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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them.

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Making Telemedicine Affordable for Every Budget

GlobalMed

But to fill the care gap, two conditions must be met: To connect remote and underserved populations to the right care , telemedicine must be easily accessible. That’s why GlobalMed has extended our innovation to pricing – to make telemedicine affordable and practical for every type of provider, in every care environment.

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6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

Fortunately, there’s a solution that can benefit both provider revenue and population health: telemedicine. The Pew Research Center reports that in 2017, 67 percent of people with incomes of $30K or less had a smartphone, indicating that most Medicaid patients have a way to complete a telemedicine visit. Request a Demo.

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GlobalMed Expands Its Footprint in Africa

GlobalMed

Unlike other telemedicine companies, GlobalMed has a massive and diverse international presence. Our solutions are secure, scalable and easy to use , and they can fit into any type of care setting – from disaster sites to airplanes to remote villages. Local healthcare is often limited to a monthly one-day visit from a nurse.

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How Geisinger uses telehealth to keep patients at home and out of the hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It connects patients to a local physician, urgent care or primary care clinic, or a regional hospital. Telehealth models for in-home care. At his HIMSS21 educational session, "Providing Care Closer to Home," David A.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). Advocate Health Care, one of Chicagoland’s largest employers, has more than 35,000 associates, including 11,000 nurses and nearly 6,300 affiliated physicians. The health system also offers home care and hospice services and has ownership in facilities across six states.