Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Now, SteadyMD is part of Amazon Clinic’s expansion that provides video visits nationwide – including in the 16 states that require synchronous visits – to augment existing messaging-based, asynchronous telehealth capabilities. What kinds of services were you providing via Amazon Clinic around the November 2022 launch?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2022

Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of opioid addiction treatment, had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic overnight. When Groups saw the gap in quality it was approaching with its previous technologies, it took a big step back to reevaluate its virtual treatment services. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

Back in 2017, Millennium Physician Group, one of the largest independent physician groups in the U.S., Consequently, the group felt healthcare delivery was moving away from the physician’s office and into the patient’s home, with services like routine check-ups via telehealth and remote patient monitoring.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

"Our journey started well before COVID; we leveraged video visits to offset the increased demand of urgent care and look to reduce over utilization of the emergency departments." "Amwell became our partner in both video visits and inpatient use cases," Bard said.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 24, 2022

Many disadvantaged people don’t have the technology or the digital health literacy to access or benefit from video consultations, forcing them to rely on audio-only telehealth. Audio-Only Telehealth vs. Video Telehealth in People with Healthcare Disparities. The study was performed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

Like many physician groups before the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center only used telehealth in a limited way. As the pandemic hit, and the group's physicians needed to leverage existing telehealth tools, staff identified significant room for improvement. THE PROBLEM.

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Mend

MARCH 21, 2022

The rise of computing has brought video meetings from the boardroom to the living room. Predictors of satisfaction with telehealth sessions were: Trust in provider Fewer issues within the telehealth visit Less concern about privacy Less concern over the cost of a session Convenience of visit Successful face-to-face video.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2021

" In mid-2020, Goodwill NYNJ was awarded $435,879 from the FCC telehealth funding program for connected devices, cellular data plans and hotspots to allow patients and providers to interact via voice and video platforms to avoid the need for in-person meetings to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A provider on a video call may seem about as valuable as a YouTube video. A rehab-at-home strategy lets health systems and orthopedic groups bring outpatient PT treatment to patients in lieu of forcing them to travel twice a week, in some cases more than five miles away, to obtain post-operative care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Epic, Nordic, Galen Healthcare and Chartis Group won big in the 2022 Best in KLAS Awards, the research and insights firm announced Tuesday. And for the second year in a row, the Chartis Group won Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm – one of its four Best in KLAS awards for 2022. MEDITECH Expanse. Zynx Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 14, 2022

Just talking, via video or even just audio, is enough. Of all the medical specialties impacted by telemedicine during the course of the pandemic, perhaps the one with the most wholesale and immediately lasting effects is behavioral and mental health. Before COVID-19 and historically in the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 1, 2022

Essen Health Care, a medical group in New York City, has a Center of Excellence for Pain with physical therapy, pain specialists, neurology and orthopedic specialists. It serves patients with acute and chronic issues in need of physical therapy. THE PROBLEM. This reduces the excessive costs involved for both the patient and the health system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 9, 2020

"Rather than cancelling non-urgent visits, our providers were asking patients if they would be willing to participate in a video visit from their home." “Rather than cancelling non-urgent visits, our providers were asking patients if they would be willing to participate in a video visit from their home. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

"What we thought would take months took us days, and we leveraged the capability of our Epic EHR to stand up on-demand and scheduled video visits using Zoom for Healthcare and our own providers. "In the first month, we surpassed our one-year goal of 1,500 virtual visits – telephone and video," he continued.

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Xealth

MARCH 29, 2024

watched an educational video 10-15% clicked through to schedule mammogram and colonoscopy appointments, resulting in thousands more visits scheduled. For those who engaged with educational videos, the no-show rate dropped to 0.71% vs 11.5% Discover how a digital formulary can improve access to care and care efficiencies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The plan, which will be available January 1, 2021, through Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington direct to employer groups and consumers, will center telehealth as a foundational modality of care for patients with non-urgent issues. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. " ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 17, 2020

Russell Libby is the lead physician at Fairfax, Virginia, pediatric group practice and board member of the Physicians Foundation. ” The group practice also needed payer support to make sure it could get compensated for telehealth visits. THE PROBLEM. " Dr. Russell Libby, pediatrician.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2024

Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients. A big chunk of telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health's business is in primary care. We interviewed Kelly Bliss, president of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 25, 2021

"Flexible workflows right out of the box and support of our multi-patient group waiting room – these are key to our efficient workflow and allow us to focus our clinicians on the delivery of patient care." When Concentra started with eVisit, it was to address a video visit plug-in situation. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

