Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2024

The following is a guest article by Alexey Shalimov, Founder and CEO at Eastern Peak Mental health profoundly impacts human relationships, productivity, and overall wellness. This article will focus on the use of AI for mental healthcare and its potential to revolutionize the ways we give and receive mental health services.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 1, 2022

Check out our interview with Solinsky below to learn more, but it’s great to see how Ellipsis Health is using technology and your voice to create a clinically validated vital sign for your mental health. What do behavioral health patients have? Why not layer this mental health assessment on to the check-in process?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2021

For the 64th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Tech’s Role in Mental Health. Even before COVID-19, mental health was a really important topic. Of course, the […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2020

A qualitative RAND Corporation study finds that psychiatrists offering telemedicine for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic have had largely positive perceptions of the transition. Many, however, say they plan to return to in-person care when possible, due to the challenges psychiatric telemedicine entail. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It should not be news to anyone in the healthcare industry that the nation is suffering a profound shortage of mental health professionals, which was exacerbated by the pandemic. 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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

Technology has became culturally accepted as an integral part of the patient experience as telemedicine gained popularity. As healthcare providers look ahead to 2023, being at the forefront of what's next in telehealth and strategically integrating the technology necessary to stay there may be critical to future success.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

What can be expected in healthcare and health IT now that the PHE has ended, and what does this mean for the future of telehealth? Further, what should CIOs and other health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems be doing to address new telemedicine challenges?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 10, 2022

"This increases pre-existing strains on rural healthcare systems due to provider shortages, limited hospital beds and other resource constraints." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 26, 2022

Healthcare IT News interviewed Griffin to take a closer look at what he will be presenting at the HIMSS22 conference. Please describe some of the emerging technology models in telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, and how they can help improve access to care for underserved populations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

State and local governments, along with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations are teaming up in Texas to tackle youth mental health. Youth Mental Health Crisis Mental health has long been a neglected area of healthcare, particularly when it comes to children and teenagers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2022

New survey results suggest that the availability of telehealth-based mental health services — and the high level of mental health symptoms Americans experienced during the pandemic — led more consumers to seek mental health care online than ever before during 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently released two sets of principles that highlights its concerns in two prominent computing issues: privacy and AI. Progress on telemedicine proceeded at a snails pace for most of this time. The ATA has addressed telemedicine on many levels and in many forums during its existence.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

Healthcare IT News sat down with Heidi West, head of healthcare at Zoom, to discuss telemedicine's future, hybrid in-person/telehealth care, communities that could be hurt without virtual care, and challenges to telemedicine becoming fully mainstream. Will telemedicine remain popular?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2021

"Another factor is the billing schedule of tele-mental health services," she continued. "Participants' ability to see their peers and their counselors has brought back a sense of community and fellowship that is critical to good mental health," she said. Healthcare Everywhere, Every Day.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

Before the pandemic struck earlier this year, Central Kansas Mental Health Center in Salina, Kansas, had a small telehealth setup that started out of necessity over a lack of doctors available in its rural area. This setup has worked well for the mental health center over the last few years. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. New drugs and delivery models are going to challenge what can be delivered over telemedicine and challenge the regulations of how in-person services are delivered.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 16, 2023

"When patients started to come back to the office, we used in-room telemedicine equipment from Elo and Logitech. "Patients were roomed by a nurse at one of our offices where the telemedicine equipment was already set up, and our providers would be at another one of our offices or possibly working from home," he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

Telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health is seeing utilization rates among Medicare Advantage members up 54% for virtual urgent care services and up 635% for virtual mental health services when compared to 2019. What is the current state of virtual care for those 65 and older? Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2024

She also feels AI can encourage telemedicine innovation and holds strong opinions on the ethics of AI in healthcare. Healthcare IT News spoke with Dua to discuss these subjects and get her to offer a detailed look into the AI-powered Together by Renee app. What are some ways AI can encourage telemedicine innovation?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making waves across various industries, and telehealth/telemedicine is no exception. Telemedicine has gained traction in recent years providing healthcare services remotely, allowing patients to receive quality care without being physically present at a healthcare facility.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For healthcare providers, telehealth presents an opportunity to address patient care needs, improve the customer experience and reduce costs. Going beyond a global pandemic with a critical need to support patients remotely, there are many other situations where telehealth plays an important role in a person's healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 26, 2022

Telemedicine technology can connect rural patients to psychiatrists in big urban hubs. Eric Meier, CEO and president of Owl, a vendor of data-driven, evidence-based behavioral health technology, has his finger on the pulse of mental healthcare in the U.S. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2023

healthcare system, taking a toll on their physical and mental health, creating redundancy, and driving exorbitant costs. " Virtual specialty care and access to the right, high-quality specialist can and has demonstrably improved patients' lives, and addresses the major issues in healthcare today.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2022

Brightside Health is delivering high-quality care for anxiety, depression, and a range of other mental health conditions from the comfort of home Brightside Health, a telemedicine platform that offers fast access to personalized treatment, expert providers, and ongoing support for a range of mental health concerns, announced today that it raised $50 (..)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services said it would temporarily extend telemedicine flexibilities for the prescription of certain controlled medications granted under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, which is set to expire on May 11. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. This past week, the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

The American Psychiatric Association, American Telemedicine Association and 70 other organizations signed a letter this past Friday urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and permanently revise requirements regarding controlled substance prescription. Drug Enforcement Administration to collaborate with the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Talkiatry is a telemedicine service connecting psychiatrists with patients suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and other common mental health and behavioral problems. This market is an especially complex area of health care for many reasons. In a remote rural are, they may be few or none.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 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

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Today, the healthcare industry has started to reach a consensus that the future of telemedicine will be a hybrid of virtual and in-person care. Healthcare IT News interviewed Kristin to get her expertise on the subject of the future of telemedicine and hybrid care. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2022

"To our knowledge, this study was the largest evaluation of a health system intervention to distribute video-enabled telehealth tablets to patients with access barriers and mental health needs," wrote researchers. veterans are experiencing a mental health crisis, with a suicide rate 1.5 WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Brave Health , the largest virtual mental health provider and engagement platform focused on serving Medicaid populations, today announced a $40M Series C funding round led by Town Hall Ventures, with existing investors Union Square Ventures, City Light Capital and others joining as well. About Brave Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Like many rural healthcare organizations, CCRLC has faced the challenge of recruiting mental health providers, due in part to the shortage of professionals in the specialty. This is where telemedicine comes in: It provides CCRLC a gateway for mental health providers to offer these services at the rural campus.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2020

“Zoom also provided our health center with an easy-to-implement telehealth option while we researched an integrated telemedicine option for our electronic health record, which would be more permanent.” There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2021

Mental health has always had a challenging place in healthcare. First, it has suffered from an extreme amount of stigma (and still does) that has caused many people to avoid getting the mental health care they need.

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