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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Alliance for Integrated Care of New York (AICNY) oversees the healthcare needs of roughly 6,200 dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). " Duane Schielke, Alliance for Integrated Care of New York. THE PROBLEM. ” PROPOSAL. MARKETPLACE.

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. ATA : ATA stands for the American Telemedicine Association and is the prominent professional telemedicine organization in the United States.

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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prior to implementing the telemedicine technology supported by the FCC program funds, Sun River Health had relatively limited and targeted capacity to support remote visits. Mostly, Sun River Health's telemedicine services met the needs of the HIV, Medically Assisted Treatment patients. THE PROBLEM.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. No, it’s not from the U.S.

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Will Teleparamedicine Save Your Life?

GlobalMed

That’s where telemedicine comes in to connect patients in crisis to the most advanced expertise possible. Telemedicine can’t stop those calls, but it does let providers triage patients faster and diagnose a non-emergency instead of transporting every patient to the hospital emergency department (ED). 4 Benefits of Teleparamedicine.

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Telemedicine Today: February 2016

American Well

Telemedicine Today. Each month Avizia shares some of the latest news from the telehealth industry, including research, events, legislation, insight and more. Large health plans and even the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are starting to reimburse for virtual care, starting first and foremost with the telehealth platforms.