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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS To identify common facilitators and barriers to telehealth implementation, researchers evaluated practice leaders' perspectives on 32 aspects of telemedicine in their practices, according to a new report published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. In addition to providing many crucial health services, they are the traffic cop to all the other forms of healthcare throughout a health system. You contend virtual primary care can amplify value in several ways.

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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. And just like those other health systems, AccessHealth faced numerous challenges at first, in trying to adapt to this new normal. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Telemedicine, Medicare Advantage and star ratings: What you need to know

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There is growth in the number of plans offering virtual care services and expansion in the varieties of services offered. Some of the most rapid adoption of virtual care for Medicare Advantage plans has been driven by a focus on improving star ratings as more care has shifted into the home. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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TCMHCC and Trayt Health Addressing Youth Mental Health at Scale

Healthcare IT Today

State and local governments, along with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations are teaming up in Texas to tackle youth mental health. Youth Mental Health Crisis Mental health has long been a neglected area of healthcare, particularly when it comes to children and teenagers.

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Why telemedicine must play a central role in solving the specialist shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

We interviewed him to discuss the state of specialty care in the United States today, how virtual specialty care can help overcome specialty care challenges, and how providing specialty care to employers via virtual care is one solution. What is the state of specialty care in the United States today?

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

Note that WHO’s approach to digital health adoption includes equity, access, palliative care, privacy, and security. There’s an 11th imperative I add to the ten called out here, and it’s attending to mental health with grace, public policies, and resource allocation.