Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The survey, which reached out to primary care physicians around the world, found that despite having powerful health IT tools at the ready, U.S.-based based PCPs are still finding it difficult to coordinate care with other […]. healthcare system today.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This week’s chat will be hosted by Matt Sakumoto (@MattSakumoto) on the topic “What Pieces of Primary Care Work Virtually in a Post-COVID World?“ “ Matt Sakumoto is a primary care physician and product manager […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

ThedaCare is the first in Wisconsin to be a Mayo Clinic Care Network Member, giving specialists the ability to consult with Mayo Clinic experts on a patient’s care. ThedaCare is a not-for-profit health system with a level II trauma center, comprehensive cancer treatment, stroke and cardiac programs, as well as primary care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | July 05, 2023 News OSF Healthcare using predictive AI to streamline care navigator workloads Deploying the model with EHR data could help address cancer patient navigator burnout. Here's how some pioneering health IT leaders are using AI today, and how they're planning for the future. The process.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2021

The following is a guest article by Mike Linnert, Chief Executive Officer & Founder at SymphonyRM. March is National Kidney Month, which highlights the 37 million people in the U.S. more than 1 in 7 adults – who suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD). What’s even more alarming: Approximately 90% of those with CKD […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2020

With COVID-19 transmission risks remaining high, many medical practices have been forced to change their business model from one built on face-to-face appointments to delivering patient care via telehealth visits virtually overnight.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

Providers continuously pushed themselves to invest in new tools and solutions — with one overarching aim — to enhance the patient experience. Lacking a centralized platform adds to the administrative overhead — overwhelming care providers and frustrating patients. What’s the driving force behind this growth?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Acquisition further advances CVS Health’s care delivery strategy for consumers CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS ) and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH ) have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Health will acquire Oak Street Health in an all-cash transaction at $39 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $10.6

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

Similar to many health systems across the country, COVID-19 created an urgent need for MaineHealth to take care of patients at a distance to keep patients and care teams safe. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM. " MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2023

THE PROBLEM The massive health system recently set three goals: Improve patient outcomes by monitoring and actively managing patients with chronic diseases, with a specific focus on remote medication titration to get more patients to guidelines. More than 80% of patients are using Cadence devices 16 days or more a month.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

We will continue the journey to enhance physician and patient experience and usability, pivoting more aggressively towards providing actionable intelligence at the point of care. In 2023, Elation will be focusing its roadmap on enabling value-based care for the primary care community.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Read more… Direct Primary Care Well Represented at #HLTH2022. Direct primary care is growing at a much faster clip that traditional primary care. Billing is a significant administrative expense for healthcare practices, and delayed patient payments only add to the problem.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2022

Bonus: Does revenue cycle management help or hurt the patient experience? 7/8 – Technology and Advanced, Team-based Primary Care. 7/15 – Social Determinants of Health (SDoH). 7/22 – Access to Care and Digital Health/Health IT. HITsm #HFMAAnnual. Upcoming #HITsm Chat Schedule.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

$140 million in funding raised since November 2020 Wellvana Health announced today that it has closed an $84 million capital raise to drive innovation in value-based care enablement for independent primary care physicians, specialists, and health systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Sanford Health is a massive health system that serves the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Today, Reimer is in the middle of a $350 million virtual care initiative, working to overcome health IT workforce challenges, and building a modern data ecosystem – emphasis on modern.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CMS is now building on its learnings from patient experience measures and incorporating patient reported outcomes measures (PROMs) into recent value-based care models. Kate Behan, Chief Medical Officer of Arcadia , gave me a whirlwind tour of standards and how they are evolving.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2023

Earlier this year, Vytalize Health announced a $100 million funding round to accelerate its goal to advance responsible value-based care for seniors by strengthening primary care practices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2022

"When COVID-19 hit, patients avoided coming into the office when possible," said Laura Mrazik, telehealth coordinator at MaineGeneral Health. "Patients needed a mechanism to connect with their primary care providers for chronic or acute care needs when virtual care was appropriate.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Carbon Health , a hybrid healthcare company that combines expert care with proprietary technology for easy everyday health, announced today that it has received $100 million from CVS Health Ventures, CVS Health’s corporate venture capital platform, as part of an initial close of its Series D round.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Addressing the access and affordability pillars, Sam’s Club launched a collaboration with Humana called Care Accelerator. This isn’t meant to be a fully-loaded insurance plan, but a product that “curates” selected medical services consumers want to access at relatively low-cost to care for basic health care needs.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

“Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. ” Cordovano further explained to me.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas Medical, the EMR that enables clinicians and developers to power the future of care delivery, has raised $24MM in Series B funding led by M13 with participation from Haystack and previous investors Inspired Capital, IA Ventures, Upfront Ventures, and Irongrey.

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Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

Among people 50 and over, the doctor’s visit for routine care is the top reason for using virtual care, among 2 in 3 older people. That’s an important behavior change to take into future planning for primary care services targeted to older peoples’ chronic care management and remote health monitoring.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2023

The average number of patients per primary care doctor is at an all-time high of 20 per day. It is not only the physicians suffering but also the clinicians and vital support staff that are the backbone of healthcare as a whole – whether in private practices, hospitals, or urgent care clinics.

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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. 3) Concierge primary care will become in much higher demand in 2024 for a certain portion of the market. DPC (direct primary care) has been focused on adults, but will shift to peds because of a willingness to pay.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

Mayo Clinic is deploying TruLite Health’s software for addressing clinical bias through a know-how agreement. Patient experience platform ixlayer joined the Innovators’ Network at the American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

AdvancedMD is a cloud-based service merging an EHR with a health care management solution, and has recently announced upgrades to its EHR, practice management, and patient engagement functions. But mental health professionals are stretched thin, and many are leaving the field as the demand for mental treatment grows.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

We’ve been through several waves of health IT adoption, and are witnessing a new phase of growth (temporarily interrupted by the rise in interest rates) with exciting new ventures. Equality Health works mostly in the Medicaid space and offers its technology platform free to primary care providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2021

For those not familiar with an FQHC, these are community-based health care providers that receive funds from HRSA to provide primary care services in underserved areas. As I’ve learned more about FQHCs in healthcare, I’ve been more and more impressed with all that they accomplish.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

With Investments from WBA and Evernorth, the Combined Company Will Deliver a Unique and Comprehensive Patient Experience for Optimal Individual and Community Outcomes. VillageMD announced today it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Summit Health-CityMD , a leading provider of primary, specialty and urgent care.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2023

Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : The Patient Experience Outside the Four Walls of the Hospital. John and Colin discuss the advances in remote monitoring technology that make care at home possible and debate whether the industry will reach a point where patients have an ICU experience in their own homes.

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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 Today

JUNE 8, 2023

No Shows Cause Operational Issues UHP is a federally qualified community health center that operates twelve health centers, one mental health center, twelve school-based health centers and three part-time clinics, located in New York City’s South Bronx, Corona, Queens and Central Harlem communities. show rate).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years News Brooklyn provider automates patient experience tracking to spot health equity gaps At One Brooklyn Health System, tools such as the Brooklyn Health Equity Index survey are helping.

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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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