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Rush Memorial's virtual ICU reduces transfers, boosts patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We wanted to be able to open our ICU and have available the intensivist/pulmonologist coverage our patients needed," Tressler explained. "The added support would enable our hospitalists to focus on caring for higher-acuity patients, without having to transfer them to another facility." Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Tracking the Patient Experience Using Qualtrics at Intermountain Health

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Furthermore, Intermountain Health wants to build customer preferences into each individual’s record so that every caregiver the patient meets with understands fully what they need and where they are on their patient journey. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter.

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How one gastroenterology practice uses hybrid virtual care to improve patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. "In gastroenterology, where access and cost have become the focus of health plans, hybrid collaboration enables multidisciplinary care, standardized outcome measurement and an exemplary patient experience.

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Rising Prices and Staffing Shortages: The Need for a Positive Patient Experience in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

As a result, patient care has suffered, with a recent study conducted by Weave revealing that nearly two in three patients have felt rushed, not heard, or not paid attention to by their healthcare provider in the last 12 months. They will search elsewhere if their current provider is not meeting their standards.

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At Baptist Health, Epic-linked asynchronous telehealth boosts provider and patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patient experience and access, along with provider efficiency, were areas Baptist wanted to improve – to ensure the virtual tools it had were helping to meet its overall goals around care delivery, and to ensure it was providing innovative quality care to meet community needs. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Harmony Healthcare IT Partners with Novacap to Accelerate Innovation and Growth in Healthcare Data Management

Healthcare IT Today

Harmony Healthcare IT (HHIT) , a leading health data management and platform solution provider, today announced a significant investment from Novacap , one of North America’s premier private equity firms. With Novacap, we will invest in technologies that will improve the patient experience.

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Cincinnati Children's puts focus on patient experience with its telehealth program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The organization decided it wanted to be able to approach the challenge of meeting patients and families where they are and improving access to care, and telehealth was a tool to do that. The vendor approached the hospital with an opportunity to consult as it developed its platform to meet the needs of pediatrics. THE PROBLEM.