Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2023

" Speech language pathologists (SLPs) help address many types of speech and communication difficulties for people of all ages, as explained by Avivit Ben-Aharon, founder and clinical director at Great Speech: Speech sounds – How we say sounds and put sounds together into words. Literacy – How well we read and write.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. As a result, most U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2022

Everyone from the board and the C-suite to the health IT team to doctors and nurses are talking about how digital technologies can change the industry and bring about better care and better outcomes. How will this transformation occur? You suggest that this year, healthcare will become a digital-first system.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 23, 2023

HealthTech is having a major impact on the patient journey, from the moment a patient first seeks care to the point of discharge and beyond. This can help patients to better understand their health and make informed decisions about their care. Providing patients with more information and control.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Merely speculating as to how it will impact the world of healthcare once x gets developed. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Community to hear their thoughts on the digital front door and how it has already transformed healthcare. Now we are seeing rapid uptake in operational workflows that support care too.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." " As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management. But telehealth can help in a significant way.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Burnout is something that can slowly creep up on you but take a long time to crawl out of. Taking time off and finding things that you enjoy and are excited about are key to letting your brain reset and being ready to get back to work. While burnout is hard to recover from, it is possible.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

While our first big push into remote care was a leap into the unknown, this time we want to make sure that we are surveying the landscape to make this a safe, smart, and financially responsible decision. DTx can fill that void in care and provide patients with a much-needed treatment option.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

Telepsychiatry is a great way to improve access to care for your patients, but how do you know if it would be a good fit for your health system? Often, an organization’s hesitation comes from not knowing how telepsychiatry will fit into their current systems or workflows. That’s where the right partner comes in.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

And one area of telehealth that has seen particularly big gains in the past two years is remote patient monitoring. RPM benefits healthcare during the pandemic by helping with hospitals already packed to the gills, enabling patients to be monitored and treated at home. How can RPM help? Patients need more care, not less.

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AMD Telemedicine

JULY 21, 2022

Telemedicine and telehealth technologies are transforming the way that doctors and patients interact with each other. Healthcare facilities, especially those with limited staffing, rely on tried-and-true workflows to ensure that the care of patients is consistently met with ease, continuity, and proper attention.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2023

To better connect with their community and ensure equitable access, healthcare organizations are shifting to a more human-focused, patient-centered care approach. Without a strong focus on language access, some groups of vulnerable patients may fall through the cracks. Is language access provided in a way that is patient centered?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

When the sector is set to face shortages of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034, generative AI could alleviate administrative work, such as summarizing patient calls and managing electronic health records (EHRs), to allow medical staff to focus on improving patient care.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This blog appears today as part of a #HIMSS18 primer series for attendees, and the industry at large, to discuss major health IT issues that will help move health and healthcare delivery forward in 2018 – and beyond. Dealing with healthcare provider burnout due to bureaucratic tasks and high-expectation patient demands.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Launched in December 2020, this service offers patients experiencing urgent, non-life-threatening conditions an alternative to visiting a traditional A&E department. Here's how it works: Patients call NHS 24, the national health service helpline, on 111.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In the UK, fifty percent of people can now expect to live with cancer for ten years or more after a diagnosis. . With these resource challenges, managing patients through their cancer journey is becoming more difficult. Technology and the ability to engage and monitor patients remotely has the power to change this.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2021

United Physicians, based in Bingham Farms, Michigan, is always on the hunt for programs that empower its primary care providers to serve as the medical home for patients. United Physicians is an independent physician organization in metropolitan Detroit supporting approximately 2,000 providers. THE PROBLEM. In fact, they'll worsen.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JULY 31, 2022

The disruptive emergence of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) caused by the pandemic, even though RPM has existed in the shadows for many years, prepared the way for increased sensitivity and raised more significant concern about the importance of cost, quality, and accessible healthcare services. What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“While in 2020 many healthcare organizations saw their financial plans obliterated, patient behaviors radically shift and virtual care explode, in 2021 they will work to put the system back together,” said PwC researchers. " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2023

However, while these chatbots hold promise for revolutionizing healthcare, there are several reasons why these technologies require more time to prepare for widespread adoption. This could result in biased or non-factual responses for patients and providers. ” The human touch is still needed to help AI achieve its full potential.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

JANUARY 28, 2020

Patient information is the currency through which health systems process, exchange, and interpret information. Most patient data was (and much still is) contained within written notes. You can now search for health information online, simply by typing in your symptoms. Digital health records. Web-based healthcare . Wearables .

