Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2023

The passing of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 shows the federal government’s commitment to health equity, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens, regardless of location or socioeconomic status.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The provider organization uses the outpatient electronic health records system from eClinicalWorks. “With the telemedicine solution, we could potentially serve our patients in all of our primary care centers from the comfort and safety of their homes,” said Jeffrey M. " Jeffrey M. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Like many rural healthcare organizations, CCRLC has faced the challenge of recruiting mental health providers, due in part to the shortage of professionals in the specialty. This is where telemedicine comes in: It provides CCRLC a gateway for mental health providers to offer these services at the rural campus.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Sherry Rais, Co-Founder and CEO at Enthea Increased focus on mental and emotional well-being: Employers will continue to prioritize mental health benefits, offering more comprehensive coverage and support programs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2020

It operates 32 community health centers located in medically underserved communities in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan, which have been exceptionally hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic; and in Ulster and Dutchess counties, 90 miles north of New York City. ” "We were delivering roughly 1,800 telehealth visits per day.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Digital health will be critical for advancing health equity. In addition to community health workers, the integration of digital health solutions will be imperative for addressing health disparity and advancing health equity.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

Company launches the first-of-its-kind comprehensive nationwide payer coverage network, offering clients everything they need from first visit to final payment OpenLoop , a leader in white-label telehealth support services powering virtual and hybrid care across the country, today announced it has raised a $15M Series A funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care. Telehealth and RPM. Health Equity and SDoH. Healthcare AI. Healthcare Workforce.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

It has set the stage for CIOs and other health IT executives to rethink their approach to accomplishing new tasks. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." " Growing telehealth capabilities.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The cost of travel and long distances between healthcare providers and patients are commonly cited reasons for patients to delay or avoid medical care. The use of telehealth technology can improve healthcare access for Montanans living in rural and tribal communities by providing access to primary care and specialty services.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

This highlights the dire need to address patient access to care. Even in large metropolitan areas, many individuals still lack adequate access to basic healthcare services, especially for mental health. These practitioners ensure that all patients, regardless of socioeconomic status, receive the care they need.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

key detractors from good performance on these measures include: Lack of universal access to care for all Americans (the Fund points out that 30 mm people in the U.S. Less adequate primary care “backbone” with large gaps in PCP coverage throughout the United States. bn for on-demand care by July 1st, 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2024

2024 Health IT Predictions : Health Equity. First up is health equity, where our experts anticipate an emphasis on bidirectional data sharing, collaborative care, and community health. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions : Cybersecurity.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

Alleviating the Mental Health Crisis Another plank in the AdvancedMD platform is to integrate mental and physical health. But mental health professionals are stretched thin, and many are leaving the field as the demand for mental treatment grows. What can we do to address the gap?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 26, 2022

Healthcare IT News sat down with him to talk about the state of mental health today and the roles that different technologies can play to make sure everyone can access mental healthcare when they need it. What's in store for behavioral health in 2022? What significant changes will there be this year?

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Rock Health expects telemedicine encounters to be at a greater volume in 2021 versus 2019, with some “settling” to a less hyped level than seen at the height of the pandemic. Corporate investors comprised two-thirds of financiers into digital health, making 149 investments in digital health in the first nine months of 2020.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2023

That was in the midst of the fast-pivot toward virtual care and telehealth on-ramps welcomed by both clinicians and patients. This responds to both clinicians’ and healthcare managers’ needs for financial management as well as to consumers’ growing demand for convenience and accessible care.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Cindy Gaines, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Lumeon Telehealth, digital communication, and remote patient monitoring rose to the forefront during the pandemic and are now well-established care delivery options. When thinking about home care, it’s also worth mentioning how technology really empowers at-home care providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Emergency departments and urgent cares are over capacity nationwide, and patients often wait weeks to see their primary care physician. Chris Baird, Chief Marketing Officer at Weave.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

There’s evidence that companies who cover health insurance are baking more financial wellness into a broader culture of health in the workplace, along with more attention to mental health. Consumerism and payor pressure will grow the landscape for care, everywhere.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

.” Over the past sixty days, the business rationale for “getting people the care they need” could have been written into press releases from Sam’s Club and Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy and GoodRx, all of which announced plans in the past few weeks to extend health/care services in the U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This trend is occurring from coast-to-coast and is a rational re-use of brick-and-mortar space which can also bolster local economic development for job-and-health creation. This will be offered direct-to-consumer or as nutrition programs prescribed by health care providers, according to Teladoc’s press release.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2023

Anne Zieger summarized the agency’s order demanding that BetterHelp stop sharing patients’ data, including mental health data, with third parties such as Facebook and Snapchat. Read more… Lessons Learned from Health IT in the Golden State. Mental health screening tool Aiberry secured $8 million in seed funding.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2020

That said, as a large primary care office offering integrated behavioral health, it was important to expand mental health services to include specialty care for patients. Further, as a federally qualified health center, River Valley is charged with providing comprehensive, whole-person care.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

A survey from virtual care platform KeyCare concluded that 92% of patients would be somewhat or very likely to use telehealth within the next year for routine medical care such as urgent care, chronic condition management, or mental health services.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 15, 2024

Mental Health and Wellbeing: Increased awareness and stigma reduction around mental health are likely, with sessions on mental health services and support systems. Digital Health and Telemedicine: The increasing adoption of telehealth solutions, wearables, and remote patient monitoring was a prominent theme.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Global Software report recognized regional leaders in acute care EHR and PACS. ONC and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are launching a $20 million Behavioral Health Information Technology Initiative to improve IT adoption in psychiatry and behavioral health. For the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2022

Everyone from the board and the C-suite to the health IT team to doctors and nurses are talking about how digital technologies can change the industry and bring about better care and better outcomes. Traditional care delivery is not working for far too many consumers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

The location-based solutions can help optimize the utilization of supporting teams throughout a hospital – like cleaners and allied health professionals. A practice-wide communications system that can help free up primary care reception staff. Rose Health. Grapefruit Health. Babblevoice. IoT Solutions Group.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

"Prior to COVID, we had very limited use of e-consults and asynchronous telehealth services to support patients' needs for certain specialty services," Silvestri noted. Pre-COVID, there were technologies available to support telehealth, but reimbursement was not uniform nor at parity with in-person or face-to-face visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

” “Canvas has enabled us to get our care delivery operations up and running much faster and with far less resourcing than we possibly could have done with any other EMR,” said Chris Hogg, founder and CEO of Marley Medical , a virtual primary care clinic. “As

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Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I ended up meeting with several telehealth companies, and having done that background work, Iris was the clear-cut winner. What does a typical day as an Iris Telehealth provider look like for you? Working for an organization that prioritizes patient care and prioritizes their clinicians was eye-opening.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. THE PROBLEM.

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