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. And some legislators do too.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2020

Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO of Biofourmis, a Boston-based specialist in digital therapeutics, told Healthcare IT News that there are clinical-grade wearables now available that can monitor patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 who are under quarantine, whether it's in a home or healthcare setting. Twitter: @dropdeaded209.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As millions of healthcare workers begin receiving the first vaccination to protect against COVID-19, public health officials and government leaders continue wrestling with not only the operational challenges of scale—this is the first mass vaccination since smallpox (1958-1977) and polio (1980s-present)—but also […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2023

NUS Medicine to introduce holographic GI module The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has tied up with GigXR, a California-based provider of holographic healthcare training, to introduce a new mixed reality-based (MR) training module for treating and diagnosing acute gastrointestinal diseases.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

adults’ levels of trust in health care services and suppliers, finding the greatest trust lies with a consumer’s local pharmacy (for 77% of consumers), followed by hospitals (for 73% of people) and in third rank, health technology (63%). Layered on top of this is health citizens’ eroding trust in other aspects of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In June, the government downgraded its public health alert, which meant the end of the temporary conduct of telemedicine after three years. While legislators are still working to get telemedicine institutionalised , the MOHW launched the pilot programme to continue providing citizens an alternative option to access care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2022

But while some lawmakers have moved to permanently safeguard audio-only telemedicine coverage, a few advocates warn that payment parity mandates may actually present hurdles to wider adoption. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2022

Welcome to the first edition of the 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. Read more… 5 Trends in Healthcare IT. Is Larry Ellison’s Vision of a National EHR Database Even Possible?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency set to expire on May 11, the U.S. "We believe such an extension would be evidence of the fact that the present draft rules were unnecessarily restrictive," he said. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2020

A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced legislation to inventory telehealth programs nationwide and evaluate ways to plan for public health emergencies using virtual care. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Tina Smith, D-Minn.,

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chris Anello, Director of Digital Platforms at iTech AG The COVID-19 pandemic pushed healthcare organizations to the edge and exposed both challenges and opportunities related to public health data. This is one area where CX can come in.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

"Receiving reproductive health care, including early pregnancy termination care, through telehealth is no different." " Abortion providers told Healthcare IT News that they had already shifted much of their practice over to telehealth in the interest of patient safety. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This comes as the number of ED presentations is on the rise with emergency teams across the state treating over 480 people daily and demand surge kicking on weekends and during holidays.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 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. Read more… The Good and Bad Sides of Healthcare AI and Automation. Mental health and wellbeing platform Spectrum.Life completed a €5 million raise.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

Reimbursement will almost certainly present another hurdle, with a lack of telehealth coverage possibly standing in the way of giving patients what they want or need. This month we will be reporting on the challenges, opportunities and success stories as work continues to build a healthcare system that works for everyone.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2024

The Australian mental health system has reached a crisis point where psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are leaving the sector in droves due to burnout and inadequate support, leaving patients to wait for long to receive care or delay their treatment and risk further deterioration.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

This past week, a bipartisan group of House representatives – all of whom were present on the call – introduced the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act. Hal Wolf, president and CEO of HIMSS ( Healthcare IT News ' parent organization) agreed that access to care is both a "rural and urban challenge."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with Virginia Telehealth Network's Mara Servaites, executive director, and Robin Cummings, special projects director, to dig into the results and find out the status of telemedicine in the state. These are just some of the impressive results from the new survey. And why do you think this is?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2023

Launched in May, the centre is providing 24/7 support and oversight of the SA health and hospital system, supported by predictive data and analytics. Enterprise Taxonomy: Patient Access Telehealth Population and Public Health Care

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2021

The health system quickly stood up an array of new clinical innovations to deal with the public health emergency, and pivoted its consumer-facing tools to help manage its response to COVID-19. " Zoller will explain more during his HIMSS21 presentation, Is Your Cybersecurity Strategy Pandemic-Ready? HIMSS21 Coverage.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services once again (for the ninth time) extended the public health emergency this past month , stretching it beyond mid-July. But sooner or later, that provision of the Public Health Service Act will draw to a close. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Amwell noted that electronic health record vendors such as Cerner and Epic could build telehealth functionality into their existing systems, and pointed to competitors such as Zoom and Twilio that have pivoted to providing telehealth amidst the relaxation of HIPAA requirements during the public health emergency.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Experience presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences required, including experience with data visualization tools (e.g.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2022

By combining datasets from multiple sources and using a geographic area as a common point of reference (ie: a 1 square mile block or the boundaries of a county), public health users are able to gain insights and infer new relationships. Other Health GIS Use Cases. SIDS and SUID Tracking.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Smith called attention to the nationwide calls for action sparked by the police killing of her constituent, George Floyd, and urged her colleagues to consider how telehealth can be a vehicle for health equity. Rheuban spoke to the potential barriers presented by uneven coverage from the private insurance sector. Dr. Karen S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In a virtual public meeting this past Friday, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed how – and whether – to permanently expand telehealth in Medicare. During the meeting, the 15 commissioners present weighed the ideal fee schedule for physicians and what services might be included in the future.

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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

JANUARY 26, 2022

Healthcare IT News interviewed Griffin to take a closer look at what he will be presenting at the HIMSS22 conference. While each of the changes to loosen requirements has allowed telehealth to serve the needs of the public health emergency, there remain many questions about what the right balance will be going forward.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 14, 2020

A recent IDC Health Insights presentation focused on health IT industry trends during and after the COVID-19 era. It examined some of tools and strategies that stand to gain ground in the months ahead as health systems build on lessons learned during the coronavirus crisis. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

During a presentation this past Friday as part of HIMSS Global Health Equity Week, a public health expert from the UN offered his thoughts on some of the challenges and opportunities for worldwide digital health improvement. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Program Administrator, Policy & Compliance position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

"Many patients, particularly those with chronic conditions, were at a loss to balance public health recommendations to isolate at home with routine medical appointments." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As part of its National Health IT Week program, HIMSS presented a webinar this week exploring the advent of what it calls the "Smart Communities-Cities Movement." You can really envision the delivery of automated services – public health services, social services – anywhere to the person in the community.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Collaboration in healthcare delivers remarkable outcomes. Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 6, 2021

" They could complete assessments of the patient's condition with or without the local nursing team helping with the exam and even invite a family member at home to hear the updates to their care when they were not present. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Success Story #1: Moving Upstream to Identify Most Vulnerable Individuals to Prevent Homelessness There’s a common metaphor in public health about the need to move “upstream” to invest in preventive health, rather than wait for people to present at the “bottom of the river” with severe chronic illness.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2019

The unique advantage that Thailand has is its advanced development of the private healthcare sector, given the country’s reputation as a regional medical tourism hub. In healthcare, it is often easy to ‘cut and paste’ solutions from other health systems but sometimes the answers or successful models may lie within.

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