Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2020

A qualitative RAND Corporation study finds that psychiatrists offering telemedicine for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic have had largely positive perceptions of the transition. Many, however, say they plan to return to in-person care when possible, due to the challenges psychiatric telemedicine entail. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

As the introduction explains, “delivering care in the home has emerged as not only a possible solution to points of friction, but a way to transform how we think about caring for patients.” Discussing the firm’s latest research into patient experience, the study of 3,000 U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. This first event featured healthcare leaders from across the country and took place in Nashville. What was the main message you heard at the conference?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The American Medical Association, in conjunction with Manatt Health, published a report this week exploring the ways that virtual care and other digital tools can accelerate the adoption of the integrated delivery of behavioral and physical healthcare. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Striking the right balance between prioritizing quality patient care and managing everyday leadership tasks is pivotal for healthcare organizations. That’s where leveraging an Iris provider as a virtual medical director for a behavioral health program can be a great move. But it’s not always easy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The American Telemedicine Association has gathered a number of speakers to share their expertise on integrating virtual care into healthcare delivery. The virtual series that began Monday continues today with discussions on aging, home testing use cases and reimbursement and increasing equity in mental healthcare access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2021

Virtual care can help fill the gaps in behavioral healthcare, including the critical supply-and-demand issue – too many patients, not enough clinicians – that has been hampering care for quite some time. "Do I trust that I will receive the same quality of care, that it is proxy to receiving in person care?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2023

And healthcare resources are not always readily available to help them. Which is where the now-mainstream telemedicine can come in. We interviewed Hejl to talk about how Gen Z is changing healthcare delivery and how tech must evolve to their preferences.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 27, 2021

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic hitting in early 2020, Behavioral Health Services North in Plattsburgh, New York, did not frequently use telehealth because of regulatory constraints and what staff considered somewhat cumbersome practices. Revolutionizing healthcare. " Shelby LaRock, Behavioral Health Services North.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium has been awarded a grant from the Federal Communications Commission to increase telemedicine capacity in community health centers statewide. Behavioral health showed the highest rates of adoption and satisfaction among telemedicine offerings. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Prior to 2020, Franciscan Health, a health system based in Mishawaka, Indiana, conducted few telemedicine visits throughout the organization. Outside of some tele-stroke and behavioral health virtual care there wasn't any robust programming for patients to participate with Franciscan Alliance providers through telemedicine.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2024

and even in a lot of urban areas, there’s a significant lack of access to psychiatry or behavioral health services in general. Partially due to the ongoing (and worsening) psychiatry shortage , many healthcare organizations find it difficult to locate high-quality, local behavioral health providers to serve their communities.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

The world of healthcare is ever-evolving, especially when new technology is being adopted. One such new area is healthcare at home. Although we were forced into fully remote operations with COVID-19, we have been making modifications along the way and have discovered how beneficial it can be to our organizations and our patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 24, 2021

An independent study commissioned by a pediatric virtual care company found that 92% of pediatricians and clinicians believe that telemedicine will remain part of health practices in the future. More than half of patients use a mobile app on their smartphone for telemedicine visits. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Esterly, formerly the chief growth and strategy officer at Centria Healthcare, was hired for his deep experience and acute understanding of provider organizations, combined with his proficiency in leveraging technology to reach vulnerable populations. Here, technology and care services offer support to both patients and healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

At the same time, researchers noted, "When it comes to equity in access, telemedicine presents a double-edged sword." " "On the one hand, telemedicine visits can make care more convenient and accessible by removing physical barriers such as distance or transportation costs.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

Here, note the growth of connected TVs, more spending on laptops and computers (driven heavily by continued working-from-home and educating supported in homes), gaming (again, with homes even more focusing on entertainment and family and individual fun time), and wireless headphones — part of that 21st century living.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

Robert Bart, who has served as the chief medical information officer at Pittsburgh-based UPMC since 2017 , spoke with Healthcare IT News about his to-do list during this busy past year and a half, and what he's eyeing in terms of clinical priorities as he looks toward the next year and beyond. This is how we're going to do it.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2022

Given this population’s proximity to mental health resources and other unique barriers like transportation and economic hardship, getting behavioral health support isn’t always possible. Whether it’s medical or behavioral health care, there is a lack of options for individuals in rural communities.

