Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2024

"Systems were clunky, there was little or limited integration of our systems and poor interoperability," recalled Dr Katharine See, chief health outcomes officer and director of Respiratory Medicine at Northern Health. However, they had to make do with little technologies available to them back then.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Auerswald argues that removing labor market barriers and technical barriers to entry are vital for realizing the benefits of in-home healthcare, including telehealth. Home healthcare, as Auerswald describes it, comprises medical house calls, health agency care, technologies such as remote patient-monitoring devices and telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

News and Studies The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule from CMS would continue many of the public health emergency telehealth flexibilities, such as an expanded definition of telehealth practitioners, continued payments to rural health centers and FQHCs, and the expansion of originating sites.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2015

If you read our blog post 5 Top Telemeds Trend of 2015 , you know that telehealth is slowly revolutionizing the healthcare world for the better. From remote patient monitoring to distance education, telehealth practices and services are benefiting not only healthcare providers and organization but also patients. Telehealth.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2022

Even before the coronavirus pandemic emerged in early 2020, telehealth and the hospital-to-home movement were beginning to become part of a portfolio of delivery modes across the continuum of care. Digital transformation, built on “radically interoperable” data on open, secure platforms.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

during the first quarter of 2020, digital health rose to the occasion: namely telehealth, remote and virtual care mounted by health care providers across the nation within days of the WHO calling the virus a global pandemic. Lack of data interoperability, and. From the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. value-based).

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. ’ ” An application Programing Interface is a set of protocols and definitions allowing digital services and products to communicate with each other over the Internet. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Six in ten people are open to health and wellness services via virtual channels, over half like the idea of remote monitoring linking with at-home devices, and 1 in 2 people would be open to routine appointments through telehealth. Nearly one-half would also be keen on mental health appointments and specialty visits for chronic conditions.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Companies with niche technologies or expertise: Startups with unique solutions in specific areas like AI-powered diagnostics, remote patient monitoring, or telehealth platforms. Interoperability and data analytics: Merging companies with expertise in connecting disparate healthcare systems and generating actionable insights can be valuable.

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Digital Health Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

Generative AI was definitely the main course, but with an especially heavy portion of HIMSS’ signature interoperability sauce poured over it following the TEFCA go-live. The topics du jour among the ~35,000 attendees weren’t entirely unexpected.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Hospital telehealth solutions for the ICU and telehealth solutions to connect caregivers and patients at home. To help deliver quality care and minimize risk to patients and staff, telehealth capabilities and digital technology that allow virtual care and remote patient monitoring are on the rise.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to develop a report outlining definitions and concepts for a single-payer health care system in the U.S. interoperability has been challenging since the adoption of electronic health records systems were fostered by the HITECH Act (part of the Stimulus Bill under President Obama). In the U.S.,

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

Increasing healthcare consolidation of hospitals has exacerbated the problem of lack of interoperability. There remain many opportunities for technologies to assist in achieving true interoperability. Today a broader definition may be applied: “the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.

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The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

A good definition of blockchain is: “A blockchain , [1] [2] [3] originally block chain , [4] [5] is a continuously growing list of records , called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. [1] I have been spending time as cardiologist, consultant, and caregiver for a seriously ill family member.

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GlobalMed

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Dynamic integration and backpack-sized telehealth exam station featured in Booth #6089. As data interoperability and usability drive changes in the quality of care delivery, so do smaller and lighter delivery systems. Scottsdale, Ariz. All products will be exhibited at HIMSS20 booth 6089 in the Orange County Convention Center.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While correction stopped a bubble bursting and allowed for introspection, it feels like the industry categorised companies too quickly, such as labelling them as telehealth or digital therapeutics, which oversimplifies their multifaceted nature. While challenges persist, there is definitely optimism.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. million grant to equip law enforcement agencies in rural areas with technology to provide 24/7 access to behavioral health professionals via telehealth.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 7, 2023

Governments, healthcare organizations, and policymakers need to prioritize the development and implementation of robust telemedicine systems, including reliable connectivity, secure platforms, and interoperability between different healthcare systems. Telemedicine: Definition, uses, benefits, and more. How Does Telehealth Work?

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 12, 2024

Unlike acute illnesses, chronic diseases typically progress slowly and may not have a definitive cure, necessitating continuous monitoring and treatment to prevent complications and improve quality of life. These conditions can range from diabetes and hypertension to cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory disorders, and cancer.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2019

The former can be thought of as software-as-medicine, and the Digital Therapeutics Alliance (yes, there’s now an industry association for the field) illustrates their broad definition of the concept in the diagram here.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

This collaborative model will leverage technological advancements to bolster telehealth services, fostering a healthcare ecosystem that not only prioritizes individual empowerment but also strives to bridge the gaps in access and affordability.

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Redox

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As you might expect, this being healthcare and all, there isn’t one definition of “telemedicine”. A quick search will provide you with hundreds of wonderfully SEO optimized articles outlining the differences between telehealth, telemedicine, telecare, remote patient monitoring…. *rubs temples in exasperation*. Original Source.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 12, 2019

HL7 FHIR V4 - HL7 International published the long-anticipated FHIR Release 4 (R4), allowing healthcare organizations to make new leaps forward in health data interoperability. The symptom checker may be run by the user/patient or with the assistance of medical personnel, as symptoms are, by definition, known to the patient only.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 10, 2024

Understanding Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Definition and concept RPM involves the use of technology to collect and transmit patient health data from remote locations to healthcare providers for assessment and intervention.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

More tech requires more upkeep, more data requiring complex management, and less interoperability or communication between dissimilar systems. Increasingly, stakeholders will need to prioritize system interoperability and cost-optimizing solutions that leverage data-driven insights.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

By focusing on medical definitions of success (generally expressed as HEDIS measures), the program medicalized social problems and failed to explicitly recognize the significant role that social determinants play in the health of our communities. Goal #4: Creating Statewide Digital Health and Telehealth Infrastructure.

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LinkousThink

JANUARY 5, 2011

Its expansive definition now includes low cost cellular-based services for developing countries, consumer health-and-wellness digital phone products and wireless applications for the hospital and clinician. Also in 2010, high definition video became the de facto standard for videoconferencing.

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HIStalk Interviews

JULY 25, 2018

It’s interesting that they said that since CMS just said that they will materially up the reimbursement level for telehealth, telemedicine, or I guess I’ll use the macro term virtual health. Then they brought up the nebulous interoperability, which they couldn’t describe it at all.

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Waracle

MAY 16, 2019

Digital health services and technologies comprise a wide range of categories including personalised medicine, telehealth, telemedicine, wearables, health information technology and mobile health (mHealth). For the purposes of today’s blog, we’ll focus specifically on the areas of wireless medical devices, mobile medical apps and telemedicine.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The presumption aligns with the CPT definition—a patient who has received professional services from the billing practitioner or another practitioner in the same group and the same specialty or subspecialty within the prior three years. To bill for any RPM service: The practitioner must have an established relationship with the beneficiary.

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Waracle

MAY 16, 2019

Digital health services and technologies comprise a wide range of categories including personalised medicine, telehealth, telemedicine, wearables, health information technology and mobile health (mHealth). For the purposes of today’s blog, we’ll focus specifically on the areas of wireless medical devices, mobile medical apps and telemedicine.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 10, 2018

This is the great golden spike moment for interoperability – except with the Carequality Railroad traversing the entire continent to connect CommonWell San Francisco trolley network. Readers Write: A Smart Telehealth Strategy Creates Great Value While Meeting Myriad Needs. Only three years late and still not generally available.

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