GlobalMed

MAY 31, 2019

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The industry faces severe provider shortages – exacerbated by a terrible burnout problem. And that is what FirstHealth of the Carolinas has done, using telemedicine technology. The provider works with the patient to establish a primary care physician and assists in scheduling the first in-person appointment.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Telehealth will help many people meet up with health care access — but not necessarily universally or equitably. Healthcare delivery will be omnichannel, featuring digital front doors and new primary care on-ramps. Mental health will continue to be the epidemic beyond the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2022

From the distant past of the 1990s up to just a few years ago, many healthcare technologists have predicted that telemedicine would make it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Well, today, thanks to many factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream.

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Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. Get to know these, and you should be able to follow along with most telehealth industry conversations or lectures no problem. Just getting started in the field?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

Nearly 60% of Americans would visit a pharmacy as their first stop for non-emergency care , and 81% trust pharmacists and nurse practitioners to diagnose minor illnesses and prescribe medications, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health survey. Sana Primary Care appointed Jay Parkinson, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 14, 2020

After all, GlobalMed is a telemedicine company and we should be all about expanded options for remote care. Apps that cater to their most quixotic whims have taught patients to expect the same responsiveness and gratification from the healthcare industry. Closing gaps in care. Home health care. Well, yes – we are.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 29, 2023

Tele-coaching: Patients can receive coaching from a nurse or other healthcare professional on how to manage their health. They have the potential to improve patient outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and increase access to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

"The focus of our session is how technology enables and enhances clinical workflows and patient experiences and outcomes, especially when applied to an emerging area of telemedicine like remote patient monitoring," he explained.

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Henry Kotula

APRIL 13, 2023

Still Time For a Healthcare Industry Reinvention (Part 2) Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a multi-part series on healthcare revolution. Recognizing and Addressing the Challenge Patients’ healthy life expectancy should be the focus of the healthcare industry, communities, employers and governments. The same with telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Telemedicine has had an interesting history. During what may be seen as the utopian period for telemedicine – the COVID-19 pandemic – telemedicine lived its gilded age. Sage Growth Partners, a healthcare consulting firm, has set out to determine whether telemedicine, a high-growth technology, is here to stay.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Earlier this year, our health system broke ground on a 60,000 square-foot Virtual Care Center, which will feature dedicated clinician workspaces equipped with the latest telemedicine technology to offer on-demand urgent care, behavioral health care and primary care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2021

His LinkedIn describes the role as the "founding medical director of the medical practice for Amazon Care." " As Christina Farr explained for CNBC in February 2020, Amazon Care's "care providers, including the physicians and nurses, are technically employed by a separate subsidiary called Oasis Medical.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Brenden Hayden, Chief Operating Officer at Estella Health Healthcare has traditionally been a slow industry when it comes to embracing change. During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients learned quickly that care at home, delivered via telemedicine (phone, video, email) could efficiently and effectively address many of their clinical needs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2022

“No matter how close the nearest primary care physician office is, if they can’t get out of bed or leave their home, they simply are not going to get care before their conditions worsen,” said Blue Beckham, chief strategy officer at Scottsdale Physician Group. " Blue Beckham, Scottsdale Physician Group.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It should not be news to anyone in the healthcare industry that the nation is suffering a profound shortage of mental health professionals, which was exacerbated by the pandemic. What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 1, 2022

But will RPM’s benefits stand a chance in an emergency care setting? The role of technology in the healthcare industry has been changing drastically over the past few years. Telehealth is a growing industry with many innovations coming up. Consumers are adopting telehealth because of its convenience and lower cost of care.

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American Well

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Telehealth often helps patients with urgent or acute care. In addition, specific medical use cases for telemedicine include teleradiology or telestroke, and a wide variety of specialties to connect physicians with patients. Providers can see patients with chronic diseases at home for cost-effective health care maintenance.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2018

health care industry wonks (including me) have used the “d” word in conversation, presentation, and prognostication. They said that the technologies that would have the largest disruptive impact would be telemedicine, artificial intelligence, interoperability, and data analytics. Since then, U.S.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

It’s no wonder many healthcare professionals view Medicaid care plans as a cycle of lost income, missed treatment and wasted time. When providers avoid treating Medicaid patients on a large scale, the medical industry is effectively assigning care based on income and social class. That number will rise to 82 million by 2026.

