Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2021

"Lack of care opportunities due to transportation, limited primary care locations and inadequate income opportunities can send many patients running to the emergency department. "The RPM device then automatically submits this data to the EHR with a subsequent clinical pharmacist notification.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Let’s be real—nurses are, to put it lightly, still being stretched very thin. I’ve been talking with hospitals all over the country this year, and in recent conversations I’ve heard more and more about virtual nursing. Check out our community’s healthcare workforce predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 1, 2023

AdvancedMD ‘s latest EHR updates include a move to Zoom for telehealth. Nuance launched DAX Copilot , formerly known as DAX Express, for creating clinical documentation using ambient AI. KLAS Research released its inaugural report on virtual sitting and nursing , with AvaSure recognized as the market leader.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2023

However, due to a lack of resources and extensive waitlists, they may end up waiting for long periods to see an outpatient provider or may need to return to their primary care provider for a follow-up appointment. When a hospital or health system has an extensive referral queue, this solution helps patients get care in a timely manner.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Continued consolidation in primary care There will continue to be consolidation in primary care. Optum Care is becoming a model for big companies. Over the last few years, significant private capital has flowed to innovative primary care-led ventures. Ted Shannon, CFO at Strive Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

"We procured an enterprise-wide solution integrated into our Epic EHR," Rheuban said. The health system established a virtual urgent care model enabling patients across Virginia to receive care from its emergency medicine providers. Pre-COVID-19 programs focused on specialty care access. " RESULTS.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Firefly Health and Sprinter Health are integrating Firefly’s in-home clinical services with Sprinter’s virtual primary care. Primary care EHR Elation Health has integrated with Ribbon Health , a provider data management platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare (Remote) About Our Company Vytalize Health is a leading value-based care platform for seniors that has raised over $70 million in financing from top healthcare investors. We are a diverse team of physicians, technologists, MBAs, nurses, and operators.

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American Well

APRIL 29, 2021

That changed during the pandemic, when members were looking for safe ways to get care from their primary care providers and specialists. HMSA’s primary goal is to give members access to affordable, quality healthcare. Cook County Health partnered with Amwell to become one of the first Cerner Connect EHR implementations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2021

"AstuteDoc's complete care management solutions include chronic care management, remote patient monitoring, transition-to-care management, annual wellness, ACO quality metrics, incident-to-visit, and principal care management.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

Focus on Workforce Development According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States will see a shortage of between 46,900 and 121,900 physicians by 2032, including both primary care doctors and specialists. AI-powered clinical documentation boosts patient satisfaction and physician well-being.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2021

"In October of 2020, the Sky Lakes organization, which includes the medical center, a cancer treatment facility, and primary care and specialty clinics, experienced a tip-of-a-spear Ryuk ransomware attack that hit the healthcare industry with blunt force trauma," said Gaede of Sky Lakes Medical Center.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

doctors lose an estimated $125 billion in revenue each year to avoidable errors, such as incorrect patient or provider information, invalid or missing codes, duplicate billing and missing documentation. Physician-to-physician consultations – or eConsults – enable primary care physicians to quickly treat lower acuity issues themselves.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 13, 2022

Not having error prevention and correction hardwired into our workflow and documentation processes also seem unreasonable. Last week we spoke with Virginia Lorenzi about technical solutions to correcting errors in medical documentation. Today, Peter Elias, a family practice doc, joins us to discuss his documentation journey.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Chronic Care Model is based upon the idea that people with chronic illnesses should have access to continuous care and support. It shifts the focus from acute and reactive care to proactive, population-based care. Under this program, care teams can bill for time spent managing patients’ health conditions.

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HIStalk Weekender

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Movie tough guy Carlos “Chuck” Norris warns against short PCP visits in which prevention topics are missing in action and doctors spend too much time entering EHR documentation. Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). Weekly News Recap. Thank you for your support!”.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Most offer the same reasons: Medicaid reimbursement rates are typically lower than other insurers and the documentation requirements can be burdensome. Remote monitoring can increase medication and care plan adherence or alert providers of a spike in blood pressure or other need for intervention.

