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Tele-psychiatry helps small provider expand services, treat during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As is the case nationally, psychiatry is in limited supply in the area of River Valley Health and Dental Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. No question existed in the minds of staff about the value of adding psychiatry to their continuum of care. Using telehealth for psychiatry was an obvious solution, King stated.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technologically. Here, we summarize 8 reasons why you should consider telehealth to be part of the holistic health practice of your hospital.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

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Raichura, director of the center for telehealth at Geisinger. "Surveys show that rural Pennsylvanians are not taking care of themselves as well as their urban counterparts," she continued. Improving the quality of healthcare while lowering costs and increasing access in rural Pennsylvania counties is challenging, she said.

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A Hawaii health system meets island community and COVID-19 needs with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For the last decade, Queen's Health Systems has been building telehealth services to meet these patient needs, beginning with hospital-based telemedicine and building out to direct-to-patient telehealth services. "Over the last five years, we built out clinic-to-clinic telemedicine and scheduled direct-to-patient telehealth.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She’s board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as adult psychiatry. Telehealth will continue to grow because it fills a void in the mental health space by creating improved access for many individuals who lacked this access previously. Regarding telepsychiatry, she says in 2024: 1. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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From Zoom to full EHR-integrated telemedicine on $245,000

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Portland Community had not provided telehealth appointments prior to March. To address this problem, the health center started using telehealth. “Using Zoom, we were able to conduct HIPAA-compliant telehealth appointments during the first months of the pandemic,” said Ann Tucker, CEO of Portland Community Health Center.

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Screeners, navigators and nudgers: The future of conversational AI in healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the healthcare industry, he said, the potential for a virtual agent to support a patient seeking services through basic triaging is "pretty obvious." " As telehealth use has surged in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, health systems have turned to conversational agents such as chatbots to do just that.