Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. Shelley, a professor in the Department of Policy and Public Health Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health.

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MARCH 18, 2020

The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced on Tuesday that during the coronavirus pandemic it will use discretion when enforcing HIPAA-compliance for telehealth communications tools. The agency also specifies that Facebook Live, Twitch, TikTok, other public-facing video communication "should not be used in the provision of telehealth."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2020

Three hundred and forty healthcare organizations published an open letter Monday asking Senate and House leaders to permanently enshrine changes to policies that would make telehealth accessible in the long term. WHY IT MATTERS. Butterfield, D-N.C., and Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., Other lawmakers, including Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

Telehealth has the potential to expand access to care to previously underserved populations. However, it also has the possible side effect of worsening health disparities – and it's vital, stakeholders say, to make changes to address that dynamic as soon as possible.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

"Our experience during the pandemic was that telehealth meant our member psychiatrists were able to treat more patients, which was critical as we faced a mental health crisis,” said APA CEO and Medical Director Dr. Saul Levin in a statement. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center said in its latest analysis that the Clop ransomware gang has shifted tactics, directly impacting the healthcare and public health sector. "These attacks have a higher chance of working due to conditions from COVID-19 expansion in the telehealth environment."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

“Successfully limiting the need for patients to physically access providers due to Parker’s telehealth program will mitigate the risk of patients becoming infected with COVID-19 or spreading the disease to providers and other medically vulnerable individuals, such as immunocompromised elderly residents.” THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2021

For years, Dr. Mariea Snell, a telehealth clinician at the Maven Clinic and assistant director of the Online Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Maryville University, worked in an inner-city public health clinic. Telehealth seemed to be a natural fit for my patients. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

"We already had developed a virtual personal protective equipment model in our special pathogen unit of our Medical ICU, or iSOCOMS," said Dr. Karen Rheuban, cofounder and director of the Center for Telehealth and medical director of telemedicine at the University of Virginia Health System.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2024

It ensures patients have medical coverage with a VRGS doctor who can answer their questions and discuss their condition, supported by an on-site nursing staff. South NSW Local Health District will be trialling the service at five initial sites in Bombala, Braidwood, Crookwell, Delegate and Yass from July, according to a media statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

” Phase One was mobilization, ramping up telehealth services quickly to meet patient and family needs. "We overhauled our telehealth training and onboarding effort to ensure provider acceptance, knowledge and compliance with best practice standards for tele-enabled practice." " John F. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. "Today we have the opportunity to consider how we can deploy telehealth to expand access to healthcare for everyone," said Sen. " Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. HELP Committee Chairman Sen.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

According to the Amazon Care website, with a user's approval, "the clinician will send a Mobile Care nurse to [their] home, a designated room on the Amazon campus, or other private location within our service area. or Android 6.0+, and be enrolled in an Amazon-sponsored health insurance. Twitter: @kjercich.

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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. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

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

JULY 28, 2020

Lots of industry groups want to see the temporary government waivers enacted early on during the COVID-19 public health emergency – the ones enabling the vast expansion of telehealth and remote patient monitoring over the past four months – to be made permanent once the storm has subsided. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 6, 2021

"A physician or other healthcare worker – hospice, pastoral care, diabetes educators, pharmacists, nurses, etc. The health system plans to continue to develop best practices and learn how it can sustain this kind of practice when the public health emergency ends. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2023

New healthcare technology innovations developed outside the box offer clinicians more tools, including cloud-based telehealth, remote lab testing for infections and enhanced imaging for surgical precision. Payer and healthcare systems that are Google Cloud Partners can now purchase and deploy Pager's connected care system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

More than 40% of total inpatient cases include a behavioral health diagnosis. Temple also is a critical access point for vital public health services. Each year it serves thousands in its emergency department, inpatient behavioral health unit, labor and delivery unit, and other departments. MARKETPLACE.

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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. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

The program uses technology and a nursing-care coordination model to improve patient disease management, resulting in decreased readmission rates and increased patient satisfaction and self-efficacy.” There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

However, as the public health crisis alert has been downgraded following the drop in COVID-19 infections, providing telemedicine services is no longer permitted today in South Korea. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Telehealth Care Patient Access

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Telehealth continues to grow as a crucial part of patient care, especially when supporting patients who live in remote areas and senior citizens. Research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts a sevenfold growth in telehealth by 2025 – a five-year compound annual growth rate of 38%.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and clinicians have pointed to behavioral health as a particularly effective use case for telehealth and virtual care. But what about after the public health emergency? Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The kit also comes with a digital tablet where they can upload their health data via a secure website. Those data are then reviewed by a specialist nurse who can also speak to them about their next steps via live video link at any time of the day, seven days a week.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

The platform is accessible for nurses and doctors via Windows, iOS and Android mobile phones, tablets and computers. This week, a group of volunteer healthcare professionals in Thailand formed Comprehensive COVID-19 Response teams to help with the Ministry of Public Health's COVID-19 screening drive across the country.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2023

Now, 11 HoloLens have been deployed across the region with 25 clinicians trained in using it for telehealth. In a home visit, nurses wear the VR headset and are guided virtually by a doctor in a remote location. Its rollout for home visits will follow soon.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2023

"We are reaching out to our provider partners to make them aware of the Affordable Connectivity Program and our new ACP-focused initiative," said Katherine Todd, Gilda’s Club Twin Cities' executive director, in an email to Healthcare IT News. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took refuge online. Clinical sites that had long ignored the appeals of telehealth advocates suddenly adopted virtual visits. Improved workflows.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The issue is expected to have a profound impact on the aged care sector as it is predicted to be competing with other nursing sectors to hire and retain between 20,000 to 40,000 available staff over the next two years. Sarah Dring, a clinical nurse consultant, shared with HealthcareIT News her experience with the new virtual service.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

It will deliver regular health checks and provide greater access to professional help while also giving incentives to further encourage patients to self-manage their own conditions at home. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Population and Public Health Patient Access Care

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2022

The service virtually connects patients with non-life-threatening emergencies to nurses and doctors via video call. The additional funding for the VVED is part of the Victorian government's initiative to support the state health workers and patients amid a fresh outbreak caused by the emergence of new COVID-19 variants.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. What are some trends in rural healthcare that are pushing RPM one way or the other? Rural communities across the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As part of the collaboration, both companies will also collect unused data items, such as discharge summaries, nursing records, and surgical records, on top of EMR data, from partner medical institutions and the J-MIMO (Japan Medical Association Medical Information Management Organization) to build up their database for big data analysis.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 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

DECEMBER 20, 2021

"Now patients can see a healthcare professional in a telehealth visit and then have the medications mailed to their home," Moore added. In addition, existing hurdles to virtual care – such as broadband access – may still obstruct access to abortion via telehealth. WHY IT MATTERS. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Delivered by the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network and Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), the free virtualKIDS service connects families with a clinical nurse who helps determine the best care pathway for their children and their non-life-threatening health concerns.

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