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Brightside Health Raises Strategic Series C, Welcomes Trip Hofer to Board of Directors

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Brightside Health serves people with mild to severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, including those with elevated suicide risk, through precision psychiatry, clinically proven therapy, and Crisis Care. With this Series C funding, the organization’s leadership continues to chart plans for additional expansions.

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Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MEETING THE CHALLENGE Ultimately, it was the behavioral health leadership team that helped the IT team make progress – taking the leadership role in the development and management of the partnership.

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Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

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The 10th Annual Health IT Industry Outlook Survey from Stoltenberg Consulting found that the greatest IT challenge for CIOs is budgeting for and retaining qualified IT talent, with 65% of organizations saying this is their top operational burden. Brain health firm Linus Health named John Showalter, MD as Chief Product Officer.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. She’s board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as adult psychiatry. Taking vitals is not necessary. So, what's the outlook for telepsychiatry this year?

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The Importance of Patient Portal Usability

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About Dr. Bruce Bassi Dr. Bruce Bassi is an advisory board member of CharmHealth , a physician, double board-certified in general (adult) and addiction psychiatry, and is the founder and medical director of TelePsychHealth , which provides virtual mental health treatment across the United States and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. In fact, it has doubled in the last 30 years. Improving the quality of healthcare while lowering costs and increasing access in rural Pennsylvania counties is challenging, she said. MARKETPLACE. To read the special report, click here.

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Mount Sinai-linked computer pads keep patients at home during COVID-19

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I lead a weekly meeting with the vendor and our IT leadership to review new specifications, review use data and assess the need for further device modifications – constantly trying to make these devices more user-friendly, using patient and provider feedback.” We have prior experience with it. Lack of connectivity?