Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

Athenahealth announced this week that it had launched an embedded telehealth tool to allow practitioners to conduct virtual visits without having to download separate software or use another third-party app. " Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Healthcare IT News spoke with Ford to discuss what it is about cancer care that lends itself well to telemedicine, how integrating electronic-reported outcomes with the electronic health record helps the whole virtual oncology effort, and much more. What is it about oncology that makes it a good fit for telemedicine?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making waves across various industries, and telehealth/telemedicine is no exception. Telemedicine has gained traction in recent years providing healthcare services remotely, allowing patients to receive quality care without being physically present at a healthcare facility.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

“We also needed to be able to conduct patient visits while simultaneously documenting the encounter, without disruption to our workflow,” he explained. He quickly realized that these platforms would not be long-term solutions to his telehealth needs. " Dr. Dillon Miller, Blue Ridge Medical Group. MARKETPLACE.

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Mend

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world of telemedicine has become increasingly important in recent years and telemedicine services are growing at a rapid pace, especially in the wake of a global pandemic. Specifically, for those practicing telemedicine, knowing how to use appropriate modifiers and CPT codes is essential for proper reimbursement.

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AMD Telemedicine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A Buyer’s Guide to Telemedicine Platforms: Key Considerations to Help Optimize Clinical and Financial Outcomes. The pandemic may have changed healthcare, but it’s telehealth technology that will continue moving the sector into the digital realm. Telehealth integration is no different. How does it work?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2021

Virtual care aligns with strategic imperatives to improve health outcomes, enhance patient safety, and optimize the patient experience for populations with medical complexity and high healthcare needs. As a result, it will pay off if healthcare can continue the expansion of telehealth started by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2022

"The high demand for pediatric specialty providers and the constraints many families face regarding transportation, time off from work and school, and finances, made it obvious that traditional models of outreach healthcare were not sustainable," said Morgan Waller, director of telemedicine business and operations at Children's Mercy.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

Power has undertaken a survey on consumer satisfaction with 31 telehealth providers across 15 measures, which will be published in November 2019. In advance of the full report, the organization released a summary on telehealth access and satisfaction, which I’ll discuss in this post. State level. For this research, J.D.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

As telehealth use continues to expand, many are wondering what the ramifications will be when, as is widely expected, virtual care becomes a much larger part of the healthcare experience going forward. Lown of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare and Arwen Sheridan and Ian Tong of telehealth company Doctor on Demand.

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AMD Telemedicine

JUNE 28, 2022

Healthcare providers have been steadily increasing their use of telehealth over the past decade, but the COVID-19 pandemic served as a catalyst for the rapid adoption of this technology, and it’s here to stay. Rapid Adoption of Telehealth Can Lead to Mistakes — Be Aware of Telehealth Challenges and Opportunities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In 2020, telemedicine truly, finally hit the mainstream in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. Here, five physician telehealth managers tell their stories.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Clinical sites that had long ignored the appeals of telehealth advocates suddenly adopted virtual visits. I talked to a number of health IT and telehealth experts in a search for answers to these questions. The American Telemedicine Association maintains a US bills related to telemedicine and their status.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

News and Studies Follow-up rates for telehealth and in-office visits have remained consistent since 2020 , according to analysis from Epic Research. That said, telehealth visits are more likely to result in follow-ups at the 7-, 30- and 9-day mark, especially in OB/GYN, podiatry, and internal medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Many of the challenges it was facing had obstacles that affected both patients and providers in the telehealth setting. For example: Physicians had to initiate virtual health sessions by manually calling their patients, which contributed to missed appointments and a resulting lower care-capacity. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The platform will provide secure, decentralized data capture, document management, study monitoring and electronic consent for the clinical trial, according to the tech company's announcement. Integration with medical devices supports remote data collection, and mobile access to the platform will help Mayo Clinic manage the study.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

" PROPOSAL Since 2004, Providence has been using various telemedicine technologies and virtual care models, including Teladoc Health, to support safe, high-quality care across the organization. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow Workforce A balanced approach to deploying new IT that reduces the burden on employees and provides patients with enhanced services is key to stabilizing and advancing healthcare industry processes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2023

We interviewed Ben-Aharon to talk about the convergence of speech therapy and telehealth. How is speech therapy delivered via telehealth? The pandemic introduced many people to the convenience of accessing multiple healthcare services via virtual care, also known as telemedicine or telehealth.

