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Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. As a result, we're able to get people into psychiatry usually within ten days.

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Telehealth helps one hospital reduce ER overflow hours from 1,700 to 148

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"By having a psychiatric nurse assessor interact with the patient to address immediate concerns and gather information first, the telemedicine psychiatrist receives a more thorough background and review of the patient’s unique needs." " Char Biamonte Stockl, RN, CaroMont Health. ” MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Improving the quality of healthcare while lowering costs and increasing access in rural Pennsylvania counties is challenging, she said. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Instead, providers continued caring for their patients via telemedicine, even when quarantined.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. She is a member of the clinical leadership at Done, a platform that connects patients with psychiatric board-certified medical professionals for services including online video consultations , diagnosis, care team support and prescription delivery.

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Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem. As Iris Telehealth's chief medical officer, Dr. Tom Milam manages a team of clinicians and guides them in telemedicine and industry best practices. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Under her leadership, Hims & Hers was able to stand up multiple services during the pandemic, as well. Healthcare IT News sat down with Baird to discuss the company's unique brand of telehealth and how she and her team have developed the technology for a winning endeavor. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.