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Tele-psychiatry helps small provider expand services, treat during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As is the case nationally, psychiatry is in limited supply in the area of River Valley Health and Dental Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. That said, as a large primary care office offering integrated behavioral health, it was important to expand mental health services to include specialty care for patients.

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Honor Your Doctor – It’s National Doctors Day Today (and EveryDay)

Health Populi

Increasing computerization of practice, especially due to EHR implementation. There are physician shortages for both primary care and certain specialty areas like surgery, psychiatry geriatrics and…infectious disease. There are several factors contributing to the un-wellness of U.S. Too many hours at work.

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Bonus Features – April 7, 2024 – 86% of health systems had at least 10% of nurses quit in 2023, 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI for patient engagement, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Kentucky-based Lotus Weight Loss & Wellness implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow Open Access for online booking and increased new patient visits by 30%. In addition, Texas-based Primary Care Medical Partners implemented eClinicalWorks AI and Sunoh.AI. Precision psychiatry company Universal Brain appointed Dr.

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How FQHCs Can Build an Effective, Sustainable Telepsychiatry Program

Iris Telehealth

Many Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) have never implemented a formal psychiatry program — much less a telepsychiatry program. Consider surveying your counselors, social workers, primary care providers, and patients to identify care gaps and evaluate your stakeholders’ current thoughts on your organization’s psychiatric care.

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Future of telemedicine and virtual care: key trends and predictions

Lloyd Price

I ntegration with other healthcare technologies: Telemedicine is expected to integrate with other healthcare technologies, such as electronic health records (EHRs), remote patient monitoring systems, data analytics platforms, and AI algorithms.

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HopeHealth turns around blood pressure and blood glucose problems with RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Lack of care opportunities due to transportation, limited primary care locations and inadequate income opportunities can send many patients running to the emergency department. "In 2019, we could only provide 156 telehealth visits for nutrition education and psychiatry," Whitfield recalled.

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United Physicians finds success with telepsychiatry for virtual collaborative care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

United Physicians, based in Bingham Farms, Michigan, is always on the hunt for programs that empower its primary care providers to serve as the medical home for patients. "For the past several years, we had been looking for a way to integrate behavioral care management into the primary care medical home," Coleman said.