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Osmind EHR integrates Zoom for psychiatry telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The future of mental health care requires omnichannel care where telehealth plays a role in a larger continuum of treatments," said Dr. Carlene MacMillan, vice president of clinical innovation at Osmind, in a statement. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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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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Epic research shows telehealth efficacy, makes case for more reimbursement 

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A dual team study of in-person, same-specialty follow-up rates after telehealth appointments published by Epic Research examined the cadence of care and found virtual medicine to be an effective tool. The researchers also found that genetics and nutrition are the specialties that made the most efficient use of telemedicine.

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Maryland health system conquers the digital divide with telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an abrupt change to reimbursement of telehealth services, allowing healthcare providers to more broadly expand patient access to virtual care. Health disparities from the digital divide. Recipient of an FCC grant.

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Zoom's head of healthcare talks the future of telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth continues to be a priority for the healthcare industry. 72% of survey respondents want to attend healthcare appointments both virtually and in-person post-pandemic, demonstrating the clear need for telehealth as an option for this hybrid approach to healthcare. Will telemedicine remain popular?

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Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We pride ourselves on being an innovative health system, and we felt that vendor Iris Telehealth not only had a strong reputation, high-quality providers and strong recruitment, but they were also in a much more innovative, co-development posture. As a result, we're able to get people into psychiatry usually within ten days.

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Baptist Health uses telemedicine to enable 24/7 vital care for suicidal patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Second, we are very proud of our progress in opening and maintaining an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit at Prattville Baptist Hospital, our community hospital that has served the area for over 70 years," she noted. " Within the geriatric psychiatry unit, the logistics were a little more complicated.