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Telehealth helps one hospital reduce ER overflow hours from 1,700 to 148

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"By having a psychiatric nurse assessor interact with the patient to address immediate concerns and gather information first, the telemedicine psychiatrist receives a more thorough background and review of the patient’s unique needs." " Char Biamonte Stockl, RN, CaroMont Health. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Q&A with Dr. Eve Cunningham of Providence: “Let’s Talk about the Problems We’re Trying to Solve.”

Health System CIO

Recently, Cunningham spoke with Kate Gamble Managing Editor at healthsystemCIO, about her team’s core objectives, particularly around virtual nursing, the importance of effective change management, and the genesis of MedPearl, what she termed as a ‘GitHub for doctors.’ Under the hood, we have three different buckets of things we do.

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Why (and When) You Should Consider a Virtual Medical Director

Iris Telehealth

Striking the right balance between prioritizing quality patient care and managing everyday leadership tasks is pivotal for healthcare organizations. During my years at Iris, I’ve seen many clinics promote staff members into leadership positions based on seniority rather than on that person having experience in leadership or administration.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. "More than 8% of total outpatient visits now are conducted virtually, and more than 2,000 providers and more than 500 nurses have been trained to use telemedicine," Raichura reported. MARKETPLACE. " RESULTS.

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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. As Iris Telehealth's chief medical officer, Dr. Tom Milam manages a team of clinicians and guides them in telemedicine and industry best practices. More than three-quarters of U.S.

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The 2020 Amwell Client Awards

American Well

At a time of tremendous stress and uncertainty for our healthcare system and our nation as a whole, the health plans and health systems recognized in the four categories below have shown exceptional vision and leadership in scaling virtual care and improving health outcomes for individuals and communities. Leadership Alignment.

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The 2021 Amwell Client Awards

American Well

To recognize these achievements and highlight those who have shown exceptional vision and leadership, Amwell is proud to announce its annual Client Awards in four award categories: Empowering Providers: For partnering with providers to enhance the virtual care experience for long-term adoption. Innovative Integrations. AdventHealth.