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Bipartisan bills in House, Senate seek to increase telehealth in nursing homes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate, aims to enable more widespread use of telehealth in skilled nursing facilities. The critical value of telehealth is evident as the coronavirus spreads worldwide. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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HIMSS21 tech news: Epic/telehealth integration, acute care telemedicine, new remote care tech

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

TytoCare, maker of an all-in-one modular device and platform for AI-powered telehealth, has expanded its integration within EHR giant Epic's MyChart, enabling what the virtual care vendor describes as frictionless, asynchronous workflow. Cloud-based telehealth for acute care. A new remote care management system.

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Digital systems and a good process support remote care at Radboudumc

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to Jacqueline de Leeuw, CNIO at Radboud University Medical Centre, the health system has more than 200 "digital nurses" and the motto: "HIMSS 7-up"

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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar. Similarities in cross-border community challenges. are lower than Spain (9.7)

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Telehealth summit debrief: staffing shortages, wider acceptance but expansion barriers

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing. The lack of tenured nurses creates a risk to quality outcomes. Many experts believe that is the future of telehealth.

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How Legacy Health expanded from inpatient to ambulatory telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Legacy Health had an established telehealth program, which involves specialty-care services providing remote consultations to a variety of facilities. Eight telehealth-equipped hospitals. " The majority of care providers were trained over a period of a few weeks. Adding ambulatory telemedicine.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth has been around for a long time, but only recently has it gained the critical mass that most have long expected. In June, Healthcare IT News and the other HIMSS Media brands, Healthcare Finance and MobiHealthNews, launched a new series of editorial webinars at the HIMSS Learning Center.