Xealth

JULY 20, 2023

Engaging Patients with Depression Between Appointments Organization: Novant Health Business Goal: Help primary care providers (PCPs) remotely track patients’ mental health between appointments Project: Novant wanted to bring NeuroFlow into Xealth to help enroll patients who have been diagnosed with depression and have qualifying assessment scores.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

Policymakers and stakeholders emphasized the importance of balancing access to care with addressing concerns around fraud and overutilization. "Modernizing telehealth policy to meet the moment" is one of lawmakers' most important responsibilities, said Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health is a federally qualified health center based in Manhattan that has been providing comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If unaddressed, this could lead to significant data breaches, undermining the integrity of AI systems in healthcare, like those used in modern EHRs and medical coding. Sarah Carroll, Senior Vice President, Center for Care Transformation at AVIA Health Medicaid and Medicare have become one of the biggest quiet crises in health systems today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

" "Coupled with seamless EHR integration and clarity on reimbursement methodology, our new telemedicine infrastructure will push Sun River to thoughtfully consider patient experience in the development of a resilient yet flexible model of care. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. " MARKETPLACE. "Doxy.me

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Advanced Medical Reviews

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortage of up to 105,000 doctors by 2030, including an estimated 43,000 in primary care. Another is the often time-consuming process of meeting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for quality and clinical reporting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

"Delivering the equipment often involved meeting in the facilities' parking lots, then waiting while the site contact brought the equipment inside so we could conduct the training," he recalled. "We procured an enterprise-wide solution integrated into our Epic EHR," Rheuban said. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

"We worked with our EHR vendor, eClinicalWorks, to implement integrated telehealth solutions within a few days. "Since then, we have provided more than 28,000 alternative or telehealth visits to continue patients' access to care from their home," she continued. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Earlier this year, a Harvard Business Review article cited a Kaiser Permanente study that showed members in California and the mid-Atlantic region with access to virtual primary care were 14 percent less likely to die from stroke and 43 percent less likely to die from heart disease. Susa Monacelli, General Manager at Propeller Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2021

MEETING THE CHALLENGE. Eden Internal Medicine integrated the Smart Meter technology with its AstuteDoc care management platform. "AstuteDoc embeds the PharmD or medical assistant into the doctor's offices to achieve care management goals and quality metrics. HEDIS Star Rating for United Healthcare Medicare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. "Connected care services to be provided by AccessHealth with the grant include primary care for adults, pediatrics, prenatal care, behavioral health and nutrition services.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Chronic Care Model is based upon the idea that people with chronic illnesses should have access to continuous care and support. It shifts the focus from acute and reactive care to proactive, population-based care. What is Chronic Care Management? 24/7 patient access to care and health information.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 15, 2024

Key components of chronic care management Comprehensive care plan: A personalized care plan is developed collaboratively between the patient, their primary care physician, and other healthcare providers involved in their care.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), brings pivotal updates in healthcare reimbursement. The implications of these changes extend to reimbursement strategies, service delivery methods, and overall patient care quality.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2018

Doctors have a complicated relationship with electronic health records (EHRs): two-thirds of primary care providers (PCPs) see value in digital records (EHRs), but at the same time believe the technology has weakened relationships with patients, detracted from clinical effectiveness, and lack streamlined user experience.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

From misplaced faxes and handwritten notes to EHR systems requiring more than a dozen documentation steps, patients often fall through the cracks – or wait so many months for a specialist appointment that they forget about it. Schedule them for telemedicine visits while you reserve your exam rooms for commercial and Medicare patients.

