Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The integrated EHR automatically includes patient history and clinical information with the outpatient EHR used by primary care providers and specialists, including order-entry capability for follow-up, medication reconciliation, secure messaging and notifications to outpatient providers that patients had been hospitalized.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The ability of different systems, devices, and applications to work together and exchange information seamlessly is known as interoperability in healthcare. Medicare and a supplemental plan) to receive care from multiple providers (e.g., At its best, it would allow patients using multiple insurance plans (e.g.,

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

A Humana study found that Medicare Advantage members covered under value-based care arrangements completed preventive screenings at a 14.6% Wearable vendor Circular released Circular Ring Slim, a health and biometric monitor that weighs 2 grams and is 2.2 Health information network Availity welcomed Sean Keneally as COO.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas provides a full-stack ambulatory EMR and digital health developer platform, enabling both established and startup healthcare providers to launch new patient experiences and business models faster. Founded in 2015, Canvas is reimagining the EMR for the future of healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

When it comes to sharing data, patients are most comfortable doing it for reasons related to treatment (71%) as compared to payment (39%), operations (28%), or public health (23%). Sales National wound care center Healogics implemented Net Health’s Tissue Analytics solution.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortage of up to 105,000 doctors by 2030, including an estimated 43,000 in primary care. Another is the often time-consuming process of meeting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for quality and clinical reporting.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Chronic Care Model is based upon the idea that people with chronic illnesses should have access to continuous care and support. It shifts the focus from acute and reactive care to proactive, population-based care. What is Chronic Care Management? Comprehensive electronic care plans management.

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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

The reality of having virtual services available from specialities like psychiatry, dermatology, primary care, plastic surgery would mean more accessible healthcare for all, regardless of income. There is an increased reimbursement for remote care services offered by the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

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). Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. THE PROBLEM.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

Health Informatics (HI) is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field. HI (also called Health Information Systems) uses information technology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcare outcomes. Tools include medical terminology, information and communication systems, and computer technology.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

Of those using telehealth, the majority (68 percent) used it to provide mental health services; fewer used it for primary care (30 percent) or management of chronic conditions (21 percent), suggesting that most CHCs with telehealth capabilities prior to COVID-19 were not using it for the most frequent types of services provided at CHCs.

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GlobalMed

JULY 15, 2019

In fact, 64 percent of primary care providers (PCPs) and 80 percent of specialists didn’t bother to ask the patient why they came in – and when they did, most of them interrupted the patient after a median of 11 seconds. But virtual health offers more subtle benefits as well. Virtual health can also improve continuity of care.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Like many patients in her situation, she is covered by Medicaid and Medicare. Amy receives care at a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), built to provide whole person care for patients like herself. This center provides her primary care, dental services, pharmacy, and labs.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

Jain, a board-certified internal medicine physician, has 20 years of experience in clinical medicine, health policy, managed care and healthcare delivery leadership.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Meet accountable care and risk contracts. Improve community and population health. Avoid Medicare readmission penalties. Virtual visits can keep patients’ relatives connected to their loved ones’ care even when they’re across the country. But consider that they’re also asked to: Provide an exceptional patient experience.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have been woefully underfunded and have fallen short of their vision. Sixty percent said social media improves the care they deliver.”

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Primary care providers can be conferenced into the school session, improving care coordination. Students who normally wouldn’t receive behavioral, dental or medical care can be treated regardless of transportation or socioeconomic challenges. By using telemedicine, many SBHCs are seeing the following benefits: 1.

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iSALUS Healthcare

JULY 23, 2018

Not only this, but they are able to review their personal health information, test/lab results, and schedule appointments all in one place, whenever it is most convenient. It reaches people trapped in the primary care physician (PCP) desert, bringing healthcare to them.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 5, 2019

It’s time to make a decision: do you go to the urgent care clinic a few blocks away? Or do you wait until Monday when you can call your primary care provider (PCP) and then wait a few more days for an appointment? million; approximately $500,000 of those savings went to a managed care Medicare payer.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Remote monitoring can increase medication and care plan adherence or alert providers of a spike in blood pressure or other need for intervention. Instead of delaying preventive care visits and relying on more expensive emergency room visits, patients can maintain a more consistent treatment plan with their primary care provider.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 30, 2023

Additionally, there is a focus on improving the work environment and well-being of health professionals to help reduce burnout and increase retention. To ensure quality care for patients, health systems are exploring new solutions and innovations, such as the use of digital health records and other health information technology.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Embedded in Apple’s Health app, the new feature will bring together medical data from participating hospitals and clinics, as well as from the iPhone itself, giving millions of Americans direct digital control of their own health information for the first time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Happy clinicians are the best ambassadors for virtual care,” the report asserted. “Sixty-nine percent of consumers said it was important to have a recommendation from their primary care doctor before using an alternative care setting such as virtual visits. Health portfolios reshaped for growth.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. Urgent care software provider Experity appointed Brian Berning as its Chief Financial Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accuracy, while MGMA called for a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor amid high inflation. East Tennessee Health Information Network chose 4medica to manage duplicate patient records.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Had PPS been required to have broader governance – including community-based organizations, health plans, faith-based organizations, Health Information Exchanges, and other nonprofits, we would have had more balanced governance decision-making that would have supported the policy goals of the program more consistently statewide.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

Other notable consolidations include the finalization of tech-giant Amazon’s purchase of One Medical , a primary care network. And Optum, one of the largest conglomerates that is a subsidiary of United Health Group, increased its net revenue growth by 25% to $54.1

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

If I were a regulator for a day, I would focus my attention on a full-steam-ahead, unwavering approach toward value-based care and bolstering the surrounding infrastructure to support entities in this transformation. It’s no longer built on volume services but rather creates a focus on driving enhanced health for all.

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HIStalk Interviews

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Health information exchange has made tremendous advancements, particularly in the last several years, in linking communities together to unify a care record. In five months, we connected 100 percent of the state’s acute care hospitals. There are a number of pathways by which that’s taking place.

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Digital Health Today

OCTOBER 16, 2019

As consumers, we struggle with the basics – we wait 29 days to get primary care appointments, we’re faced with higher deductibles and narrower networks, drug prices are increasing at five times the rate of inflation, and health care expenses cause about 2/3rds of U.S. bankruptcies.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Timoni, JD, an attorney and partner at the law firm Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, in Westfield, New Jersey, who represents healthcare providers in areas of reimbursement and managed care contracting. The Trump Administration supports increased use of Medicare Advantage and expanding consumer choices.

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