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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

So the organization had a solid foundation on which to build and improve its telehealth solution. "In 2016, we began exploring various telehealth workflows to meet those needs but hit many billing-related roadblocks due to the restrictive New York State and federal regulations. " RESULTS. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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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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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. But it’s worth noting that perhaps the most important one is the proposed 3.4%

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The quickly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency has warranted the growing use of telehealth and non-invasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate patient monitoring while reducing patient and healthcare provider contact and possible exposure to the virus. It also provides medication adherence tools. iRhythm Technologies.

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Seeing Your Doctor from Your Couch

American Well

Medical Design Technology interviews Mike Baird, CEO of Avizia, a complete telehealth platform provider. When we started Avizia, we saw multiple vendors in the marketplace that were creating parts to a solution and they would throw those parts over the fence to the hospital IT department and expect them to put it together. Sean Fenske.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The platform also is integrated with the center's documentation software, Emme, which it uses in the postoperative stay suite at its lodge. As an ambulatory surgery center, it has to be very intentional about collecting readmission data from the regional hospital. " Then there are lower readmission and infection rates.

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