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Bonus Features – April 7, 2024 – 86% of health systems had at least 10% of nurses quit in 2023, 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI for patient engagement, plus 21 more stories

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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Baptist Health uses telemedicine to enable 24/7 vital care for suicidal patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The first issue we needed to address was the ability to efficiently and effectively assess patients who have been deemed at risk for suicidality for potential inpatient admission by our team of trained mental health services staff," said Julie Firman, DNP, RN, system chief nurse executive at Baptist Health.

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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. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. Both physicians then work together to develop a plan of care.”

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Hackensack Meridian Health shows the benefits of telepsychiatry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the fourth quarter of 2019, there were 7,430 in-person psychiatry visits and no telepsychiatry visits. By comparison, in the fourth quarter of 2020, there were 4,634 in-person psychiatry visits and 5,221 telepsychiatry visits, accounting for 52.98% of visits. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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How telepsychiatry is helping chip away at the mental health crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an interview with Healthcare IT News , Varrell talks about how healthcare organizations are coping via telepsychiatry with the mental health crisis, how tele-psychiatry has changed over the last two decades and the requisite bedside manner for tele-psychiatry. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Telehealth helps reduce depression in youth, Texas consortium finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Williams, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, and medical director, Council on School Health (COSH) for the TCMHCC. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. Click here to read the special report.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. "More than 8% of total outpatient visits now are conducted virtually, and more than 2,000 providers and more than 500 nurses have been trained to use telemedicine," Raichura reported. MARKETPLACE.