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care innovations

JUNE 13, 2018

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has worked for years to increase awareness of digital healthcare, highlighting how telemedicine trends are changing the American healthcare industry in fundamental ways , like the rise of the nursing informaticist and nurturing diversity in healthcare IT.

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Mend

MAY 5, 2022

Provides a Better Patient Experience. For many patients, attending an in-person doctor’s visit is worrying. Using digital forms provides a better patient experience because: Patients don’t need to write down their full medical history in a few minutes. Facilitates Virtual Visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Burnout has been an ongoing scourge at hospitals for years now, and the crushing demands of the pandemic have only made it worse for physicians , nurses , telehealth managers and others. " Telehealth: Now what? One exec says the basic concept of the doc-patient video visit is not enough. " EHRs: Automation can help.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

For instance, the use of telehealth services has increased dramatically. According to the Journal of the American Medicine Association, telehealth visits increased from 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 In addition, 92 percent of telehealth visits occurred in beneficiaries’ homes, which generally wasn’t permitted before the pandemic.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 11, 2024

It enables continuous monitoring of patients’ vital signs, symptoms, and other health parameters without the need for in-person visits. This evolution has been driven by advancements in technology, changes in healthcare delivery models, and the growing need for more efficient and patient-centered care.

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In Hand Health

APRIL 11, 2019

The case for telehealth. In 2016, 15% of physicians worked in practices that used telehealth, according to a 2018 American Medical Association survey. While health care has been slow to adopt, telehealth has grown by 44% in the last five years. The time-saving benefits of telehealth. Continuing care.

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In Hand Health

JULY 16, 2018

Today, many people associate telehealth with only Skype-like interactions. Was that telehealth? But even today, perceptions of what telehealth really is and how effectively it can be used are dated and inaccurate. Thinking of telehealth as only a live video-based interaction is a limited view of its capabilities.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Despite the many advances in telehealth, mobile apps and walk-in health clinics, patients and caregivers frequently find themselves waiting (often impatiently) in long phone queues to make an appointment, renew a prescription or obtain lab results. The following is a guest article by Sandro Stupar, Product Management Director at Mitto.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

They know that modern platforms will improve their internal operations, help increase revenue collection, and improve the patient experience. About Nathan Shepard Nathan Shepard has been working for over 15 years to understand the problems physicians face in improving patient care and profitability.

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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. “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

HaH is an innovative care model that provides hospital-level care in a patient’s home as a full substitute for acute hospital care. Compared to similar hospitalized patients, HaH patients experience better clinical outcomes, better satisfaction, less caregiver stress, and better functional outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

Telehealth, which suddenly became a necessity when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, simultaneously opened doors and erected more barriers. The more complex articles are offered to patients who want and can understand more details. They aim for a fifth to sixth grade reading level in simpler Basics documents.

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Mend

JULY 19, 2022

To stay competitive, patients want a modern, convenient patient engagement experience. Make patient payments easy and effortless, and organizations can get paid faster every time. With the rise of telehealth comes more options for managing digital processes, including payment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very different vantage points: a CIO, a telemedicine director, a chief nursing informatics officer and an IT director.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

New York City's NYU Langone Health had been investing in telemedicine for several years before the COVID-19 pandemic and had always been keenly aware of the important role technology would play in the future of healthcare. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Garfield Health Center, based in Monterey Park, California, did not have a telemedicine program in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. County, the health center reasoned that rolling out telemedicine, and thereby reducing foot traffic to the clinics, was the only way that it could safely continue to treat patients with non-acute needs.

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Mend

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the right telehealth solution, mental health providers can customize these forms to their practice needs. Basic mental health intake form: This form includes basic patient info such as name, DOB, address, and contact details. Mend is 100% secure, confidential, and HIPAA-compliant telehealth software.

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