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Covenant Health uses telemedicine to get specialists to rural areas – and much more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Additional services were implemented, across all venues of care, many of which focused on care in the convenience of the patient's own home. "For ambulatory services, primary care and specialty scheduled virtual visits were implemented and offered," Vice President of Clinical Informatics Tiffany Cross said.

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Sanford Health's CIO talks virtual care, workforce challenges, modern data ecosystem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. We also plan to build five satellite clinics to ensure patients have access to care and services close to home. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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How AI can Tackle the Rising Tide of Staff Shortages in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Roni Jamesmeyer, Senior Healthcare Manager at Five9 The healthcare crisis is dominating headlines, with the industry dealing with complicated challenges across multiple areas. The average number of patients per primary care doctor is at an all-time high of 20 per day.

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Hospitals and health systems post-pandemic, and how to prepare for future outbreaks

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to a McKinsey report, an estimated 25% of outpatient services could move to telemedicine, which is among the necessary changes that could mean preparation and prevention for future health epidemics and pandemics, said Dr. Muhammad Ali Chaudhry, CEO of Emerging Health International, a healthcare technology and services company.

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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

So let’s take a deeper look into healthcare at home to see how it has evolved over time, the technology that is driving this change, and how it is impacting our patients and providers. We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today community to get their insights into this topic.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. 3) Concierge primary care will become in much higher demand in 2024 for a certain portion of the market.

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How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

We need to start searching for how we can use technology , new or old, to fix health inequality and discrimination. We reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on the role technology can play in working towards health equity. And many of us can’t get into our primary care doctors, either).