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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" The technology's capabilities also were compelling to Fedell because the videos are interactive and have built-in surveys and analytics. "And with the surveys, we could do digital teach-backs to ensure the patient understood what they just listened to.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The platform was designed to supplement our standard pain-scale reporting with questions about recent levels of activity, or how well the patient is following their medication regimen," he continued. As an ambulatory surgery center, it has to be very intentional about collecting readmission data from the regional hospital.

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How Employer Health Plans Can Utilize Telehealth as a Value-Added Service

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Most employers who can embrace these benefits are already doing so: Healthcare IT News ’ Bill Siwicki points to a survey finding that “virtually all employers (96 percent)” are offering some form of telehealth in 2018 if allowed to do so by state law. Keeping hospital admissions to a minimum. Improving general employee satisfaction.

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Healthcare has never experienced anything like Amazon’s combination of logistics, voice AI expertise and data analytics. The impact could be huge.

Lloyd Price

THE LONG LEAD-UP Before we address the impact Haven will almost certainly have on the health sector at large, let’s examine how we got to this point. And if Haven can glean insights about how to best use worksite clinics, those findings will likely be valuable even for smaller companies that are joining the trend. It’s a win-win.”

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The platform also enables health systems to determine how to best allocate resources – healthcare workers, beds – and contains the spread of infectious disease by managing care for lower-risk patients remotely. Patients answer survey questions and enter requested measurements to enable the care team’s assessment.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

If the hospital exceeds its HCAHPS goal, employees receive awards of up to $600 based on their performance and work status. According to the hospital’s most recent employee engagement survey, the hospital’s overall employee engagement score was 89 percent and its employee retention rate is 92.6