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Health providers rediscover the hidden asset of telemedicine for care management

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It became clear that continuity of care for large patient cohorts required reliable communication channels and decision-support systems. “During the novel coronavirus pandemic, telemedicine facilitates workflows, freeing up local healthcare capacities. Changing the economics of health and the new patient-journey.

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

“Yes,” we concurred on our session convened by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE session today. We covered, The theory that telemedicine should increase health equity — where are we and what are the barriers to getting there? Understanding the health inequities borne by “telemedicine.

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Paving the Digital Roadmap for the Patient Journey

Healthcare IT Today

Providers continuously pushed themselves to invest in new tools and solutions — with one overarching aim — to enhance the patient experience. Navigating multiple data-collection tools without any integration is guaranteed to result in scrambled data from different applications living in silos.

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Telemedicine reduces ICU mortality rate at Valley Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We asked ourselves, 'How do we grow our program, support our existing physicians and still meet the care needs of our community?'" '" And second, from an administrative perspective, the provider organization found being able to have risk-adjusted acuity data an appealing measure. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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The rapid proliferation and advancement of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare institutions' motivations for innovation are to improve patient experience, stay relevant and support the changing care model (i.e., remote care and monitoring). It is no wonder that telehealth is a key focus seeing as the global telemedicine market size is forecasted to grow to USD175.5

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6 Reasons Telemedicine Isn’t Netflix, Uber Or Amazon Prime

GlobalMed

After all, GlobalMed is a telemedicine company and we should be all about expanded options for remote care. Unfortunately, these convenience consults rarely add long-term gain to a patient’s care outcomes or a clinician’s insights. Moving from Convenience Consults to Connected Care. Closing gaps in care.

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2018 Year in Review: The Year’s Biggest Remote Care News & Developments

care innovations

As government agencies like the CMS and VA expanded access to telehealth towards the goal of extending care into rural areas, industry leaders like Care Innovations® announced a series of breakthroughs with exciting implications for the years to come. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement.