Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2023

Teletriage nurses often face intense pressure as they work in fast-paced situations while assessing patients, employing critical thinking and delivering high-quality care. This can lead to staff burnout – contributing to an already existing exodus among healthcare professionals. What is a typical teletriage nurse call like?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive uptick in telehealth use around the country, hard-hit nursing homes also turned to the tool to try and keep patients safe. The aim, they said, was to examine the consequences of the rapid telehealth rollout in nursing homes. Saved organizational resources. Improved access to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

nursing shortage has reached critical levels with the pandemic battle paired with an aging population. To serve its inpatient population and overcome the nursing shortage, St. The organization created and implemented one of the nation's first virtual nursing units to reduce the burden on bedside nurses and much more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS Three-dimensional telehealth can help improve patient care visits, just as it helps train surgeons, doctors and nurses across the globe. " 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 News - Telehealth

MARCH 9, 2021

The American Telemedicine Association and the American Board of Telehealth announced Tuesday that they were partnering to expand access to training and education for virtual care. That is to weave telehealth into the everyday fabric of healthcare. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

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. Patients have embraced the shift to digital, with nurses supporting digital engagement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 29, 2024

A nurse by training, Tim Ashe, chief clinical officer at Wellsky, knows the challenges that burnout, staffing shortages and bed capacity have on clinicians and the health system.

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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 News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

A unique remote monitoring system, developed at MIT and deployed in some hospitals and long-term care settings, is now showing further promise for advanced assessment of potential COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes and other congregate care communities, according to researchers at the school's CSAIL institute. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2024

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

APRIL 10, 2020

Those and other changes are aimed at critical-access hospitals, rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice care. Additionally, hospice nurses will be relieved of hospice aide in-service training tasks so they can spend more time with patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

The companies selected for the newest AWS Healthcare Accelerator will focus on three critical needs in the healthcare space: retention, deployment and training, says Dr. Rowland Illing, chief medical officer and director of International Public Sector Health & the Global Healthcare Venture Capital and Startups team at AWS.

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2024

that people — both patients and the health care workforce — feel less safe, discussed in Safety in Healthcare 2024 from Press Ganey. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare. 1 relates to how newly-trained clinicians transition into real-world practice.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It's no secret that nurses have also exited healthcare at higher rates during and post-COVID-19 pandemic, but technology has sought to help reduce nurse burnout. Platforms for electronic prior authorization and virtual nursing have released some of the pressure on providers. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. Access TeleCare's providers also work closely with Rush Memorial nursing staff on education and training on how to operate the ICU and always are there to answer questions and provide guidance. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2019

The skilled nursing sector has undergone a major transition over the past ten years. Because of shifting demographics and the challenges they place on hospitals, skilled nursing facilities are receiving patients who are struggling with more significant health concerns than in the past. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The large language model is used in the experimental AI Labs service, currently intended for training, not for clinical use. It responds to natural language queries and can understand the context of a conversation, so that physicians and nurses can ask follow-up questions. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations. THE PROBLEM. Coverage includes nights, weekends and holidays. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2023

"This was generally used for retired clinical nurses or others who had the time and desire to sit next to a patient," he continued. When that happened, we would generally have to re-assign an even more critical individual, such as a nurse or a patient care technician, to help protect that patient. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 20, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. The Impact of the Technology Driving the Evolution of Healthcare at Home. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : HIMSS 2024 Recap.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN, including a recently-licensed Registered Nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling medical information about car accident victims to personal injury attorneys and chiropractors. Then, nothing until next years’ training comes around.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Healthcare IT Today recorded close to 90 videos in Orlando. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

The virtual hospital is staffed 24/7 by remote monitoring technicians, and includes tele-nurses, tele-hospitalists and tele-advance practice providers, depending on patients' acuity. Patients and family agree to have phones nearby at all times, so tele-nurses and technicians can reach out to validate new alerts.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Up to now, HIPAA-compliant data security and generative AI haven’t gone hand-in-hand as AI is trained on large datasets centrally and often by third parties. However, de-identification and federated training of deep-learning models are now helping industries leverage AI to stay protected.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

Phase one testing was conducted by leading physicians and nurses (< 50) to ensure the agent completes all critical checklist items with the patient for a given use case. Phase two testing required testing to be completed by 1000+ licensed US nurses, and 100+ US licensed physicians talking to the AI while acting as a patient.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

ShowdMe , the premier compliance training partner for home care agencies and skilled nursing facilities, announces today a Series A investment led by Spring Mountain Capital and Blue Heron Capital. Healthcare professionals are required to complete compliance training on an annual basis, as well as during the hiring process.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 13, 2024

To help you see what challenges, ethical concerns , and pessimistic views surround AI integration, we reached out to our insightful Healthcare IT Today Community and the following is what they had to share on this subject. Aasim Saeed, CEO at Amenities Health Unfortunately, I’m very skeptical about AI in healthcare.

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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. Another factor pushing RPM adoption is the ongoing nursing and clinical provider shortages. Rural communities across the U.S. over a 30-day period.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

According to Eli Ben-Joseph, CEO and co-founder at Regard, their tool “amplifies and empowers doctors and nurses who use it to be the best they can be.” AI analytics are trained on data from diverse sources to reduce the risk of bias, and the tools are vetted by doctors before being released for general use.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 8, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. What Aren’t Enough People Talking About in Healthcare ? Read more… What You Need to Know About Virtual Nursing.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Considerations for Migrating Existing Healthcare Systems and Applications to the Cloud. Read more… Driving Optimal Use of Temporary Nurses.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2024

The Australian government claims it has been committed to addressing the supply and demand crisis in the sector by pursuing reforms and making significant investments in both workforce training and retention and filling gaps in and raising mental healthcare access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 5, 2021

"The telehealth team and operations leaders developed workflows, and training modules were designed to provide a standard practice." "All providers were offered the opportunity to participate in training that would allow for remote care and facilitate connections with patients from the providers' homes or offices."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

" Giving the OK for remotely located docs to work with nurse practitioners at rural facilities would offer a more robust healthcare workforce during the pandemic, said CMS officials. "By contrast, nurse practitioners must complete only two to three years of graduate level education and 500-720 hours of clinical training.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2024

"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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Leaders need to be proactive to address emerging cybersecurity threats , the Healthcare IT Today community told us. Series A funding round.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. As ambient voice has gotten a lot of attention lately, this was a good question to pose to the Healthcare IT Today community.

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