Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Over the course of three weeks in March 2020, the virtual healthcare team trained more than 400 primary care, specialty care and therapy services providers, as well as 800 support staff, on how to use Zipnosis for virtual health encounters. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " Sean J.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 13, 2022

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. Of course, John also asked him for some thoughts about what’s been happening at his older employers. Caraway emerged from stealth with $10.5

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

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. Unpacking Healthcare’s IT Infrastructure Needs. Read more… Where Healthcare Organizations Want Interoperability Help.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Led by researchers from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study found that 2,656 unique providers conducted 144,940 video visits with 115,789 unique patients over the course of six weeks. Over time, more patients pursued nonurgent care such as hypertension or diabetes treatment. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2022

"Healthcare providers must optimize their use of virtual care platforms and other technologies to deliver on these demands for convenience, self-service and efficiency." Healthcare providers need to enable this type of digital-first interaction and care navigation in their telehealth platforms.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Regulations now require primary care doctors be notified if their patients have an ED visit or are admitted to a hospital. It’s amazing to think that PCPs are being notified about their patients so that they can ensure quality continuity of care. It’s easy to ignore these alerts when pressed for time.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As background, it’s worth stating that the insurance industry has settled on a ten-session course of therapy for most conditions (which of course was seen as ridiculously inadequate by the classical Freudian psychoanalytic movement, who could treat patients for years at a time).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

For instance, the coronavirus response has made clear the value of online and video-consultations in primary care, and we have seen a remarkable expansion of digital platforms. In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2 It's not all plain sailing, of course.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

” The other challenge United Methodist faced was facilitating specialty and primary care physician visits for residents. The lockdown and quarantine restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic put a significant burden on residents who required routine specialty and primary care. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Array Behavioral Care has been at telepsychiatry for 20 years, with a large base of virtual psychiatrists. How are hospitals and primary care physicians expanding access to mental health and addressing the burden they're experiencing from the mental health crisis through telepsychiatry? Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

David Berg, cofounder and chairman of the board of Redirect Health, a primary care national healthcare organization featuring telemedicine and mobile health, believes the healthcare industry should reduce unnecessary inconveniences – such as extensive travel or wait times – from the healthcare experience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Also, people who use consumer-facing telehealth may not have a medical home and hence, a primary care provider. Of course, the consumer will want to know the cost of the service when looking at options. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. It is certainly less expensive than an emergency room visit.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Data shows that in-home care leads to a shorter course of treatment, lower utilization of the health care system, and better medication adherence. The pandemic has significantly boosted in-home hospital care, just as it did telemedicine. DUOS members achieve 80% compliance on getting in-home visits or primary care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The RPM nurse then works with the patient over the phone, monitors their readings, and coordinates with clinical care teams. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

Healthcare IT News published a special report listing many of these vendors with details on their products and services. In the ambulatory setting, Baptist Health uses scheduled video visits for patients to see their primary care physician or specialist, as they would have traditionally in the office. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

APRIL 27, 2020

For instance, the coronavirus response has made clear the value of online and video-consultations in primary care, and we have seen a remarkable expansion of digital platforms. In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2 It’s not all plain sailing, of course.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

Every site has multiple pressures and difficulties to solve, of course. If you’re managing a clinical site, your primary task is to settle on your chief need and define it clearly and accurately. Equality Health works mostly in the Medicaid space and offers its technology platform free to primary care providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2019

“The result is nationally high rates for utilization of high-expense ‘place of service’ for acute, low-intermediate acuity care,” he said. Texas continues to be ranked near the bottom nationwide in ratio of primary care physicians to population.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2020

That said, as a large primary care office offering integrated behavioral health, it was important to expand mental health services to include specialty care for patients. Further, as a federally qualified health center, River Valley is charged with providing comprehensive, whole-person care. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The patient might have been at dozens of different doctors over the course of their life. Many specialists require a test even if the patient got the same test a month or a week ago at a primary care practice or another specialist; some of this is necessary, but adds to health care costs and consumes time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

CSC can better explain, educate and inform patients on the course of previously ordered procedures and treatments – whether administered in the hospital ER or a specialty practice visit. “Waiting for results to diagnose a patient accurately for a month or longer is usual practice in healthcare,” he said.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Of course, the staff of a clinic or hospital don’t go around looking for apartments the way they actively look for a long-term care facility. Like many other vendors, Equality Health is used by primary care providers and others to make value-based care work.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

So let’s take a deeper look into healthcare at home to see how it has evolved over time, the technology that is driving this change, and how it is impacting our patients and providers. We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today community to get their insights into this topic. The following is what they had to say.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Through the UVA Center for Telehealth, the organization will also develop training courses for healthcare providers that help them identify and treat chronic diseases. The University of Virginia Health System announced it would be expanding its telehealth offerings to help treat diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2018

will continue to grow in healthcare, it’s exciting to see Best Buy making a bet in this way. Of course, we continue to watch and advise this space, always with the objective of helping make healthcare better for consumers who make health where they live, work, play, pray, learn…and shop.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

It's been a relentless 16 months, and healthcare CIOs and other health IT leaders can no doubt use a breather. During the course of the past year-plus, these executives have learned many lessons spurred by the manic pacing of the pandemic. Helio Health's methods evolved over the course of last summer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. "We rapidly scaled our telehealth solution from primary care to all specialty care in a span of less than two weeks."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

" "If you're not already addressing the patient experience and access for care, be aware many others are going to do it for you." Access to primary care has been an issue for Baptist for the last eight years, and that got Oliver thinking of other ways to become more efficient with workflows. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests. Health Care Law and Consulting.

Primary Care 60

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests. Health Care Law and Consulting.

Primary Care 60

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy 60

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2019

Patients too are playing a bigger role in their own health, with more and more of them – from Millennials to the Silver Tsunami – showing an appetite and an aptitude for digital health and "self-service" care. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Special Report:

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