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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

A survey of healthcare leaders by patient engagement vendor pCare and research firm WBR Insights indicated that demand for technology to improve the patient experience is on the rise , with 65% of organizations saying more patients want a tech-enabled care experience.

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Navigating Healthcare Industry Challenges: Privacy, Access, & Patient Satisfaction

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

One solution to address the shortage of health professionals is the use of telehealth , which enables remote care and consultation. Health organizations are also creating space for new roles, such as nurse practitioners, to help fill the gaps.

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Biofourmis Raises Additional Funding from Intel Capital in Series D Extension and Names Top Healthcare Leaders to its Board

Healthcare IT Today

The specialty care programs are delivered remotely by Biofourmis’ trained health navigators, who are frontline care coordinators, as well as a multidisciplinary team of licensed clinicians, including physicians, nurses and advanced practice providers. Dr. Jain contributes healthcare delivery reform insight.

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

By enabling patients to receive care in rural areas or non-traditional settings, or to access technology that is customized for their specific language and health literacy levels, RPM can reduce or eliminate many social determinants of health barriers and improve access to care for individuals.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). That data can reveal important information that might not make it into the patient’s own record, such as an emergency room visit. Sagility employs SDoH to help manage the total cost of care.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. Article #3 in my deep dive here extends the second analysis into digital health information, next focusing on Americans’ use of quality information on doctors.

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Five Healthcare Industry Changes to Watch in 2020

Henry Kotula

A growing volume of outpatient care will be provided in ambulatory surgery centers, primary care clinics, retail clinics, urgent care centers, nurse managed health centers, imaging facilities, emergency departments, retail clinics, and patients’ homes.