Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Providing a great patient experience is slowly shifting from a differentiator to a survival tactic. In a world where reimbursements are tied to patient experience and where online ratings can impact patient volume, practices can’t afford not to focus on experience.

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JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power and BDO illustrate some mis-alignment between the demand and supply side of telehealth.

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MARCH 18, 2024

health care delivery landscape, patients-as-health care consumers are becoming more savvy and discriminating based on their “maturity” and exposure to various flavors of telehealth. Consumers’ valuing convenience won’t last forever as they will seek more features to stay with telehealth services.

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APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Four in five U.S. Mental and behavioral health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Laura Mrazik, manager of telehealth at MaineGeneral Health, to discuss best uses and best practices with Zoom so others can learn from MaineGeneral's lessons. We quickly saw value in Zoom’s flexibility and inherent familiarity for many users, both staff and patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

As a family medicine practitioner, Dr. Dillon Miller, medical director at Blue Ridge Medical Group in Blue Ridge, Georgia, was faced with challenges erupting from the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic presented a variety of problems when it came to continuing patient care during quarantine. The experience was often frustrating.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

MaineHealth wanted telemedicine technology that could easily integrate into its care models and that would be highly accessible for patients to use. "Choosing a solution that was easy to use for both patients and care teams was a high priority so as not to exacerbate digital access and digital literacy barriers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2023

Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively). ” he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2021

" For these transplant recipients or candidates, a key new option brought on by the pandemic was remote telehealth. "The telehealth portal was preferentially designed to allow the patient to access their appointment on the Cerner hospital electronic medical record via the HealtheLife app. " RESULTS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

"Prior to the pandemic, telehealth wasn't really taking off all that much; it was kind of a very long, slow growth without a high level of adoption," said Fisne of Geisinger. In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better."

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JULY 7, 2023

Underneath that macro statistic, check out the differences across age groups — Boomers (ages 59-77) were the most frequent visitors for primary/preventive care, but seeking specialty care was more common from ages 27 (Millennials) on to Boomers. See that urgent care visits were more likely sought by younger patients under 43.

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Waracle

DECEMBER 9, 2021

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2023

Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively). ” he said.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

News and Studies Follow-up rates for telehealth and in-office visits have remained consistent since 2020 , according to analysis from Epic Research. That said, telehealth visits are more likely to result in follow-ups at the 7-, 30- and 9-day mark, especially in OB/GYN, podiatry, and internal medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2023

We interviewed Ben-Aharon to talk about the convergence of speech therapy and telehealth. How is speech therapy delivered via telehealth? The pandemic introduced many people to the convenience of accessing multiple healthcare services via virtual care, also known as telemedicine or telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers. " Dr. Lisa R.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

health economy includes employers, unions, public sector plans and other groups as well as the Patient as Payor — thus prompting NABIP’s Bill of Rights. The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.”

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2023

Embracing Remote Care Exalta did not utilize telehealth services prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote care became the only non-urgent care option for patients, many of whom are reluctant to embrace video-conferencing technologies like Zoom. For these groups, establishing trust with a medical provider can pose a challenge.

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American Well

APRIL 3, 2020

To ensure patient safety and a good patient experience, we would like to set clear expectations with the public about when telehealth is and is not appropriate, and we are asking our clients to do the same. Telehealth is not an emergency service. Telehealth providers can help with routine urgent care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Many of the challenges it was facing had obstacles that affected both patients and providers in the telehealth setting. For example: Physicians had to initiate virtual health sessions by manually calling their patients, which contributed to missed appointments and a resulting lower care-capacity. THE PROBLEM.

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

As such, the team has been involved in digital health financing and innovation for 24 years, well before the kind of platforms, APIs, and cloud computing now enabling telehealth and care, everywhere. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. Describing that low-utilization in their report, J.D.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2021

When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, patient and provider needs shifted substantially – and consumer demand for telehealth options skyrocketed. Patients have come to expect certain conveniences – telehealth, contactless check-in, SMS texting – and I believe patients will want those options going forward.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The partners say that patients also began reporting symptoms and general health and quality of life information to their cancer care team through the Veris patient smartphone app. In addition, the app allows caregivers and families to follow the patient's journey. The government is also investing in precision oncology.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2020

” Our panel includes Adrienne Boissy, MD, Chief of Patient Experience at The Cleveland Clinic; Grace Cordovano, PhD, Enlightening Results; Joseph DeVivo, CEO of InTouch Health (recently acquired by Teladoc); and Abner Mason, CEO and Founder of ConsejoSano. Part of that physiological and safety need drove millions of U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The report explores the healthcare market moves for seven major players in retail and tech including Amazon, Apple, CVS Health, Google, UnitedHealth Group (exploring both Optum and UnitedHealthcare), Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Walmart. The American Hospital Association is taking disruption seriously right here, right now, as the U.S.

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MAY 25, 2021

For telehealth, that S-curve has had a very long and fairly flat front-end of the “S” followed by a hockey stick trajectory in March and April 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was an exogenous shock to in-person health care delivery. Over a year since the pandemic emerged in the U.S., health citizens. health citizens.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Covenant Health began its journey with telehealth a decade prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and served as a pioneer in the region in virtual care. The health system's telehealth stroke program was begun in 2012, developing the region's first comprehensive stroke center. THE PROBLEM. USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 3, 2022

Underneath this overall statistic are important differences across various groups of people that will be important to bear in mind as we learn about the new-new digital health and connected home innovations being unveiled at CES 2022, the annual convening of consumer electronics stakeholders.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This year, we know the nursing shortage is exacerbated by new sources of burnout — yes, the pandemic, and increasingly an uncivil society felt from both within the hospital and healthcare setting and from patients and their families. Some of these are shown on the inspiration/problems graphic here.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Clinicians partner with patients, often in teams and group-based care. Telehealth happens across the U.S. Virtual and telehealth services are available to all, everyone connected to ubiquitous broadband which is provided as a public utility. as clinicians do not face issues of State licensure barriers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2022

"But it also adds a higher level of intensity to meeting patients' needs in a more immediate way and with the best solutions available." " Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, El Camino had moved in the direction of telehealth, but virtual care was still a tool the hospital did not yet have.

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InTouch Health

AUGUST 27, 2019

How Telehealth is Changing Substance Abuse Treatment. As more patients struggle with pain management and addiction recovery, many health organizations are looking at telehealth as a possible solution to the opioid crisis. The project will focus on serving patients within the U.S. appeared first on InTouch Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference News 5 sessions to look out for at HIMSS23 APAC Healthcare IT News’ APAC Managing Editor weighs in on the sessions he's looking forward. Get all the coverage from this event on this page.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 1, 2022

How can telehealth address health disparities for vulnerable populations to promote health outcomes and equity? We have to take into consideration the economic barriers that the underserved experience. We have to rely on a combination of telehealth tools. It is a shame that a person's ZIP code is the No.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2023

One way to alleviate the burden on healthcare workers and potentially improve the patient experience and outcomes is remote patient monitoring. How can advances in remote patient monitoring have significant benefits for patients and providers with improved medical care and patient outcomes?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Philips surveyed health care professionals and consumers living in 15 countries, from North America to Asia, and found that these health systems share one over-arching objective: to provide quality care with improved experiences for both patients and healthcare professionals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2020

AVIA says the collaboration with ATA will broaden the resources available for hospitals nationwide as they strategize about telehealth, and begin to integrate it as a more fundamental and long-lasting component of their business plans. THE LARGER TREND. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Email the writer: mike.miliard@himssmedia.com.

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