Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Using the electronic health record, the team extracted demographic information for adult patients scheduled at UPenn's health system’s primary care and medical specialty clinics for telemedicine care in the first few months of the pandemic. Otherwise telehealth won't work." " THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

" CMH, which serves more than 400,000 people in the state, saw a significant decline in in-office visit numbers, said Martel, as well as a drop in the number of those seeking care through the emergency department and hospital admissions. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services make permanent.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sun River Health was among the first organizations to receive funding under the Federal Communications Commission COVID-19 Telehealth Program. " A change in New York State and Medicare reimbursement along with receipt of the $753,367 FCC grant infused working capital on top of Sun River Health's investment in telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

"We applaud HHS and CMS for taking an important and urgently needed step towards modernizing the laws that are critical to the success of the regulatory sprint to coordinated care," said ATA CEO Ann Mond Johnson in a statement. WHY IT MATTERS.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Shifts in state and federal policies fueled massive growth for both commercial and government reimbursement for telehealth and, admittedly, there was also growing maturity in the understanding of how to blend technologies into the way we consume and deliver care. More payers added telehealth to their benefits. Hindsight is easy.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

population, the rising cost of care and the stresses placed upon healthcare organizations who serve patient populations, alternatives to traditional care have presented themselves as viable solutions. What is Chronic Care Management (CCM)? In light of the aging U.S. What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)?

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the landscape of ambulatory care with rapid shifts to telehealth. Many states have directed insurers to temporarily cover COVID-19-related services via telehealth while mandating parity of reimbursement for telehealth visits with in-person visits for their Medicaid program.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Shifts in state and federal policies fueled massive growth for both commercial and government reimbursement for telehealth and, admittedly, there was also growing maturity in the understanding of how to blend technologies into the way we consume and deliver care. More payers added telehealth to their benefits. Hindsight is easy.

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American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

Will Expand Medicate Telehealth Coverage. A bipartisan group of US Senators recently reintroduced the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (or CHRONIC, for short) Care Act of 2017 (first introduced in 2016 ), intended to improve healthcare outcomes for Medicare recipients living with chronic conditions.

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American Well

JUNE 22, 2017

Will Expand Medicate Telehealth Coverage. A bipartisan group of US Senators recently reintroduced the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (or CHRONIC, for short) Care Act of 2017 (first introduced in 2016 ), intended to improve healthcare outcomes for Medicare recipients living with chronic conditions.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 2, 2023

population, the rising cost of care and the stresses placed upon healthcare organizations who serve patient populations, alternatives to traditional care have presented themselves as viable solutions. In other words: remote patient monitoring can be a very useful component in chronic care management.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The Alliance for Integrated Care of New York (AICNY) oversees the healthcare needs of roughly 6,200 dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. THE PROBLEM.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The specialist may be the right person in the right role, but at a given time they may not be the ideal primary care provider. The reason for this lies in the current structure of care in the United States, a structure I see as the healthcare pyramid. On the technology end, we have the emerging platform of Telehealth.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The specialist may be the right person in the right role, but at a given time they may not be the ideal primary care provider. The reason for this lies in the current structure of care in the United States, a structure I see as the healthcare pyramid. On the technology end, we have the emerging platform of Telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Cindy Gaines, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Lumeon Telehealth, digital communication, and remote patient monitoring rose to the forefront during the pandemic and are now well-established care delivery options. When thinking about home care, it’s also worth mentioning how technology really empowers at-home care providers.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), brings pivotal updates in healthcare reimbursement. The implications of these changes extend to reimbursement strategies, service delivery methods, and overall patient care quality.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Each month Avizia shares some of the latest news from the telehealth industry, including research, events, legislation, insight and more. 5 Factors Driving Telehealth to Top $1 Billion by 2018. While younger generations are flocking to telehealth services, more and more seniors are using on-demand healthcare as well.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Limiting access to the skilled care and assisted living areas was one of the greatest challenges. How could staff continue to provide excellent care while limiting physical interaction? “We began leveraging Cisco WebEx and Skype to deliver virtual visits and care, using tablets as endpoints,” Plunkett explained.

