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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses that want to continue practicing but may not be able to practice at the bedside by extending their nursing careers.

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How one physician practice was transformed by EHR-embedded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” Initially, Miller used temporarily approved telehealth-modalities that were allowed due to COVID-19, and found that many of the setups were cumbersome for both the patient and the provider. The experience was often frustrating. But then his EHR vendor, athenahealth, recently launched athenaTelehealth.

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The Hospital Room of the Future

Healthcare IT Today

In fact, he talks about how things are different today than they have been in the past (Partial Spoiler Alert: One example is the EHR data is there to trigger actions). It’s amazing how the nurse call button can be improved with the right technology and workflows.

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A South Florida-based academic medical center, Memorial operates six hospitals, including the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital; numerous primary, urgent and 24/7 care facilities; a health specialty center; and a nursing home.

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How Technology Drives Value-Based Care

Healthcare IT Today

One of the biggest areas of opportunity within value-based care is working with skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and other post-acute organizations. The referral is made, and the patient arrives at a SNF without the right information being communicated. Providing the right information to the right people can improve this problem.

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Emerging Technologies Shaping the Health IT Landscape and How They Contribute to Improving Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

In 2024, the focus will shift towards AI-enabled decision-making as advanced analytics will be used to identify actionable insights for patients, providers, and payers. No doubt, these technologies will play an increasing role in EHRs and the overall healthcare ecosystem. This is just the beginning.

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RPM strategies for moving from discharge to hospital-at-home care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With hospital-at-home , this process piles on several additional layers of complexity, such as remote patient monitoring devices, patient-reported outcomes, nursing care, physical therapy, food, medication deliveries and more. And this home care orchestration is done on a daily basis for the patient in their home.

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