Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. As the COVID-19 crisis has made evident, telehealth can be a useful tool to help connect patients with services remotely.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2024

Now that telemedicine is a mainstream method for healthcare delivery, C-suite executives and health IT leaders at provider organizations must keep a sharp eye on trends in virtual care. We discussed further adoption, the hybrid care model , chronic care management, worksite healthy clinics and asynchronous telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

Generation Investment Management and Ascension Ventures co-led the round for Elation’s primary care platform supporting practices in new payment models and more than 12.8 Elation Health , the clinical-first technology company powering innovation in primary care, today announced a Series D financing round of $50 million.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 20, 2021

Health authorities in Rome have repurposed a COVID-19 telemonitoring tool to monitor people at risk from heat-related illness. In the Lazio region, GPs, health care workers and primary care services are supervising and caring for patients during heatwaves using the LazioAdvice teleconsultation system and Lazio Doctor per COVID app.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2022

An interim national health plan in New Zealand underscores the contribution of digital tools in allowing the health system to provide more care in homes and communities. These tools include personal computers, smartphones, patient portals and digitally enabled clinical equipment for remote health monitoring.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS DAX Copilot is currently the only fully embedded ambient documentation tool currently operational within Epic electronic health records and has more than 55 healthcare organizations using it, Nuance said in the announcement. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. It comes as little surprise that the top story on this list explores the dimensions of a theretofore much-discussed but underused modality of care: Telehealth. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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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

APRIL 26, 2024

It was a 2,500% year-over-year increase, Kristi Henderson, a former Optum senior vice president for digital transformation and CEO of Optum Virtual Care, who is now chief executive officer of Confluent Health, has said. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 22, 2023

The company says its tool is EHR-agnostic and has completed more than 150 calendar integrations, aggregating real-time medical appointment availability on Zocdoc.com or on the free app. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2020

With COVID-19 transmission risks remaining high, many medical practices have been forced to change their business model from one built on face-to-face appointments to delivering patient care via telehealth visits virtually overnight.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The increase in telehealth adoption by physicians and patients alike continues to allow UPMC to develop new digital health tools that offer greater access to high-quality care from the comfort of their own home. "Patients are not dependent on their clinics or health systems if they offer virtual care. " Saiyed said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Its financial checklist offers physicians and administrators 14 tips to help business during the public health emergency, such as consolidating administrative resources like coding tools and making better use of digital health technologies. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." " ( Click here to visit the portal with all the feature stories.). " Collaborative IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This is especially true in primary care where there are not enough physicians to meet the growing patient demand. If patients could see their local pharmacist instead of tying up their primary care physician for this simple type of visit, this would free up a lot of appointment slots for patients with more acute issues.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2021

"As telehealth continues to become more popular, it can be used to get health behavior intervention tools to the people who need them most, but we also need to keep in mind the strain it puts on nurses that are going above and beyond to make this possible," continued Howland, the first author on the study. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

million adult patients at Kaiser Permanente Northern California in 2021, and compared treatment and follow-up visits among primary care telemedicine (video and telephone) and in-person office visits. WHY IT MATTERS The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed more than 1.5 telephone visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back? In search of answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas they would add, remove, or update regulations. The following is what they had to say.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 20, 2022

Inspired by what is happening in the US with the Direct Primary Care movement (DPC), Lotus Medical, is bringing elements of that approach to Canada. They hope to change primary care in Canada. The Direct Primary Care model improves both the physician AND patient experience. That’s the opportunity.”.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 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 Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Elation Health continues to expand its primary care offerings. The acquisition adds revenue cycle capabilities to Elation’s clinical-first EHR and Best in KLAS , virtual care platform. The company recently announced the strategic acquisition of Lightning MD , a cloud-based medical billing and claims management company.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 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

DECEMBER 27, 2022

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. Healthcare IT News interviewed Booker and Ratwani to learn more about their work and how it can inform leaders following and advancing the future of telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It's important to understand that home health technologies are leveraged in home health settings by clinicians for home health patients, and at-home or home-based health technologies are diagnostic and/or screening tools that can be used in non-clinical settings for the purpose of understanding overall health conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2023

THE LARGER TREND With the onset of COVID-19, health systems have been looking to digital tools to improve patient engagement, clinical care and patient outcomes. University Hospitals uses automation to manage care for people with chronic conditions, like asthma, diabetes and congestive heart failure. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

healthcare system has very little to show for it – in the past 10 years, we have made minimal progress in addressing ongoing healthcare challenges of access, quality, outcomes, affordability and equity, even with the introduction of promising new digital health tools. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

They calculated the average distance between patients' home addresses and their assigned primary care clinics, and used Oregon Department of Transportation data about how individuals run errands to estimate what percentage of in-person trips were taken by car. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers also observed that study participants enrolled in telemonitoring were about half as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as those receiving usual primary care. Researchers found that the telemonitoring, combined with pharmacist care management, lowered blood pressure for about two years compared with usual primary care.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 9, 2024

Pearl Health enables primary care organizations to deliver more proactive, whole-patient care through data insights, financial tools, practice enablement technology, and a broad range of value-based care services. About Vim Vim is a middleware platform for healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2024

Panelists will explore the buy versus build dilemma, including the integration of in-house clinicians and external providers, as well as the evolving primary care landscape and infrastructure optimization for virtual care expansion.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2024

The following is a guest article by Bill Lewkowski, Vice President of Strategic Client Services at HCTec Gone are the days when patients or couriers physically transported copies of patient records from their primary care physician’s office, lab or imagining center to a specialist. hospitals and almost half of U.S hospital beds.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2022

Walmart first announced the partnership with Epic this past September, with a goal of helping to maintain connections with patients, healthcare professionals, insurance carriers and other stakeholders. It also plans to use the electronic health record vendor's tools to promote communication, personalization and information sharing.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2022, a lot of attention has been focused on devices for remote patient monitoring (RPM), but devices that enable clinicians to assess and diagnose patients at home are also needed to fully realize the promise of care-at-home. TytoCare , a virtual care company, recently launched its Home Smart Clinic that enables primary care from home.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 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 Today

JULY 30, 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

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The American Medical Association, in conjunction with Manatt Health, published a report this week exploring the ways that virtual care and other digital tools can accelerate the adoption of the integrated delivery of behavioral and physical healthcare. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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