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SteadyMD

AUGUST 23, 2022

So we analyzed responses from a sample of over 1,700 clinicians who were interested in working for SteadyMD, which included doctors (35%), nurse practitioners (52%), and therapists (12%). But for nurse practitioners, about half had 5 years or less experience in their field. Why are clinicians interested in telehealth?

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care innovations

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Changes to policy regarding telehealth and remote patient management (RPM) — and, specifically, changes affecting the reimbursement for these services offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — are having an effect on the usage of digital delivery on the larger healthcare industry.

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American Well

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Telehealth often helps patients with urgent or acute care. In addition, specific medical use cases for telemedicine include teleradiology or telestroke, and a wide variety of specialties to connect physicians with patients. Providers can see patients with chronic diseases at home for cost-effective health care maintenance.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 8, 2023

Virtual healthcare, also known as telemedicine or telehealth, has revolutionized the healthcare industry, allowing patients to receive quality medical care from the comfort of their own homes. Virtual healthcare can help primary care providers provide better patient care, improve patient outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs.

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19 Labs

JUNE 29, 2022

We were joined by two experts, Dr Juan Carlos Ceron, the Telemedicine Coordinator at the Health’s Secretary of the state of Oaxaca (Mexico), and Dr Xochitl Leon Cruz, an obstetrics and gynecology specialist. 19Labs is the creator of GALE: Next Generation Point-of-Care platform for pharmacies, schools, and rural communities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

"We see the changes in healthcare delivery during the pandemic staying, and paralleling other industries bringing shopping, entertainment and personal finance directly to the home and into the hands of consumers," Karim added. There is a wide variety of telemedicine technology vendors on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

" Another problem Baptist Health was facing was non-traditional players such as Amazon, Walmart and Google entering the healthcare industry, along with dedicated national telemedicine companies such as Amwell, LiveHealth and others. There are numerous vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. The effect of the COVID-19 epidemic on health and care – is this a portent of the 'new normal'?

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 17, 2021

Dive Brief: Amazon is expanding its virtual care pilot program, Amazon Care, to employees and outside companies nationwide beginning this summer in a major evolution of its telehealth initiative , as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive unprecedented demand for virtual care. healthcare industry.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Our clinicians — nurses, physicians and pharmacists — continue to be the most-trusted honest and ethical professions in the overall U.S. economy, not just in the health care economy.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

Qualtrics is partnering with the DAISY Foundation by adding a prompt for patients completing feedback forms to nominate a nurse for a DAISY Award. Utah-based palliative care practice Bristol Advanced Illness Management deployed eClinicalWorks. selected Equality Health as its technology-enabled primary care service provider.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Throughout 2018, we witnessed across-the-board advances in the world of telemedicine. In 2018, more states introduced telemedicine parity reimbursement laws. With the disclaimer of not possessing an 8-Ball, below are some of the things we believe are “around the proverbial corner” for the industry in 2019.

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American Well

JULY 25, 2016

While most public-facing industries now take for granted the need for seamless and multi-channel options for physical and virtual engagement, healthcare is still playing catch up. industry mandates for proactive and affordable care, insurer network adequacy and more preventive care.

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Henry Kotula

DECEMBER 27, 2021

That means that 1 in 4 people quit their jobs this year across all industries. Pharmacy and retail chains Walmart and CVS Health both detailed their intended expansions into primary care. The pandemic helped the telemedicine industry take off in a big way. million people quitting in September. Telehealth expansion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

Focus on Workforce Development According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States will see a shortage of between 46,900 and 121,900 physicians by 2032, including both primary care doctors and specialists. How the consumerization of healthcare is changing the industry. Collection. by May 10, 2019.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 27, 2020

For hospitals and doctors’ offices, that means building on a major shift to telemedicine, new workflows to allow for more infection control and revamping the supply chain for pharmaceuticals, personal protective equipment and other supplies. “And now we’re relying on private industry to meet the need.”

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