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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“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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Baptist Health uses telemedicine to enable 24/7 vital care for suicidal patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The first issue we needed to address was the ability to efficiently and effectively assess patients who have been deemed at risk for suicidality for potential inpatient admission by our team of trained mental health services staff," said Julie Firman, DNP, RN, system chief nurse executive at Baptist Health.

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For Oak Orchard, telehealth relieves shortage of medical, dental and mental health pros

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"When patients started to come back to the office, we used in-room telemedicine equipment from Elo and Logitech. "Patients were roomed by a nurse at one of our offices where the telemedicine equipment was already set up, and our providers would be at another one of our offices or possibly working from home," he continued.

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Cornell Scott-Hill makes big strides with specialist telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Epic, Zoom and mobile app help at-risk clinic volunteers deliver care from home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The clinic was notified about a year and a half ago that its current EHR vendor was no longer going to support the application, and that its current hardware components were expiring. Charles Health System, the Bend clinic installed an Epic EHR. ” Additionally, VIM has a vibrant mental health program, she added.

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Bonus Features – September 18, 2022 – HIMSS and WHO to collaborate on digital health, inpatient admissions for pediatric mental health up 60% since 2016, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Research from payment and analytics company Clarify Health found that mental health utilization for pediatrics has increased significantly since 2016. Inpatient admissions for mental health increased 60% from 2016 to 2021, while ED admissions increased 20%.

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

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