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Will virtual primary care become a new model of healthcare delivery?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans received care from their primary care physicians via telemedicine. Telehealth technology and services company Amwell now is promoting the concept of "virtual primary care. Q: What is virtual primary care? But it worked.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Memorial launched telehealth for all its primary care and specialty centers, and today conducts about 100,000 virtual visits per year.

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AristaMD launches combined teleconsult and referral platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AristaMD this week announced its new unified care transition platform, which it says will enable primary care practices to provide patient-to-provider specialty matching, process electronic referrals and access peer consultations to minimize patient wait times for specialties. 5:15 p.m.

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CMS Proposes”CMS-0057-P” to Streamline Prior Authorizations with Real-Time Approvals Using Interoperability in Healthcare

Telebehavioral Health Institute

What Is Interoperability in Healthcare? The ability of different systems, devices, and applications to work together and exchange information seamlessly is known as interoperability in healthcare. Medicare and a supplemental plan) to receive care from multiple providers (e.g.,

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CMS issues guidance for new telehealth eCQM reporting in 2020 and 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. The eCQM specifications "are final and are not subject to revision for the 2020 performance period," agency officials said. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Email the writer: mike.miliard@himssmedia.com.

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What is Your Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs?

Healthcare IT Today

At the Civitas Conference, there was a lot of talk about TEFCA and QHINs and what their impact will be on healthcare and interoperability. What do they mean for healthcare organizations and how will they be participating in them? Are they replacing current interoperability efforts? When will they be implemented?

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