the post-. Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) By Bill Siwicki | November 15, 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2020

" The expansion of VA's existing telehealth capabilities – it delivered more than 2.5 " The expansion of VA's existing telehealth capabilities – it delivered more than 2.5 The VA currently manages 1,800 ICU beds nationwide. billion VA budget for IT for next year – 12% more than in 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2020

There's the massive electronic health record modernization , of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth. Indeed, telehealth continues to be a major priority for the VA.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers. " Dr. Lisa R.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Prior to the pandemic, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, had been using Adobe Media Server integrated with its Epic electronic health record for telehealth video visits. Rush’s KPIs for telehealth are “beyond our wildest dreams,” Truesdell said, especially given Rush serves a state lacking payer parity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

During the course of the past year-plus, these executives have learned many lessons spurred by the manic pacing of the pandemic. When telehealth is not up to par. One major lesson Helio Health learned last year was that its telehealth presence was not up to par. Helio Health's methods evolved over the course of last summer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

"Far too many digital tools have disregarded interoperability and integration with EHRs, and have actually added to the administrative burdens and unnecessary work that frustrate providers – and keep them from practicing at the top of their license and building relationships with patients.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2021

I welcomed the opportunity to speak (via Zoom, of course) with Ron Emerson, Zoom’s Global Healthcare Lead, just a days before HIMSS 2021 kicked off. Zoom had already been a telehealth partner to many healthcare systems and organizations before COVID-19.

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

Of course, cross-border care has complicated women’s health based on the states in which they live, compromising health and potentially life ( see this piece in the New York Times providing details on five Texas women suing the state, each dealing with difficult pregnancies and situations).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A massive nationwide scale-up of telehealth and remote patient monitoring unlike anything yet seen. The hope, of course, is that the galvanizing technology innovations that have emerged from the stress and disruption of the past year will be foundational to a better, brighter world in 2021 and beyond.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

" Parkview Health made strategic moves in 2012 to implement and integrate Epic as its EHR for all hospitals and providers. "Parkview Health was able to retain nearly 70% of our standard care visits with patients by using video services within our EHR and patient portal, even as the physical offices were closed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2024

" Physically commuting was not efficient at all and telephone assessments, while more feasible, did not allow the intake team to fully assess the patient’s affect, mood and general demeanor to help determine the best and safest course of treatment, she added. Cook, DNP, RN-BC, chief nursing informatics officer at Baptist Health.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

A caveat : I do this exercise with clients over the course of an intense immersive weekend or over many weeks (convening weekly or biweekly meetings). Telehealth happens across the U.S. Virtual and telehealth services are available to all, everyone connected to ubiquitous broadband which is provided as a public utility.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

Feds, states take up nurse staffing The past four years have been especially tough on nurses, of course. " Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, which has earned high marks for patient telehealth services , is piloting a virtual nursing that aids floor nurses in patient care. Many nurses have a deep district of AI.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

" EHRs: Automation can help. Burnout has been an ongoing scourge at hospitals for years now, and the crushing demands of the pandemic have only made it worse for physicians , nurses , telehealth managers and others. " Telehealth: Now what? Now the question is, what's next ?

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. These laws are also important to HIPAA compliant telehealth programs, as they update protections for the digital age. The law includes financial incentives for adopting safe and efficient EHR systems to manage patient data.

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TheraNest

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Therapists can struggle with compliance in various areas, ranging from HIPAA to telehealth or advertising. For client communications, we highly recommend using your EHR to send protected health information (PHI) while staying HIPAA compliant. If you use telehealth, make sure your video conferencing solution is safe and HIPAA-compliant!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

"We worked with our EHR vendor, eClinicalWorks, to implement integrated telehealth solutions within a few days. "Since then, we have provided more than 28,000 alternative or telehealth visits to continue patients' access to care from their home," she continued. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2021

As a healthcare provider, it of course relies on its electronic health record. Now we're looking at ways to use more remote technology and integrate our medical and dental EHRs." The EHR had glitches. The provider uses the eClinicalWorks EHR and Relevant Health data-reporting software daily.

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Health System CIO

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The most effective way to encourage adoption of any technology – especially one as important as telehealth solutions – is to show, not tell, says Tom Pacek, CIO at Inspira Health. In other words, how is it going to help me do my job — which, of course is to provide quality patient care — in a better, more efficient way? Pacek: Yes.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The simplified delivery models and systems they implement require a more lightweight technology package, and for Electronic Health Records (EHRs), this translates to a simple, cloud-based system. No doubt, these technologies will play an increasing role in EHRs and the overall healthcare ecosystem. This is just the beginning.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2020

This, of course, was courtesy of the pandemic, which closed most offices and made delivering in-person care almost impossible While most available evidence suggests that the volume of telehealth visits […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' Of course, in healthcare, some work – such as surgical procedures – must be conducted in a clinical setting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2021

NextGen Healthcare isn't the only major health IT player to opt for new leadership in recent months, of course. Cerner announced in May that it would part ways with CEO Brent Shafer three years after he'd succeeded the EHR giant's late founder, Neal Patterson, and launch a search for a new chief executive. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In their presentation Hasselberg and Richman describe how they developed the new telehealth model, which capitalized on the psychiatric skills of their colleagues in Rochester while extending their reach into rural communities. For cash-strapped community hospitals, that's significant.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Epic CEO Judy Faulkner on Apple, docs who actually like their EHRs and Warren Buffett. Epic, Cerner and others reveal just how their EHRs are interoperable.

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TheraNest

MAY 17, 2022

Whether it’s staying up to date on professional development or learning to use new technology, we’ve compiled some free resources for mental and behavioral health providers. Mental Health Literacy The CDC outlines these three free university courses about communication, learning and teaching mental health literacy.

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Mend

APRIL 20, 2022

But in today’s telehealth market, it’s crucial to also focus on how to improve patient satisfaction. When it comes to Telehealth, you need to focus on making the entire experience enjoyable. Although Telehealth has been around for a while, patients may be reluctant to use it. Fear of technology. Quality of care anxieties.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 14, 2020

Among the connected health trends on researchers' radar, of course: "accelerated deployment of telehealth/virtual visits, chatbot assessments, and remote health monitoring." " This term "digital front door" is not a new one, of course.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

"Frequent touchpoints with a registered dietitian or a GI psychologist are easier to deliver via telehealth , much to patients' convenience," Pavlou noted. Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey also sees patients with considerable anxiety associated with their GI conditions – which of course makes symptoms worse.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

RockHealth.org announced its 2023 cohort of Innovation Fellows , with founders focused in areas such as mental health, end-of-life care, pediatric telehealth, and trauma care. Partnerships Epic users can now run the EHR on Microsoft Azure Large Instances. News The Drug Enforcement Administration will hold listening sessions Sept.

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iSALUS Healthcare

MAY 14, 2018

Medical Practices all over the United States are searching through some of the best electronic health records (EHRs) to find the one that suits their practice. But what does the right EHR look like? So what does a patient-centered EHR look like? Promoting patient engagement is the number one way to keep your patients involved.

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Mend

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the right telehealth solution, mental health providers can customize these forms to their practice needs. Mend is 100% secure, confidential, and HIPAA-compliant telehealth software. Practices with a telehealth solution and digital intake forms in place have an average patient engagement rate of 80%.

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