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Health System CIO

AUGUST 7, 2013

At-the-elbow support” from nursing Struggling with quality measures Stage 2 — “It’s a matter of maturing what we have.” CPOE roadblocks — “The technology gets in the way.”. * “At-the-elbow support” from nursing. CPOE roadblocks — “The technology gets in the way.” “At-the-elbow Struggling with quality measures. Telepsychiatry HIE.

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Redox

APRIL 29, 2019

We’ll explore the recent history of health IT and then look at current forces that make today very different from 2008 when EHR adoption kicked into overdrive and set us down the path we find ourselves today. Laying the foundation for Health IT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Patients check in online, which gets everything else in place to run smoothly, such as having the EHR ready, the documentation in the right place, and everything integrated for billing. "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

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Specialty care deserts, which are areas of the country where specialists are just not available, make it difficult to schedule an appointment with the right physician for a single opinion, let alone a second opinion. This situation is likely to become worse, with tens of thousands of physicians projected to leave the profession by 2030.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 5, 2024

Additionally, remote monitoring enhances continuity of care by enabling seamless communication between primary care providers, specialists, and other members of the healthcare team. This streamlined approach improves patient satisfaction and ensures that resources are utilized effectively to deliver high-quality care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic generated uneven experiences for millions of Americans as physicians, therapists, nurse practitioners, hospitals and other caregivers – all coming to telehealth with varying levels of experience themselves – tried suddenly to meet patients where they were, said PwC researchers. ” The report read.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Already in use by provider organizations across North America, AutoScribe is revolutionizing the way healthcare providers document patient visits. While building a primary care practice at our previous company, we saw our providers burning out from spending over two hours a day entering data into the EMR.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

So a patient will have to travel to a primary care or clinic setting and the on-site providers will set up a telemedicine cart within their room. " Integrating telehealth into the EHR. At the Wright Center for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, Medent is both our EHR [and] telemedicine service provider."

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

According to Cindy Gaines, chief clinical transformation officer at Lumeon , many organizations just adapted their paper process to their new EHR and didn’t realize the efficiencies they expected. How well does the technology integrate into a surgical practice compared to a primary care setting?”

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 26, 2020

We know you are hearing from technology vendors, such as Epic Computer Systems, as documented in this news story on CNBC about Epic’s letter to its users asking them to resist our access. Some use other EHRs. A nurse came to give her an injection – of penicillin. Some of these practices use Epic. No I don’t!” she replied.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Telehealth, mobile health apps, and other digital platforms will be leveraged to provide remote consultations, health monitoring, and health education, in addition to ensuring patients are better connected to their care partners. Nurse compensation is needed to improve the healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It’s crucial to have secure communication platforms that enable care teams to align quickly on patient status and care, eliminate roadblocks in their workflow, and ultimately reduce time to treatment. This helps in reducing delays in care delivery and improving patient outcomes.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The anonymous whistleblower has posted a video on the social media platform Daily Motion that contains a document dump of hundreds of images of confidential files relating to Project Nightingale. In addition, Ascension directly engaged many front-line nurses and clinicians on the project."

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Immunization administration was a key workflow within the EHR; therefore, sharing that to the registry automatically seems like a no-brainer to reduce the burden on providers. Perhaps more importantly, Meaningful Use spurred adoption on the provider side, requiring that providers use certified EHRs to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2023

Clinicians consistently communicate their frustration with capturing proper clinical documentation from sessions within the EHR as one of the most challenging and disheartening parts of their role, and with these new AI virtual scribe applications, it seems likely that frustration level is likely to change substantially in the next couple of years.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

I’ve cut/pasted selected sentences from the DOH document to make it easy to follow here – but (of course) the full document has more detail/explanation. G oal #1: Building a more resilient, flexible and integrated delivery system that reduces racial disparities, promotes health equity, and supports the delivery of social care.

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