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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Raichura, director of the center for telehealth at Geisinger. This telehealth expansion would feature in-home care, when feasible, and broadband access to help ensure care is delivered in a timely and safe manner. Between March 16, 2020, and March 20, 2022, it completed more than 784,000 telehealth visits. " Tejal A.

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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As Iris Telehealth's chief medical officer, Dr. Tom Milam manages a team of clinicians and guides them in telemedicine and industry best practices. We interviewed Milam to discuss: how provider organizations are using telehealth to try to curb provider burnout as demand for behavioral health services increases.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Clinical leadership turned to telemedicine technology and services vendor SOC Telemed to help ensure patients have expeditious access to appropriate psychiatric consultation. Since launching tele-psychiatry, the emergency department has reduced length of stay for psychiatric patients by approximately 70%. ” MARKETPLACE.

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How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One of the big keys to the company's success has been telehealth. Melissa Baird, COO at Hims & Hers, leads a team of engineers that designed a telehealth experience that engages and connects patient care across its service lines, especially for stigmatized conditions. You are responsible for engineering at the company.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She is a member of the clinical leadership at Done, a platform that connects patients with psychiatric board-certified medical professionals for services including online video consultations , diagnosis, care team support and prescription delivery. She’s board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as adult psychiatry.

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Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We pride ourselves on being an innovative health system, and we felt that vendor Iris Telehealth not only had a strong reputation, high-quality providers and strong recruitment, but they were also in a much more innovative, co-development posture. As a result, we're able to get people into psychiatry usually within ten days.

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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.