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RPM strategies for moving from discharge to hospital-at-home care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A variety of factors have given rise to more focus on hospital-at-home – the pandemic, persistent staffing shortages, rising costs, patient complications, such as delirium – leading CMS to increase financial incentives to provide care at home without reducing quality or access. This is at the core of population health.

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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Hospital Care at Home progranm will use connected health and remote patient monitoring tools that will connect patients to the Orlando Health Patient Care Hub for 24/7 virtual care by nurses and providers, in addition to in-person nursing check-ins daily. 15 and 16 from noon-4 p.m. THE LARGER TREND.

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A closer look at the tech needed for new care-at-home and aging-in-place models

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Most find this discussion escalating once events already are in motion. And after his dad's death, he learned how pockets of information among care teams were not shared in a meaningful way that might have delayed the fateful event. As people age, the subject of caring for loved ones enters the conversation. Healthcare is hard.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The quickly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency has warranted the growing use of telehealth and non-invasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate patient monitoring while reducing patient and healthcare provider contact and possible exposure to the virus.

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Oncology Patients experience a personalized journey with interventions and education for better care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Eighteen months ago, we introduced this telehealth type of application to our oncology patients. Nurses can drill down on a specific patient to see how many days since check in, recent events (e.g. Our palliative team is embedded within Oncology. vitals, medication usage), pain and anxiety levels.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

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Employees also have access to the PERKS program, which provides discounts on concerts, sporting events, travel expenses, and health and beauty services. Cabell Huntington Hospital (Huntington, W.Va.). Eskenazi is also active in the community, supporting events that encourage the health and vitality of its neighbors.