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. UPMC launched a virtual-first, full-service primary care clinic offering a complete spectrum of care to patients aged 18 and above.

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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 News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

A new health project in Adelaide seeks to provide virtually-delivered primary care services to patients with chronic conditions. In addition, the project will form a new digital health workforce by training doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in both hospital and primary care.

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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 News - Telehealth

APRIL 5, 2021

Additional equipment would be needed to increase the number of specialty care services and expected potential volumes, she recalled. "In addition to our hospital-based services, Legacy operates primary care and specialty care clinics, which were not consistently equipped to provide care remotely," said Wakashige.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A recent study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research found telehealth is nearly as effective as in-person primary care visits when it comes to addressing patient needs. The height of the pandemic and the years that followed proved that telehealth not only works, but it’s here to stay as a primary care source.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

Younger generations had larger proportions of innovators and early adopters, as did behavioral health and primary care physicians. At the same time, however, they stress the importance of policy changes to help overcome existing challenges , including reimbursement clarity and training to use technology more efficiently.

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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. Andy’s fourth installment covered the nuts and bolts of training highly specialized large language models.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2024

With a rugged mobile health center that can deliver "advanced and customized care delivery," rural healthcare workers would be enabled to "perform functions beyond their usual training," ARPA-H said. "Telehealth revolutionized access to primary care and mental health services," Ku noted.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Business Intelligence Analyst (Product Owner) position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is remote.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 19, 2022

"Access to specialty care for many of our communities is scarce; these communities already are faced with primary care shortages, and for those who need to seek specialists and sub-specialists, long travels often are a costly and time-consuming reality," said Tejal A. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2024

Fourth Acquisition Bolsters Remote Patient Monitoring Company’s Presence in Primary Care and Cardiology CoachCare , a leading remote patient monitoring (RPM) and virtual health company, has acquired Nashville, Tennessee-based RPM company Verustat , for an undisclosed amount.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

“Encouraging generative AI adoption in healthcare depends on instilling models with empathy and domain-specific knowledge, mitigating bias by connecting the data ecosystem and continuously fine-tuning models, keeping humans in the loop and developing more cost-effective ways to train and run multi-modal foundation models,” the paper recommended.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2022

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. Conversations about burnout in healthcare need to include non-clinical staff. Read more… Who Will Push Healthcare’s Digital Transformation?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2023

This Ohio primary care practiced acquired three practices and added five physicians to its existing sites. See the video for more advantages offered by eClinicalWorks, such as remote training, telehealth, and support for value-based care. actually grew.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Epic Application Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 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. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to help us identify the technology that lets organizations make the most of their cloud deployments.

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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. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 2, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 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. Georgia-based St.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System offers a 100% virtual care program for behavioral health integration that is delivered to patients either directly in a primary care clinic or the patient's home. The team provides comprehensive behavioral healthcare to a wide range of patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Health plans can expand coverage and fair payment with a margin for all stakeholders utilizing the Collaborative Care Model and other BHI models. Federal policymakers could increase federal funding for efforts – such as loan forgiveness and new residency and training programs – in an effort to grow the workforce.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We asked our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community these questions and the following is what they had to share. In 2024, health systems need a more balanced approach to these critical populations, one that taps into emerging digital capabilities to affordably and effectively deliver care. What health IT trend has you concerned?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The cost of travel and long distances between healthcare providers and patients are commonly cited reasons for patients to delay or avoid medical care. The use of telehealth technology can improve healthcare access for Montanans living in rural and tribal communities by providing access to primary care and specialty services.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 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

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Early in the pandemic, the company launched mental health and primary care service lines. Healthcare IT News sat down with Baird to discuss the company's unique brand of telehealth and how she and her team have developed the technology for a winning endeavor. First we launched primary care.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ann Krutsko, Healthcare IT Researcher at ScienceSoft In healthcare, working with inaccurate patient data is a dangerous game. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2023

" The idea was to improve safety by having a more highly trained individual watching that patient and building an escalation pattern so that this observer did not leave their desk when in-person attention was required. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is remote.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

"We were forced to teach and train our partners from a distance. "Delivering the equipment often involved meeting in the facilities' parking lots, then waiting while the site contact brought the equipment inside so we could conduct the training," he recalled. Pre-COVID-19 programs focused on specialty care access.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium is a unique collaboration between stakeholders across the state that provides access to mental health resources no matter where the child may be. More than 9,000 primary care providers have enrolled in CPAN and there has been a steady increase in the number of monthly CPAN consults.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Based on a media release, the virtual care service features video consultations with primary care providers and clinicians and remote vital signs monitoring. Funding for this service also supports staff and providers' training on virtual care delivery.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

"Reimbursement for telehealth services also was a concern, since the federal government did not issue any guidance at the beginning of the pandemic, though it has since permitted billing of primary care telehealth services," Manga said. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

"We overhauled our telehealth training and onboarding effort to ensure provider acceptance, knowledge and compliance with best practice standards for tele-enabled practice." Staff collaborated with primary care partners to train as many as possible on the integration of telemedicine into their workplaces.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

"This was accomplished over several weeks early in the pandemic and without that, VA care teams may not have been able to maximize video use during this period of time." " "Oh, and one more thing; it wasn’t just video care to the home that VA was able to rapidly scale," Evans added. Twitter: @kjercich.

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