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HIStalk Weekender

APRIL 26, 2019

Cerner announces Q1 results that meet Wall Street’s revenue and earnings expectations. HHS announces CMS Primary Cares, two value-based care payment models launching in 2020 that it says will cover at least 25% of Medicare beneficiaries and providers. Weekly News Recap. Athenahealth lays off 200 employees.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic generated uneven experiences for millions of Americans as physicians, therapists, nurse practitioners, hospitals and other caregivers – all coming to telehealth with varying levels of experience themselves – tried suddenly to meet patients where they were, said PwC researchers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 13, 2020

” However, leveraging technology and providing telemedicine can allow residents to receive the care they need while also reducing the risk of contracting COVID-19, he added. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this year temporarily lifted restrictions on the technology that could be used during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accuracy, while MGMA called for a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor amid high inflation. News Comments rolled in on the proposed Calendar Year 2024 Physician Fee Schedule.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Emergency departments and urgent cares are over capacity nationwide, and patients often wait weeks to see their primary care physician. Instead, we anticipate a more mix and match, custom approach to EHRs. Almost 75% say that this impacts patient care moderately to severely.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions Value Based Care Predictions And now, check out our community’s Value Based Care predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

3) Concierge primary care will become in much higher demand in 2024 for a certain portion of the market. DPC (direct primary care) has been focused on adults, but will shift to peds because of a willingness to pay. The healthcare landscape will likely witness challenges and adjustments in Medicare Advantage programs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

"We follow these patients longitudinally, meaning when someone enrolls with us, we will manage them alongside their primary care physician and specialists throughout their entire care journey. "We did not want a turnkey solution, believing that solution type would not actually meet our needs.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

To meet this surge in demand, Cleveland Clinic leveraged both its providers who were already active on the platform, and also trained more than 350 primary care providers — many of whom were temporarily redeployed due to the virus — on telehealth. ?During M Health Fairview (MHF) went live with a telestrokepilot program in 2018.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

Fred notes that the DocGraph dataset of Medicare physician relationships with patients is the largest graph dataset — i.e. a dataset organized with nodes and edges — using real-name data out there, and is one of the few “people” graphs that are open. Now EHRs — and PHRs — are more accessible.

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Unfortunately, despite this good news, there are still major technological and logistic hurdles between now and us all meeting up at HIMSS 2021 like “Wow, what a year that was, huh?”. Suddenly, EHR usage was nearly universal and the immunization documentation process was electronifying at the point of care.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

Fred notes that the DocGraph dataset of Medicare physician relationships with patients is the largest graph dataset — i.e. a dataset organized with nodes and edges — using real-name data out there, and is one of the few “people” graphs that are open. Now EHRs — and PHRs — are more accessible.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

Fred notes that the DocGraph dataset of Medicare physician relationships with patients is the largest graph dataset — i.e. a dataset organized with nodes and edges — using real-name data out there, and is one of the few “people” graphs that are open. Now EHRs — and PHRs — are more accessible.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Here goes: the front-loading of the DSRIP program caused dollars to go to PPS sponsors for setting up the program and for checking boxes (literally – “we had a meeting with so-and-so”) to satisfy reporting requirements and subsequent payments. Primary care – with downside risk, level 3 contracts, and high-bars for quality?

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American Well

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

This widespread adoption is being driven in large part by consumers who want telehealth-based care. In a survey conducted by American Well, we found that 65 percent of consumers want to use telehealth and 7 percent would consider leaving their primary care physician for one that offered telehealth. 7: What is the liability?

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American Well

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

This widespread adoption is being driven in large part by consumers who want telehealth-based care. In a survey conducted by American Well, we found that 65 percent of consumers want to use telehealth and 7 percent would consider leaving their primary care physician for one that offered telehealth. 7: What is the liability?

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Chilmark Research

JULY 31, 2015

The announcement itself raises some interesting questions though, around how deeply CVS is aiming to get involved in the care process with its pharmacists, as well as how much insight they can derive without access to other clinical data from the EHR. Working Under a Clinic-Level Quality Incentive: Primary Care Clinicians’ Perceptions.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Campbell County Health is a health system with 1,244 employees across its 90-bed acute care hospital, 160-bed skilled nursing facility, inpatient behavioral health unit, ASC, and 14 outpatient primary care and specialty clinics. For employees over 55 years old, the hospital offers free Medicare and health claims assistance.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

This list, and other names we’ll see creating on-ramps to primary care and self-care to the consumer, will expand in 2019. We’ll see more edgy digital technologies that speak to sex, drugs, rock ‘n roll: real life, EveryMan and -Woman issues.

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