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From Zoom to full EHR-integrated telemedicine on $245,000

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“Zoom also provided our health center with an easy-to-implement telehealth option while we researched an integrated telemedicine option for our electronic health record, which would be more permanent.” " Ann Tucker, Portland Community Health Center. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here.

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Franciscan Health expands its Epic-linked telemedicine offerings

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Prior to 2020, Franciscan Health, a health system based in Mishawaka, Indiana, conducted few telemedicine visits throughout the organization. Outside of some tele-stroke and behavioral health virtual care there wasn't any robust programming for patients to participate with Franciscan Alliance providers through telemedicine.

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Centura Health blends RPM, carts and Epic EHR for expanded telehealth

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"User experience deficiencies highlighted the importance of easy-to-use telemedicine tools as it directly impacted the effectiveness of clinical services," he continued. Centura Health was awarded just over $997,000 in grant funds from the FCC for telemedicine. The funds are being used for two projects. MARKETPLACE.

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Epic EHR-linked telehealth skyrockets at Children’s Colorado

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Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora developed an active and growing telemedicine program over the past eight years. Before COVID-19, almost all specialties were using telemedicine in some aspect of their practice. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Henry Ford Health System gets ROI from employer-based telemedicine clinic

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There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. "HFHS leveraged TytoCare as the EHR-integrated telehealth solution to accommodate this comprehensive clinical care delivery option," said Joel Whitbeck, group practice director at HFHS. " MARKETPLACE. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Cornell Scott-Hill makes big strides with specialist telemedicine

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Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

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Here's what execs from some leading health IT vendors think about the most pressing challenges – and big opportunities – of the year ahead. " EHRs: Automation can help. "A primary health IT focus for 2021 must be empowering clinicians with solutions that deliver relief today," said Laureau.

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