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GlobalMed

MAY 5, 2020

Lorma Breen , a top emergency room doctor at a Manhattan hospital, who committed suicide after working directly with COVID-19 patients is a reminder of the emotional burden healthcare workers face while battling COVID-19. Telehealth Expands Access to Behavioral Healthcare. suffer from depression, 44.6%

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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? If you’re looking to integrate a virtual behavioral health solution into your organization, keep reading to learn what you need to know to make an informed decision.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

“Can we maintain this level of agility and flexibility in how we go forward?” Relaxing regulations can inspire creativity and entrepreneurial behavior. healthcare was relatively low (with Northwell Health actually a more mature user of virtual care). In healthcare, our compact with technology has changed forever.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2022

Health inequity is the result of the behavior of people. Trying to correct health inequity is part of the job for Toni Land, head of clinical healthcare experience at Medallia, a patient and customer experience management company. By offering equitable healthcare, health systems can become more efficient overall.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The practice aims to improve access for necessary in-person care and procedures while offering patients complementary proven interventions ideally suited for telemedicine. "Treating these patients requires a customized management plan and frequent touchpoints to guide patients through dietary and behavioral changes," he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. But so many organizations had no telemedicine programs, and thus technology, in place. You've had great success in telemedicine using Zoom technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

For Michigan Avenue Primary Care in Chicago, the most pressing need near the beginning of the pandemic was to find a way to adopt telemedicine as the primary service model during the COVID-19 lockdown, especially for mental health patients who suddenly were shut off from in-person support. " MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

Over the past few months, the organizations have deployed telemedicine services to support care in at least a half-a-dozen states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. Avel eCARE was able to provide remote support to help staff through by providing critical care consulting to clinicians on-site.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Iris Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Is your emergency department (ED) becoming the go-to for behavioral health patients because your psychiatry unit is under too much pressure? With fewer providers, appointments, and specialized psychiatric facilities available, more and more behavioral health patients are coming to the ED as a last resort. If so, you’re not alone.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

More than 40% of total inpatient cases include a behavioral health diagnosis. Each year it serves thousands in its emergency department, inpatient behavioral health unit, labor and delivery unit, and other departments. ” This opportunity allowed Temple to be flexible in the modality of telemedicine visits in multiple settings.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Commonwealth Care Alliance is a healthcare services organization that offers health plans and care delivery programs designed for individuals with significant needs. Telemedicine has grown to become an important part of delivering on CCA's mission. And all healthcare provider organizations can learn from CCA's implementation.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 13, 2021

Is your emergency department (ED) becoming the go-to for behavioral health patients because your psychiatry unit is under too much pressure? Community and inpatient resources for mental healthcare are dwindling. This means behavioral health patients don’t have to wait for hours to receive treatment from their ED physician.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 24, 2023

Dhruv Suyamprakasam is CEO and founder of virtual healthcare company iCliniq. He believes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models like it are not a threat to healthcare but an enhancement. He spoke about some of the specific challenges telemedicine faces, and described how ChatGPT and similar LLMs can help overcome them.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2022

Behavioral Nutrition is a holistic eating disorder outpatient clinic that treats adolescents and adults using behavioral therapy and nutritional counseling. For virtual care, Behavioral Nutrition selected the technology from Let's Talk Interactive. " Nicole Romano, founder of Behavioral Nutrition. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

Success Stories & ROI Having gained some hard-won wisdom about the dos and don'ts of information technology investments in recent years, healthcare providers are getting bolder in their digital transformation spending.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

SOC Telemed, the largest national provider of specialty acute care telemedicine, announced its acquisition of Forefront Telecare, a leading virtual behavioral health company serving vulnerable adults nationwide across the care continuum. Forefront Telecare will operate as an Access TeleCare company focused on behavioral health.

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