Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2024

While telehealth alone doesn't appear to add significantly to a primary care physician's workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary and EHR work, new research shows. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2023

The boost the pandemic gave telemedicine into the mainstream cannot be understated. But what's next for virtual care? And what about the blossoming trend of virtual-first hybrid care? Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The emergence of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting surge in the adoption of telemedicine are helping address patients’ needs without major signs of safety concerns, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente. WHY IT MATTERS The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed more than 1.5

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

When it comes to policy changes that could help bridge the gap, report authors pointed to ensuring health coverage, investing in social services, reducing administrative burdens and improving service delivery – including via telemedicine and licensure modernization. " THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 11, 2023

AristaMD this week announced its new unified care transition platform, which it says will enable primary care practices to provide patient-to-provider specialty matching, process electronic referrals and access peer consultations to minimize patient wait times for specialties.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The study proposed that if telemedicine expansion indicates physicians spending more overall time in EHRs, health systems and policymakers may need to alter productivity expectations and their reimbursement policies. THE LARGER TREND In the throes of the pandemic, the study's primary author, A.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

The survey found the majority of respondents (78%) who have used telehealth were satisfied with their experience, although older adults are reluctant to use telehealth – the overwhelming majority of consumers age 55 to 64 (81%) and age 65+ (84%) who have access to telehealth have not had a virtual or telemedicine visit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2020

Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard and Senior Editor Kat Jercich join host Jonah Comstock to recap what went down at the American Telemedicine Association's virtual conference last week. How telemedicine can help close the maternal health gap. This episode is brought to you by AmWell.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

On today's HIMSSCast, Oak Street Health Regional Medical Director Dr. Laolu Fayanju joins Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich and host Jonah Comstock to discuss telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and choosing the right patients and use cases for virtual care. This episode is brought to you by BlueJeans.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. The virtual-first primary care was launched in January of 2021 to a ten-county geography in central Pennsylvania.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Rush Health Systems and Ochsner Health System are partnering to bring innovations in telemedicine to patients. In addition to gaining access to Ochsner’s telemedicine capabilities, Rush’s hospitals and primary care clinics also will be able to tap into Ochsner’s billing practices and other support services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2021

Walmart Health's moves in this direction echo that of Amazon Care, which quietly filed to do business in dozens of states before publicly announcing its intention to provide app-based services in all 50 by this summer. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

The American Psychiatric Association, American Telemedicine Association and 70 other organizations signed a letter this past Friday urging the U.S. Citing a 2021 study, they noted that the use of telehealth in harm reduction primary care programs providing buprenorphine helped to increase access to care and overcome health inequities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

A wide-ranging study published this past week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older people, women, Black and Latinx individuals, and patients with lower household incomes were less likely to use video for telemedicine care during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Connecticut Children's Care Network, with 37 independent pediatric practices and more than 200 pediatric primary care providers in Connecticut and Massachusetts, has a mission to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for infants, children and adolescents. THE LARGER TREND. Email: afox@himss.org.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

At the same time, researchers noted, "When it comes to equity in access, telemedicine presents a double-edged sword." " "On the one hand, telemedicine visits can make care more convenient and accessible by removing physical barriers such as distance or transportation costs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2021

Walmart Health's primary care provider has filed to do business in 37 states, suggesting the company is building the foundation to continue its virtual care expansion. THE LARGER TREND. These foreboding signals make retail giants' seeming eagerness to jump into the virtual care space all the more interesting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2022

From the distant past of the 1990s up to just a few years ago, many healthcare technologists have predicted that telemedicine would make it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Well, today, thanks to many factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 2, 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. What Health IT Trend Has You Most Excited ? Thanks for reading and be sure to check out our latest Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundups.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium has been awarded a grant from the Federal Communications Commission to increase telemedicine capacity in community health centers statewide. Behavioral health showed the highest rates of adoption and satisfaction among telemedicine offerings. THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2021

The survey found that 62% of respondents had a virtual care visit of some kind from March 2019 through March 2020 – and for 71% of them, it was their first time doing so. Half of respondents said their primary care provider had offered virtual care visits during the pandemic. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2021

A study by University of Michigan researchers published in Health Affairs this month found that direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits for acute respiratory infections were linked to more downstream visits. For this study, researchers focused on acute respiratory infections, one of the most common reasons patients seek unscheduled care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2022

Telemedicine is on an all-time high. healthcare provider organization today and its teams are conducting some kind of telehealth. Justin Miller , vice president of customer success at eVisit, a telemedicine technology and services company, did just that. I would point out three promising trends.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2021

"Reaching one million visits demonstrates the capabilities of health centers to meet their patients’ needs through innovation and resourcefulness," Christina Severin, president and CEO of Community Care Cooperative, told Healthcare IT News. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

"As providers transitioned from providing in-person primary care to offering telehealth services, we were able to test, vaccinate, and act as lifelines to communities disproportionately hit by the pandemic," he said. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2021

"The Virtual Care Innovation Network funding has helped our health centers in Hawaii expand access to virtual care through homeless outreach programs and also street medicine programs," said Robert Hirokawa, chief executive officer of the Hawaii Primary Care Association, in a statement. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2021

Bernstein was the former vice president of clinical affairs at Carena and was "actively involved," according to a bio listed on the Telemedicine Telehealth Service Provider Summit , with Carena's telemedicine-related growth. THE LARGER TREND. Amazon has made repeated forays into healthcare over the last few years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

"All stakeholders have a critical role to play in making accessible and equitable treatment that addresses peoples’ behavioral and physical health needs a more standard practice within primary care," read the report. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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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 Today

DECEMBER 10, 2019

healthcare system today. The survey, which reached out to primary care physicians around the world, found that despite having powerful health IT tools at the ready, U.S.-based based PCPs are still finding it difficult to coordinate care with other […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2021

The findings predominantly indicate that the use of telemedicine is likely to extend beyond the pandemic, with reduced waiting times and general efficacy of end-to-end processes cited as contributing factors. Would respondents use telemedicine again? Of total respondents, 79% said that they would use telemedicine again.

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

Quickly scale your telemedicine business using our clinician network - announcing Enzyme On Demand ! Blog Login Sign Up 9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry Enzyme Health Team March 27, 2019 In an industry that can feel isolating, it’s important to keep connected. Only 20% are listed here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Florida's Tampa General Hospital has teamed up with healthcare technology company OnMed to deploy new telemedicine stations deployed inside the facility. THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2022

“No matter how close the nearest primary care physician office is, if they can’t get out of bed or leave their home, they simply are not going to get care before their conditions worsen,” said Blue Beckham, chief strategy officer at Scottsdale Physician Group. " Blue Beckham, Scottsdale Physician Group.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2022

Southcoast Health System, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, has employed a multi-pronged approach to solving different issues through telemedicine. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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