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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"First, while we had in place technology to enable telemedicine – in particular virtual visits – it had not been optimized for use nor integrated within our clinical workflows or our EHR," said CIO Thomas Furlani. This integration let virtual visit workflows blend seamlessly with an in-person clinic day."

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

This type of document will require not only top-notch billing tools but also new levels of contractual collaboration between separate provider entities. The AHA’s aim was to reduce unnecessary documentation and streamline the coding process.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

One challenge is extensive nomenclature differences across physician practices, hospitals, and pharmacies. While those are the right macro buckets, the clinical operational improvements are focused almost solely on physician/provider workflow optimizations (patient documentation, AI to improve diagnosis and treatment pathways, etc.).

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Will 2024 see a reboot of Google Glass-style headsets in Healthcare?

Lloyd Price

Kyle Samani, CEO of Pristine But the ability to access patient data from an EHR (electronic health record) is useful for any healthcare professional, not just surgeons who need to sustain a high level of concentration. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that continuous documentation of events has obvious benefits in a healthcare setting.

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7 ways Google Glass is revolutionising healthcare

Lloyd Price

Kyle Samani, CEO of Pristine But the ability to access patient data from an EHR (electronic health record) is useful for any healthcare professional, not just surgeons who need to sustain a high level of concentration. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that continuous documentation of events has obvious benefits in a healthcare setting.

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NYU Langone Health used its FCC grant to expand Epic-linked telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine is not only cost-effective for both the patient and the hospital, it also can reduce the risk of exposure to disease for all parties, especially during a pandemic. The organization has offered services such as virtual urgent care, telepsychiatry and virtual post-op appointments for several years to meet the needs of patients.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patient education material in the form of images, documents and videos is pushed to patients through the app, as well. Myia provides clinical teams with contextualized proactive information targeted directly into their EHR and workflow. In addition, the MiHealth app allows scheduled and real-time patient self-assessment questions.