Workforce management software that autogenerates healthcare staff schedules. IoT Solutions Group. WHY IT MATTERS AWS accelerators are technical, business and mentorship programs that help startups advance their digital solutions using the cloud, such as last year's AWS accelerator focusing on health equity. Babblevoice.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In addition to having the ability to electronically offer patients the COVID-19 screening questions, Innovaccer’s telehealth platform offered the opportunity to craft a tool that would allow the health system to easily schedule patients and conduct video visits. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Stage 2: Async – asynchronous video messaging. Patient sent link to record a 30 second video message describing symptoms etc. Healthcare professional replies with personalized 30 second video offering advice, update on treatment process etc…. Follow Up Appointments - group appointments. Advice and guidance. Reassurance.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In the latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the U.S. Other advancements in digital health reimbursement include those for virtual check-ins, where a provider reviews a photo or video submitted by a patient, and e-visits, in which a patient checks in to a provider via an online portal. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

MAY 11, 2021

” This group of hesitant vaccine consumers were: 60% women. To that end, Walgreens is partnering with the musician John Legend on a COVID-19 vaccine initiative in a series of videos in conversation with a Chicago-based Walgreens pharmacist, Dr. Stephen Fadowole (who is also a big fan, he tells John). Most people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Among providers using telehealth, again looking at the two right side bar groups in the second chart, virtual care has improved continuity of care, bolstered patient adherence to medication, and benefited conversations around costs with patients. As Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the ATA, says: #TelehealthIsHealth.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Building a telehealth program in-house won’t solve any recruitment challenges As a medical group dedicated to providing virtual care services to healthcare organizations across the country, Iris Telehealth has access to a provider pool that spans all 50 states. And that’s not the only challenge you might encounter.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered. And many healthcare professionals are exploring exactly what AI can do and deploying systems to help health systems manage care and patients manage their health. The app has been tested and vetted by the U.S. And what would be the expected outcomes?

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Anthem Link Virtual First plans make it easier to fit healthcare services into members’ increasingly busy schedules and align with the more consumer-centric experiences people have in other areas of their lives. The Anthem Link Virtual First plan is accessible through the Sydney Health SM app.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And in so many cases, this was Zoom – a video conferencing technology that today practically everyone is familiar with. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. And it did the trick.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

But depending on the region, many of the customers may be older adults who struggle with the website for appointment scheduling, never mind the device. And the overall responder group, aged 50+, agreed that the user experience for older people was poor or difficult, technology was too complex or that they needed more training (see page 44).

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MAY 27, 2021

Solo practices differ from group practices in a multitude of different ways. Every solo therapy practice is different and so is every EHR. In a saturated market of Electronic Health Record technology, it is incredibly important to be able to distinguish which tools will be able to help you and which ones will slow you down. Billing Tools.

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Mend

JUNE 8, 2022

That’s up almost 10% from the previous year and is on track to reach $800 billion by 2026. Today, patients prefer convenient payment options to stay on top of medical bills. So if you don’t automate healthcare payments, you may want to look into it. Mend Can Help. Here’s Why Your Practice Should Automate Medical Billing. Save Space.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 16, 2023

The “Nutrition” functionality within the Sincerely Health experience empowers customers to make informed food choices based on their dietary preferences, household size and age group. With just a single tap, shoppers can quickly see if their grocery baskets may be lacking in one or more essential food groups.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

Dillon Miller, medical director at Blue Ridge Medical Group in Blue Ridge, Georgia, was faced with challenges erupting from the coronavirus pandemic. The practice needed a reliable system that would enable seamless patient scheduling, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing and billing, Miller said. THE PROBLEM.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

Scheduled Services: This solution delivers access to consistent, high-quality providers dedicated to your health system (including individual hospitals and outpatient clinics) on a consistent schedule each week – ensuring a predictable coverage model for organizations. That’s where the right partner comes in.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 27, 2021

“Different age groups seem to prefer different modalities and different ways of interacting with any clinician, but particularly in the behavioral health space. It doesn’t always have to be video,” Havasy said. Younger patients are more likely to embrace a variety of virtual tools.

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TheraNest

JANUARY 28, 2022

Providers should look for a software solution with unlimited note templates for individual or group therapy. Streamlined Scheduling. Integrated scheduling technology is critical to making sure your day runs smoothly and that your patients show up to their appointments. Comprehensive Documentation. Integrated Billing.

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