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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Epic launches new telehealth service with Twilio

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Epic Systems has tapped San Francisco-based communications tech startup Twilio to provide the video-communication backend for Epic’s new telehealth platform. million more to aid COVID-19 telehealth deployment as part of its $200 million aid program for qualifying providers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Groups doubles down on telehealth with a mobile app to treat opioid addiction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To accomplish this, Groups provided its members with a number of different digital health technologies that enabled them to continue their treatment virtually and do all of the form submissions, drug screens and insurance processes that are part of the Groups recovery program. It’s now a necessity." MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare CIOs plan increased IT investments in the year ahead

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS More than 88% of hospital chief information officers and other IT leaders plan to increase their investments in third-party technology in 2023-24, according to a new poll from IDC and sponsored by Redox. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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AMA sees surge in health IT adoption, 'rise of the digital-native physician'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Physicians' use and appreciation of information technology and digital health tools has seen a big uptick over the past five years, according to a new survey from the American Medical Association. The new AMA Digital Health Research sees attitudes and expectations changing among the physicians it surveyed. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

In his testimony on healthcare market’s consolidation effects on quality, cost and access, Paul Ginsberg, Director of Public Policy at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics cites some key drivers of consolidation. Both providers and patients usually have to negotiate diverse healthcare site-specific platforms.

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How UCHealth's Virtual Health Center has enabled innovation, scaled capability and capacity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"On the ambulatory front, we had created a solution for home telehealth visits, had a robust tele-stroke and mobile-stroke program, and offered a small virtual specialty outreach program," said Kathy Deanda, senior director of virtual health at UCHealth. " Kathy Deanda, UCHealth. The charge became to expand it quickly.