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. Digitally-enabled care is the future of telehealth – “telehealth” has become industry norm since the start of the pandemic and used as a catchall term for everything from virtual doctor’s appointments to at-home testing kits.

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SteadyMD

APRIL 7, 2022

Clinician burnout is defined as a combination of physical and emotional exhaustion that can lead to reduced effectiveness. Most healthcare professionals joined the profession to heal people and make a difference in the lives of patients. He says the way a doctor’s work life is structured can lead to burnout.

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GlobalMed

APRIL 7, 2020

Correctional leaders have asked how to provide medical care without inmates leaving the facilities. Small town doctors want to connect their rural communities to specialists in urban medical centers. In most cases, yes – although it depends on each patient’s insurance carrier, policy and location. Not necessarily.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

There has been this huge rush to implement AI wherever it can be added. There are so many great things that AI can do, such as data gathering, increased pattern recognition, etc. A human touch is very much still needed, not only to get the AI to function as it should but in order for patients to feel comfortable.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

In my own family, my Uncle Roy struggled to manage his type 2 diabetes—he constantly missed doctor appointments, failed to take his medications, and never checked his blood sugars. Last year, we had the privilege of helping 23,452 patients complete millions of daily care behaviors.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An ageing population, a backlog of property maintenance and ongoing staff shortages, are all well-known problems the NHS and will, unfortunately, continue to be an issue into 2020 and beyond. The plan set out the critical priorities that will support digital transformation and provide a step-change in the way the NHS cares for citizens.

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New Age Healthcare

JANUARY 6, 2020

It is a challenging dilemma as it is and will continue to change how care is delivered to patients while constantly pushing the borders of the extent of “care” that can be delivered. A patient survey predicts that more than 75% of all patients are expected to use digital services in the future [2].

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 15, 2023

Medicaid enrollment is open year-round, and individuals can apply at any time. Medicaid Coverage and Services Medicaid provides a wide range of healthcare services to eligible individuals, including doctor visits, hospital stays, prescription drugs, and preventive care.

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 13, 2019

Blog Login Sign Up 5 Niche Telemedicine Specialties That Might Surprise You Enzyme Health Team March 13, 2019 Telemedicine opportunities extend beyond just primary care and mental health. The future of healthcare continues to support the growth of the telehealth industry. This can also help ease the burden to on-site cardiologists.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

This kind of technology-enabled workflow can take a tremendous burden off of some of our most important care team members. Think about it—we’ve already got technology that can efficiently deliver every kind of communication, whether it’s going from patient to nurse or from nurse to patient.

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mHealth Insight

JANUARY 22, 2020

An interesting paper asking “What is the clinical value of mHealth for patients?” I think this is because medical educators despite the evidence still aren’t teaching students to use the tools of our time. ” has been published in Nature by Simon P. mHealth Insights. mHealth Insights.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

JULY 20, 2023

In October 2022, Providence Saint John's Health Center invested in Project Ronin, an AI driven cancer intelligence platform to empower cancer patients and their clinical teams to manage treatment symptoms, care communications and clinical decision support. Their goal is to reduce ED visits and deliver better patient care and outcomes.

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mHealth Insight

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Laura Donnelly, Health Editor at the Telegraph reports on how new mothers will be offered counselling by Skype under NHS plans to tackle post-natal depression. But thousands do not get support, with suicide the leading cause of death in expectant and new mothers.”

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Her mannerisms are those of a doctor, despite having stopped practising medicine six years ago when she founded Ada, a diagnostic support tool for medical professionals and, since 2016, consumers too. After years of quiet growth, backed by patient investors, however, 2019 is likely to be the year Ada starts making headlines.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

According to the 2019 Accenture Digital Health Consumer Survey , patient’s expectations are increasing for providers to offer digital capabilities. Patients value convenience (appointment times, location) and are increasingly considering “non-traditional” service channels such as retail clinics and virtual care.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to the 2019 Accenture Digital Health Consumer Survey , patient’s expectations are increasing for providers to offer digital capabilities. Patients value convenience (appointment times, location) and are increasingly considering “non-traditional” service channels such as retail clinics and virtual care.

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