Iris Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Telehealth has revolutionized the patient experience by making it easier to attend appointments, communicate with their provider, and reduce no-show rates. On top of enabling continuity of care for patients, telehealth also increases clinician satisfaction and provides financial benefits for organizations.

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Mend

APRIL 20, 2022

But in today’s telehealth market, it’s crucial to also focus on how to improve patient satisfaction. Virtual medical and mental health professionals are prioritizing patient satisfaction with Telemedicine more than ever before. A high satisfaction rating can drive more patients to your practice. Learn More.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

A decade+ later, we see the maturing of the patient-as-consumer, taking on more self-care beyond fitness and wellness blurring into medical and acute care as hospitals re-locate services and monitoring to people at home and people becoming more activated in tracking chronic conditions, from head-to-toe.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

I’ll point to one that’s become a key learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is mental health care. have a mental health provider in their practice, compared with 9 in 10 Dutch and Swedish primary care practices. communities, worsening health disparities that grew in the COVID pandemic.

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Iris Telehealth

JULY 3, 2023

Integrated mental health services acknowledge that mental health and physical health don’t exist in silos and make high-quality care a reality for patients across the country. Likewise, depression can increase the risk of many physical health problems such as heart disease and stroke.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When I first participated in NH4H several years ago, an over-arching theme was how to attract and retain nurses with concerns about ongoing shortages of nurses in the U.S. health system. Participants came from over 30 countries and from across the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

Additionally, the increased attention to women’s health topics is drawing interest from global players and investors. As a lead of a holistic health product tailored to women, I have gathered some insights into what to expect from 2024 and how to come prepared. billion by 2030, up from $15.4 billion in 2021.

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 16, 2022

million patients visit hospital emergency departments in the United States each year. Among those seeking emergency care from EDs is a growing number of patients suffering from mental health crises. So, why is it difficult to address mental health needs in the ED? According to the CDC , approximately 146.5

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Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2021

Most of the 2021 Fjord Trends, listed in the first graphic shown here from the report, support health citizens’ self-care at home or closer-to-home. ” In their forecast on “what’s next” for the trend, Fjord IDs health care as a key opportunity area, with the proviso that inclusive design must be a priority. .”

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Machine learning and AI can help with this, but the actual test for health IT professionals is how to see through the pie-in-the-sky promises from so many AI solutions to recognize the practical and proven solutions using AI to optimize data and prevent patient harm.

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2024

RAND published a comprehensive research report on insomnia’s economic and societal burden, calculating the base of people with chronic insomnia and the fiscal impact of sleeplessness on the economics of the family as well as in aggregate to society.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Integrated care acknowledges that mental health and physical health don’t exist in silos and makes high-quality care a reality for patients across the country. Likewise, depression can increase the risk of many physical health problems such as heart disease and stroke. For patients.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Patients as health consumers face challenges paying for care, managing mental health, finding health services and taking time off work to access them, caregiving, and in transportation for care along with personal mobility issues. A few key data points illustrate the magnitude of the frustration: 50% of U.S.

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Xealth

APRIL 25, 2023

Only the Beginning of Behavioral DTx Challenge: The demand for behavioral health and the limited supply of caregivers in this space requires that Banner and healthcare at large look at different care modalities. DTx is an important part of the equation but only part of a full spectrum of care options.

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AMD Telemedicine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Now, many healthcare professionals are trying to determine how to move past COVID-19, asking, “Is telehealth additive or substitutive?” Some patients prefer virtual care due to convenience, comfort, or other personal factors. Mental health counseling is another prime telehealth use case.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

That sudden experiment allowed for valuable insights that healthcare organizations in 2021 can use to fine-tune where they should land on the spectrum of virtual and in-person – in ways that make the most sense for care delivery, patient experience, reimbursement and clinical research.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2020

How to manage risk without complete information on the coronavirus? Adams was for health citizens to “socially distance:” that is, stay the heck away from each other to avoid exposure to the coronavirus. This would lead to an epidemic inside the pandemic: the erosion of our mental health.