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American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

CMS Issues New Telemedicine Guidelines and Approves Seven New Procedures in Move to Further Encourage Telehealth Initiatives. For its part, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is taking a step forward in supporting the wider use of telemedicine. Are State Laws Holding Back Telehealth? Dark Daily.

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American Well

APRIL 26, 2016

From a bad infrastructure to gaps in access to healthcare, delivering care across the massive country to a growing number of mothers and babies is a major issue. Dr. Sandra Mattos, a pediatric cardiologist, is leveraging the power of telehealth to help thousands of babies. Telemedicine is bringing patients new hope. The result?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2023

THE PROBLEM Before the advent of telehealth in addiction treatment, people seeking medical help for opioid use disorder faced several challenges that limited their access to care. Dr. Robin Arthur Williams, chief medical officer at Ophelia, a telehealth provider that cares for OUD patients, spells out the challenges: Geography.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2024

And a new study of the device Brady presented at the 2023 American Heart Association Scientific Symposium shows promising results. What were the results of the study you did on the device results you presented at the 2023 American Heart Association Scientific Symposium? Heart failure will account for $70 billion of U.S.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware that telehealth technologies are on the rise. Telehealth is being adopted by major health systems, health plans and employers in order to deliver more immediate access to care that can also reduce overall costs to the organization and the people or patients they serve.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Emergency departments and urgent cares are over capacity nationwide, and patients often wait weeks to see their primary care physician. Almost 75% say that this impacts patient care moderately to severely. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

So a patient will have to travel to a primary care or clinic setting and the on-site providers will set up a telemedicine cart within their room. "Payers would not consider the option of allowing patients to remain in their homes to receive care. " Integrating telehealth into the EHR. In May, it was 50-50.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

As we do each year, the Amwell team has selected from a highly competitive field of clients those who stand out for their innovation and achievement in telehealth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system saw an unprecedented surge in virtual care. Cleveland Clinic continues to be a model of provider engagement.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware that telehealth technologies are on the rise. Telehealth is being adopted by major health systems, health plans and employers in order to deliver more immediate access to care that can also reduce overall costs to the organization and the people or patients they serve.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Personal value-based care will continue to grow in 2024 and it will be critical for healthcare providers to create digital access to support in-person and telehealth visits in order to maximize outcomes for both healthcare organizations and patients while driving consistent operational efficiency.

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Mend

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Today, the majority of primary care physicians fret that telemedicine is way too time-consuming and complicated for them to execute in their already busy practices. It only makes sense for healthcare practices—both big and small—to leverage the potential that telehealth solutions offer before the competition becomes too much.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

"We follow these patients longitudinally, meaning when someone enrolls with us, we will manage them alongside their primary care physician and specialists throughout their entire care journey. "A single provider feedback feature attached to every alert poses the question, 'Did this alert cause a change in care?

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That confirms our observations that virtual care is becoming an ingrained part of medicine – but with that growth inevitably comes change. Telehealth is the market that never stops moving, so let’s look back and review the dynamics, announcements and updates that shifted our world in 2019. Tech Visionaries Reinvent Telehealth.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

TOTO’s CES 2021 presentation talked about a “new normal way of life,” with the so-called “wellness toilet” able to scan the body and record various health metrics (mental and physical) about the user. During the pandemic, inpatient hospital beds have been in short supply in various communities across the U.S.,

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

JANUARY 4, 2018

So, with all these formidable benefits going for it, why is telemedicine – a decades-old technology – only now beginning to make a dent in the delivery of health care in the United States? health care are practically innumerable – and familiar to any serious student of our nation’s health care system and health policy.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I’m not suggesting that most current patients could be cared for remotely in a decade — but I do think we’re moving in that direction. The exploding elderly population, in combination with a shrinking workforce to fund Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security, will force our health system to ration care in new ways.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

To treat employees to a little extra, Boone County Health Center offers extra paid time off as a birthday present. Boone County Health Center also promotes a healthy work-life balance with discounts on fitness memberships and child care services. Boone County Health Center (Albion, Neb.). Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City).

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

Effusive digital health funding and increases in mobile and telehealth services show no signs of abating, and neither does general M&A activity. This year will see a swath of players from across the industry tackle behavioral health gaps by complementing primary care with telemedicine. Doubling down on digital.

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