article thumbnail

Doctors Love Alerts Until They Don’t

Healthcare IT Today

Regulations now require primary care doctors be notified if their patients have an ED visit or are admitted to a hospital. It’s amazing to think that PCPs are being notified about their patients so that they can ensure quality continuity of care.

EHR 96
article thumbnail

Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the Connected Health Conference in Boston this past month, five longtime leaders in telehealth took the stage to discuss what's next for virtual care and remote monitoring. An ICU tower right next door which will take care of the sickest of the sick that can't possibly have home health care … But other than that?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The digital transformation in healthcare was elevated to a new level in 2020 as the industry had to rapidly roll out digital technologies like telehealth and help move the workforce to remote work, said Jimenez of Artesia General Hospital. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

article thumbnail

A closer look at the tech needed for new care-at-home and aging-in-place models

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Seven out of 10 people require assisted living care in their lifetimes. Healthcare IT News sat down with Shah to discuss health IT's role in aging in place. Please describe the experience you had with caring for your aging father, and what you learned about information not being shared in a meaningful way.

Nursing 151
article thumbnail

'Telehealth titans' discuss cost-savings of virtual care, describe the hospital of the future

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" 'It all gets moved into the home' More and more, said Berkowitz, "primary care doctors will be virtualists, who are going to take care of hyper-convenient care, very scalably, using virtual online technologies." Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media.

article thumbnail

150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Campbell County Health is a health system with 1,244 employees across its 90-bed acute care hospital, 160-bed skilled nursing facility, inpatient behavioral health unit, ASC, and 14 outpatient primary care and specialty clinics. Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City). Pinehurst (N.C.)