Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2022

The previously unbreakable "Iron Triangle of Healthcare" where the constraints are healthcare systems' top priorities – Cost, Quality and Access – can now be broken with the advent of digital innovations that increase healthcare access and quality without increasing cost or even lowering cost.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 26, 2023

Digital physical therapy refers to the use of technology and digital tools to provide physical therapy services remotely, without requiring in-person visits to a physical therapy clinic or office. Overall, the digital MSK investment landscape is very dynamic, and there are a number of exciting trends emerging.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

THE LARGER TREND In the throes of the pandemic, the study's primary author, A. Jay Holmgren at UCSF, previously partnered with other researchers from Stanford, Harvard and other universities who suspected the rise of telehealth could be to blame for spiking the amount of time clinicians were spending in the EHR.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

more patients than ever are turning to telehealth for care – eschewing overcrowded emergency rooms and dormant physician practices in favor of virtual consults. Some see that trend continuing even after the pandemic has eventually subsided. As COVID-19 continues to hammer the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services over the agency's telehealth restrictions. "That's a fundamental misunderstanding of what telehealth is," said Jesse Panuccio, partner at Boies Schiller Flexner and counsel for RemoteICU, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Manipal Hospitals has tapped Google Cloud to improve its virtual and remote care capabilities while leveraging AI to enhance patient experience. The partnership involves the deployment of the Amwell telehealth platform to enable virtual visits. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed telehealth into the spotlight with exponential adoption, helping to prove its value. The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere. Patients with cardiac arrhythmias can remain home while being continuously monitored.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2019

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has announced the agency will vote to advance a $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, enabling telehealth expansion for low-income Americans nationwide. "I think the FCC should support this new trend towards connected care, which is the healthcare equivalent of moving from Blockbuster to Netflix.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2019

percent, nearly half of the state’s Medicare average, by introducing telehealth services. The non-profit also recently expanded its telehealth services through a partnership with Northwest Ohio Accountable Care Organization, and Ohio Living claimed 80 percent of patients enrolled would recommend the program to a family member or friend.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2021

The survey, commissioned by specialist insurer Beazley , focused on 376 executives from telehealth companies in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as mobile platforms and life science technology software. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

More and more patients are able to take advantage of remote consults and other virtual care options as health systems have begun pursuing telehealth programs in earnest, new HIMSS Media research shows. " Of the 125 respondents asked about the telehealth projects underway at the U.S. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi, Chief Medical Officer at BrainCheck.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

THE LARGER TREND. Along with telehealth, remote patient monitoring programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic because federal rules gave providers the flexibility to use RPM for the duration of the public health emergency. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

2018 was a historic year for telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), as a series of developments played out that helped extend these important care delivery services to more patients than ever before. January: Unbundled CMS Code Increases Remote Care Reimbursement. Get more details here. January 18, 2018.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 13, 2020

"We are excited to be pushing forward the evolution from telehealth to tele-diagnosis," said Tyto Care Co-Founder and CEO Dedi Gilad in a press release. The use of telehealth has surged in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with synchronous, one-on-one video proving particularly important in providing seamless care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The comments focused on three areas: expanding access to more telehealth services and providers, changes to remote patient monitoring services, and telehealth in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. THE LARGER TREND. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

It also pointed out that "many of the waivers and temporary regulatory changes granted during this period have highlighted key opportunities to modernize healthcare delivery by removing outdated regulations." THE LARGER TREND. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

Browse the education sessions scheduled for the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo in New Orleans next month, and you'll notice that many of them are geared toward elderly patients, home-based care and aging in place. We've been talking about it for decades, after all. ATA was founded way back in 1993.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2022

Wei noted the "great potential" for remote care management for chronic illnesses as these are the rising burden of disease in low and middle-income countries. THE LARGER TREND. At the start of the outbreak, it launched a free telehealth service via WhatsApp. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

The report, titled ‘ A Resilient Future: Healthcare leaders look beyond the crisis ’, surveyed almost 3,000 healthcare leaders across 14 countries to determine the readiness of countries to address the global challenges in healthcare and see how they are working to build resilient healthcare systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

It offers technology implementation tips, as well as a reference to CPT codes for reporting telemedicine and remote care services. THE LARGER TREND. The availability of personal protective equipment and the opportunity to provide non-direct patient care are also special considerations."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

And while telehealth, a key component of this, has received much of the focus and spend, RPM has been gaining traction since the beginning of the pandemic. Q: What is the connection between telehealth and RPM, and how can the combination of these technologies make healthcare more streamlined and efficient? Then came COVID-19.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

"Big insurers and retailers like CVS and Walmart are trying very hard to provide a comprehensive range of healthcare services to consumers, starting with primary care," said Paddy Padmanabhan , CEO of Damo Consulting, in a statement sent to Healthcare IT News. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By 2023, 65% of patients will have accessed care through a digital front door as healthcare providers look for better ways to improve access, engagements, and experiences across all services. THE LARGER TREND. 'Tis Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2020

Microsoft is previewing its new Azure IoT Connector for FHIR, an API feature that enables healthcare organizations to scale secure connectivity for an array of devices streaming protected health information. THE LARGER TREND. Even before the COVID-19 crisis, remote patient monitoring was poised to gain big momentum in 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

THE LARGER TREND. Virtual reality, and, more broadly, extended reality , offer a range of opportunities for enhancing healthcare and patient engagement, especially in a remote care setting. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 16, 2020

It has become increasingly important to equip individuals with knowledge about such apps, said the ATA and ORCHA – particularly during the coronavirus pandemic, when an increasing number of patients are turning to remote care and telehealth. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2023

Three more services under Connected Care will be rolled out soon: GPConnect - a service that connects GPs and consultant cardiologists on matters of heart-related conditions; ICUConnect - remote monitoring service by ICU nurses for patients at home; and HospitalConnect - post-discharge monitoring service.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The new solution also offers the remote care team the ability to securely communicate with the patient thus providing feedback and reassurance to patients who are being cared for while in home quarantine. teamplay myCare companion-chronic care, is designed to telemonitor patients with chronic heart failure at home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 12, 2021

A report released Wednesday from Vector Remote Care found that cardiology practices taking a patient-centric approach to remote cardiac monitoring report improved clinical and financial outcomes. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare announced this week that it is expanding the scope and services of its hospital at home program, more than a year since it was first launched in May 2020. THE LARGER TREND. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. WHY IT MATTERS. Other value-based payers will be added. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

What are some trends in rural healthcare that are pushing RPM one way or the other? Telehealth surged nationwide during the pandemic as lockdowns forced the entire country to stay inside their homes. RPM systems can take much of the burden off of both physicians and patients, making the care experience a much more pleasant one.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 12, 2021

The rising number of seniors and the rising cost of care are making technologies that can provide services like remote care delivery critically important, requiring a focus on innovation to keep costs down.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 5, 2022

That will allow its providers to create customized RPM plans for personalized care at home – boosting care coordination and helping manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. THE LARGER TREND. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Michael Gorton is founder and CEO of Recuro Health, a virtual care company that offers Digital Medical Home, which enables members in all 50 states to virtually access comprehensive healthcare services, including virtual primary and urgent care, behavioral health, at-home lab testing, genomics testing, as well as a suite of supplemental benefits.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

So let’s take a deeper look into healthcare at home to see how it has evolved over time, the technology that is driving this change, and how it is impacting our patients and providers. We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today community to get their insights into this topic. The following is what they had to say.

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