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How one health system harnessed AI, telehealth to combat coronavirus

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"The estimated cost savings for this program as of April 22, 2020 are $105,624, not including any potential savings from avoided COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers," they added. Some departments such as psychiatry and primary care were exceeding their pre-pandemic clinical volumes." Twitter: @kjercich.

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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

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counties face a shortage of psychiatrists, and more than two-thirds of primary care providers have trouble referring patients to psychiatric providers. People who have jobs or are taking care of children or elderly family members may not be able to spare that much time. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

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Healthcare provider executives surveyed by HRI most frequently cited mental health and psychiatry (58%), family medicine (56%), obstetrics and gynecology (46%), and pediatrics (44%) as the specialties in which their organizations will offer virtual visits in 2021.” Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.