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2022

is mired in an epidemic of chronic health conditions, from obesity to diabetes to heart disease to mental health or mood disorders,” the Index’s report explains. The Building H Index is, in their words, flipping the script to reimagine how to bake health-by-design into companies’ product and service offerings.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Thoughts from the Patient Experience Symposium. As I left the Patient Experience Symposium in Boston, (Yes, an in-person conference. How weird!) On the one hand, has the healthcare industry progressed at all hardwiring the improvement of patient experience? Listen to the podcast here [link].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

We will see continued focus on the social determinants of health by EHR vendors in 2023. We also learned of the importance of mental health. EPIC is focusing on three main areas in 2023: Efficiency improvements for clinicians and administrators so that more time can be spent with patients.

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Iris Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Keep reading to learn more about common telehealth misconceptions, why virtual works so well for psychiatry, and how to set patients and providers up for success in a virtual environment. While telepsychiatry is beneficial to patients, it also benefits providers. Common telehealth misconceptions.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 29, 2023

Tele-monitoring: Patients can use remote monitoring devices to track their health data, such as blood pressure, heart rate, and weight. Tele-coaching: Patients can receive coaching from a nurse or other healthcare professional on how to manage their health. Thoughts, comments?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With the advent of digital musculoskeletal (MSK) care programs – like the ones offered by Sword Health – we’re seeing high levels of patient engagement and program completion that improve clinical outcomes, reduce or eliminate pain, and even improve patients’ overall mental health scores.

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Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you’re a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner, you might recently have started looking for work in telemedicine, a growing industry in the world of mental health and medicine. But how exactly do you decide which telemedicine company is best for you? Improve Patient Outcomes. Incorporate Work, Life, Balance.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2023

They provide everything from primary care to pediatrics to dental, and mental health services. The 1,200 staff at MPHC handle over 400,000 patient encounters each year. Portals can be difficult for patients to navigate on their own and staff do not usually remember how to get to the portal to even being to guide patients.

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AMD Telemedicine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

How to Leverage Digital Tools to Reduce Burnout and Improve Employee Satisfaction Healthcare is in the throes of an employee burnout crisis — and the numbers are nothing short of alarming. A devoted space allows people to practice and reduce the chance of error when the system actually goes live, thereby improving the patient experience.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

Now, this is a reality not a vision as health citizens around the world have complied with government mandates to #StayHome, shelter-in-place, from Chinese provinces to Madrid, to northern Italy and westward to the hotspot of New York City.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MAY 10, 2023

This has enabled patients to receive timely and accurate information about COVID-19, as well as other health conditions. Mental Health Support: The pandemic has also had a significant impact on mental health, and patient education has been essential in providing support and resources for patients.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

APRIL 27, 2021

Two of the groups work fairly independently and are focused on two important facets of wellness, mental health and transition to adult care. Our main working group “Clinical Care Delivery & Design Group” includes nurses, NPs, social workers, parents and young adult patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

In a hearing this week, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked how many of those changes should be made permanent – and how to make sure the most vulnerable won't get left behind. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., He also described the importance of: ensuring the Secretary of the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

To all the other factors that hold people back from taking their meds, he adds social and religious factors, concerns about side effects and interactions, the stigma to admitting that the patient has a condition (particularly concerning mental health), and sometimes even opposition by family members.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Patients had trouble learning how to sign on to video visits, or had unstable network connections that led to either choppy or dropped connections. “Our patients for the most part took it in stride, with our video visits being one of our most positive patient experiences.”

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Time to look to the East and take some lessons on how to bring telehealth to people at home, in communities, and outside of U.S. Check out this last public health poster about Medicare and COVID-19. As the Chinese proverb goes, “A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.”.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In our report, A Call for Care That’s Personal, Accessible and Social , we identify older patients as “digital immigrants,” newer to mobile platforms and digital health tools…but learning how to speak this new ”language” and work-flows of telehealth, mobile health apps, and patient portals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

"But when we were able to move our technology to the point of advancing home health initiatives, we've actually seen it take off. In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better." " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. Fisne offers a personal example.

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Health Populi

JUNE 7, 2019

How to run a horizontal team with seven businesses she didn’t know as well as the folks on the ground who ran them? How to add value in that scenario, Catherine wondered? Disney challenged her, in that move to Australia, to manage the entire portfolio of businesses well beyond her “vertical expertise.”

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