Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Speaking during a panel session at the recent AFR Healthcare Summit , Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) President Dr Harry Nespolon said the way remote healthcare and telehealth is offered has changed little since the 1960s. It hasn’t changed much over the last 50 years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Along with telehealth, remote patient monitoring programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic because federal rules gave providers the flexibility to use RPM for the duration of the public health emergency. "RPM is an effective way to ensure all patients are able to receive the quality, continuous care their condition requires.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association was among several groups this week that submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. " "It's really an issue of not being able to survive if they're delivering care for free. WHY IT MATTERS.

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 was a historic year for telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), as a series of developments played out that helped extend these important care delivery services to more patients than ever before. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement. Get more details here. January 18, 2018.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Telehealth will continue to grow because it fills a void in the mental health space by creating improved access for many individuals who lacked this access previously. Individuals and insurance companies will see the value of telehealth as, in some ways, replacing the house call of olden days, which was an important aspect of medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

It also pointed out that "many of the waivers and temporary regulatory changes granted during this period have highlighted key opportunities to modernize healthcare delivery by removing outdated regulations." Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. THE LARGER TREND. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

Browse the education sessions scheduled for the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo in New Orleans next month, and you'll notice that many of them are geared toward elderly patients, home-based care and aging in place. " None of that is a coincidence, of course. ATA was founded way back in 1993.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

Maulik Majmudar, chief medical officer and cofounder at Biofourmis, a vendor of personalized, predictive health IT – who prior to that served as Amazon’s medical officer who led the launch of Halo – sat down with Healthcare IT News to discuss the crisis and potential solutions. Please expand on this.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

It offers technology implementation tips, as well as a reference to CPT codes for reporting telemedicine and remote care services. "Physician practices are being hard-hit by the pandemic, which is threatening the sustainability of practices and could reduce access to care," said AMA President Patrice A.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A frequently discussed consequence of the COVID-19 crisis is the uptick in reliance on telehealth, with both patients and clinicians pivoting quickly to virtual care in order to minimize in-person contact. " Summus is among a number of vendors and organizations that offer remote second-opinion services for patients and employers.

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care innovations

MAY 30, 2018

Much has been written about the benefits of telehealth services like remote care within the healthcare system. Time and again, remote patient management has been shown to improve patient satisfaction and lower operational costs , as perhaps best demonstrated by the success of the Mississippi Diabetes Health Network.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

And while telehealth, a key component of this, has received much of the focus and spend, RPM has been gaining traction since the beginning of the pandemic. RPM is an effective way to ensure all patients are able to receive the quality, continuous care their condition requires. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

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. The following is what they had to say.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare announced this week that it is expanding the scope and services of its hospital at home program, more than a year since it was first launched in May 2020. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. WHY IT MATTERS. The initiative now serves patients at 12 hospitals across Utah, with new locations soon to come.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2023

Now, telehealth has evolved to something more – remote therapeutic monitoring. The idea that high-quality care can be delivered remotely came into the limelight during the pandemic as patients and providers embraced the concept of virtual care, such as telehealth. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

He had a lot of interesting things to say and, unlike so many other physicians, was aware of multiple system atrophy, the disease that killed my dad in 2012, so I decided to have him on for a podcast to describe how he is using off-the-shelf telehealth technology to expand access to care, improve patient satisfaction and reduce costs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2023

The passing of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 shows the federal government’s commitment to health equity, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens, regardless of location or socioeconomic status.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2021

"These new care from anywhere innovations ensure that we continue this digital transformation in healthcare and empower providers, payers, care coordinators and pharmaceutical companies to deliver care for patients wherever they are," he added. Vivify Health's remote care enhancements.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Introduction: Welcome to Transforming Healthcare with Clear Arch Health , an ongoing conversation about developments shaping digital healthcare. Listen and read the full text here!

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Introduction: Welcome to Transforming Healthcare with Clear Arch Health, an ongoing conversation about developments shaping digital healthcare. Listen and read the full text here!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

Nashville-based Ardent Health Services says it will roll out a new remote care platform from Cadence to help its providers better manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2023

" Siddiqi's goal was to effectively move more elements of in-person care into the home, including virtual check-ins, education and physical therapy. With effective digital and remote care via remote therapeutic monitoring, he has been able to solve more substantial problems.

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The Healthcare Guys

OCTOBER 28, 2015

I think the results shed important light on where healthcare providers and telemedicine vendors still need to gain acceptance with patients so I reached out to Cameron Graham , Managing Editor at TA to see if he can give us the facts on the ground. Here’s what Cameron said: It’s not just about reimbursements. Only 35.3%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. Kuldeep Singh Rajput is CEO and founder of Biofourmis, a remote patient monitoring and telehealth technology and services company.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 9, 2019

In a recent interview with Healthcare IT News, digital health pioneer Dr. Eric Topol, founder and director of Scripps Research Translational Institute, was asked which developments in AI and mobile technology he thought would be be most transformative in the year ahead. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Partner at Berger Singerman LLP Telehealth has revolutionized the delivery of outpatient mental health services, and there has been exponential growth in the acceptance and delivery of remote care. No longer does a patient have to be sitting on a therapist’s couch to receive care. The sofa at home will work just fine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2020

CPSI is offering the product for free for the remainder of 2020 to help healthcare-provider organizations during the pandemic. TalkWithYourDoc.com, the company said, delivers more than remote-care appointments. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. WHY IT MATTERS. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Over the last almost two years, healthcare has seen organizations rely on technology and the cloud to get accurate, trusted information to patients and direct them to the appropriate resources and care at scale. But what does all of this mean for the future of patient care? Access to quality care in underserved communities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

Care collaboration technology vendor TigerConnect has debuted TigerTouch, a text message-oriented, audio/visual telehealth system designed to help health systems manage COVID-19 cases. Healthcare IT News has compiled a listing of telemedicine vendors in the age of COVID-19, a resource for health IT leaders.

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