Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Presidential elections to that point, and that the last retiring Baby Boomer enrolls in Medicare that year. Let’s take a walk with “Quincy” through each of the four worlds to see how their health care experience might play out across the key driving forces. Telehealth happens across the U.S. Then Medicare goes bust.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The health system said that patients on Medicare will pay fees ranging from $3 to $10, while consumers with Medicare Advantage or private insurance might face co-pays similar to those paid for video visits or in-person consultations. Private pay consults for patients without insurance will cost $35.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

At the insistence of customers and prospects, technology offerings (beyond telehealth) will be required in all of these settings, especially at home -- and so as long-predicted , they must proliferate and improve. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just released data on its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative , which thus far has admitted 11,159 patients suffering from respiratory infections, heart failure and severe sepsis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

McKinsey estimates $265 billion worth of care services for Medicare patients could shift from traditional facilities to the home by 2025. This requires a complex array of services, making it ripe for automating the manual workflow processes, tasks, activities and events that bring it to life.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Whether retail clinics, telehealth, or asynchronous physician visits via mobile health apps — consumers’ adoption of these sites, away from traditional brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices and ambulatory care clinics, has hovered around 10%, Oliver Wyman gauges in this report. .”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2020

The idea behind CarePort, powered by American Well and its vendor partner Solaborate, is to transform a patient's home into a virtual hospital room. "One of the biggest opportunities for telehealth is to make a significant impact in the later stages of life," Schoenberg stated. " Dr. Roy Schoenberg, American Well.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Structural challenges, especially painful due to EHR barriers — with the promise of APIs (application programming interfaces) and the ongoing development of clinical decision support tools.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2021

In November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services took several new steps to help U.S. hospitals manage the crush of new patients as the COVID-19 crisis worsens. Among them were new allowances for telehealth and remote monitoring, for what CMS is calling the Acute Hospital Care at Home program. They like it more.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

We can point to other events, too, continuing to re-shape consumer-facing healthcare, including the companies whose logos I’ve assembled for you here, All of these will impact health consumers’ access to and understanding of various health care services and products, across peoples’ healthcare journeys. billion in 2018.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Enhancing the patient experience with technology. This month, our coverage will continue a special focus on the patient experience. Health orgs are using AI to enhance decision making and drive greater value for patients and providers, AWS says.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

As a result, healthcare at home has become increasingly accessible, efficient, and personalized, contributing to improved patient outcomes and satisfaction. Telehealth advancements, both in technology and government policy, have created greater access to care for people who might otherwise struggle to get it.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2023

By necessity, the COVID-19 pandemic brought physicians into patients' living rooms virtually. Now, telehealth has evolved to something more – remote therapeutic monitoring.

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care innovations

DECEMBER 26, 2018

And emerging as a key way to usher in that change is population health analytics, which providers are embracing as a means to offset the risk transferred to them by new guidelines from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Giving patients a clearer picture of their health, thereby boosting engagement.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

An important example of this self-care approach is the evidence-based Ornish food regimen which is reimbursed by Medicare (as a form of cardiac rehabilitation). Using food and tech as medicine can help people avoid going on medications like statins and others for heart health. Eating a healthy diet.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

Myia Health had the promise of machine learning models to help staff achieve risk stratification and deliver the right intensity of care to patients: An acuity model and time-to-event model. The time-to-event model would notify staff when patients appear to be nearing hospitalization. Leverage asynchronous messaging.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Remember the bulky Holter monitors worn at the waist to gather data about The AT-Patch from ATsens won an honoree award at CES 2021 , transforming the form factor and streamlining the patient experience of collecting electrocardiogram data over time.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Industry thought leaders discuss telehealth adoption and legislation. Why Millennial and Generation Z patients are disrupting existing care delivery models and demanding virtual care. How Medicare telehealth policies, the 21st Century Cures Act, CHRONIC Care Act, and Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act are changing healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

By allowing AI-enhanced workflow, organizations can implement better data exchange between processes and immediately deliver results in cost and time savings, while significantly improving staff and patient satisfaction. 2023 was a tipping point for telehealth treatment.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

It can also automate the review of incoming faxes, identify gaps in care, streamline tasks with robotic process automation, and even alert providers of patients most likely to miss an appointment. I’m excited to see how it will transform clinical workflows and, in the end, create a better patient experience in 2024.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The past year has been an eventful one for payers, from the tumultuous Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange markets to potential mega-mergers. Providers will need to manage patients post-discharge and keep them healthy in their homes rather than in hospitals.

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