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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

The 2020 WebMD survey on the state of physicians showed a growing anomie among doctors working in the U.S. 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.

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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

A Nursa survey found 86% of health systems had 10% or more of their nursing staff quit in 2023. Kentucky-based Lotus Weight Loss & Wellness implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow Open Access for online booking and increased new patient visits by 30%. 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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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Maintaining clinician satisfaction is key for virtual and in-person visits.

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A Hawaii health system meets island community and COVID-19 needs with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we built an integrated telehealth platform within our Epic EHR using a third-party vendor, ExtendedCare. " From a technology standpoint, Queen's Health Systems uses the Epic EHR and network infrastructure supported by Cisco. When telehealth is especially valuable.