Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In November, a long report (the third of 2020 ) called The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults was published, the result of 30 interviews with executives from organizations large and very small. These services include meals, transportation, home care, and medication delivery as well as Medicare plan selection assistance."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

According to a study published last week in the Journal of the American Informatics Association, virtual urgent care visits at NYU Langone Health grew by 683%, and non-urgent virtual-care visits grew by a staggering 4,345% percent between March 2 and April 14. "Anything else is just pivoting in a chair.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

The spike has been attributed to a) the declaration of a state of emergency in March; b) introduction of Medicare/Medicaid coverage matching in-person visits; and c) encouragement from hospitals and medical practitioners. . Next generation: What are the dimensions of remote care technology? What will be the priority?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Remote care clinicians have also broadened the treatments they offer, to include COVID-19 and other acute and chronic conditions, according to officials at the Salt Lake City-based health system. WHY IT MATTERS. The initiative now serves patients at 12 hospitals across Utah, with new locations soon to come. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). In addition to a shortage of clinicians to provide care, there often are other barriers to access, which include cost and transportation issues. Taking vitals is not necessary.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Will results change when older adults are surveyed later this year?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

Virtual care solutions, currently underutilized as simply a replacement for in-person clinic visits, can be deployed more strategically and comprehensively to benefit both patients and clinicians. RPM addresses the needs of health workers, care teams and patients across the continuum of care.

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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

The reality of having virtual services available from specialities like psychiatry, dermatology, primary care, plastic surgery would mean more accessible healthcare for all, regardless of income. There is an increased reimbursement for remote care services offered by the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A frequently discussed consequence of the COVID-19 crisis is the uptick in reliance on telehealth, with both patients and clinicians pivoting quickly to virtual care in order to minimize in-person contact. " Summus is among a number of vendors and organizations that offer remote second-opinion services for patients and employers.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Technical literacy, such as knowing how to use devices and interact with electronic health record (EHR) portals and video interfaces. Now studies show they also correlate to someone’s likelihood of being able to participate in video visits or electronically request appointments or prescription refills.

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care innovations

MAY 30, 2018

Much has been written about the benefits of telehealth services like remote care within the healthcare system. Time and again, remote patient management has been shown to improve patient satisfaction and lower operational costs , as perhaps best demonstrated by the success of the Mississippi Diabetes Health Network.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

As healthcare further shifts from a fee-for-service to a value-based care approach, care delivery is shifting from an in-clinic, episodic, reactive model of care to one that is continuous and proactive, and a blend of in-clinic and remote. A video session with a patient is an important option for healthcare providers.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced new codes that can be used by healthcare providers to submit claims for reimbursement for the time and resources spent on providing remote care to patients. Integrating Technology into Existing Care Protocols and Processes. Telemedicine Platforms.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Before providing remote medical services, you’ll need to identify the right resources and take the right training to ensure your telemedicine practice will be successful. Some only provide video calls, in which you’ll diagnose patients based on reported symptoms. Getting Started. Take The Initiative.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Telehealth technologies, such as video conferencing and remote patient portals, allow healthcare providers to communicate with patients remotely, providing virtual consultations and patient education. Remote care can include remote consultations, remote monitoring of vital signs, and remote management of chronic conditions.

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In Hand Health

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

trillion selfies, posted about 6,000 tweets every second, and watched almost five billion YouTube videos. Across the medical landscape, technology like video chat and real-time virtual visits are taking hold at a furious pace. Just last year, we took 1.5 Instead of asking “What’s next?” PT clinics should be asking “What now?”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2023

RTM, which is reimbursable , lets patients connect with their doctors and nurses via care management apps on their smartphones to report non-physiological data, ask questions, watch videos and report outcomes to get better – anytime, day or night. Given that nearly half of adults in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

That said, the last four years have demonstrated to us that patients will ultimately drive the need for advancements that ultimately move us towards adopting more efficient care delivery models and at scale.

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The Healthcare Guys

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Virtual, video-based doctor’s appointments can help alleviate the general practitioner shortage, and encourage preventative care. Medicare for instance covers face-to-face interactions, but only when the originating site (point of care, not the patient’s home) is in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). Only 35.3%

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care innovations

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Meanwhile, lawmakers and policymakers alike have agreed on the need for telehealth expansion, including provisions in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the USDA/Rural Utility Service (RUS)-administered rural telemedicine program.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

the year kicked off with a modification of CPT code 99091 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which “ immediately increased the amount of billable Medicare hours available for doctors and clinicians who utilize remote care services ,” as we reported in January. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Implementing new CMS codes: Beginning January 2023, remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) services can now be furnished under general supervision as opposed to direct supervision, making remote monitoring more practical for health systems and, as a result easing the mounting physician burnout.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2021

"These new care from anywhere innovations ensure that we continue this digital transformation in healthcare and empower providers, payers, care coordinators and pharmaceutical companies to deliver care for patients wherever they are," he added. Vivify Health's remote care enhancements.

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eVisit

JANUARY 17, 2019

I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world. What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new!

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care innovations

JULY 25, 2018

Reimbursement for telehealth services by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has long been a point of contention. Medicare “remains one of the most restrictive payors” for telehealth , with reimbursement rules that Marki Stewart at the Dickinson Wright Health Law Blog calls “exceptionally limiting.”

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care innovations

JANUARY 23, 2019

There are a number of good reasons why experts are predicting that 2019 will be a “tipping point” for telehealth — in other words, the year to see virtual and remote care services gain even more widespread acceptance in health plan networks, practices and facilities throughout the United States.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 18, 2021

In April, as Hayley Smith noted in a Los Angeles Times story, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “both published guidelines recommending the postponement of elective and nonurgent procedures , including ‘low-risk cancer’ screenings, amid the first wave of the pandemic.”.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

And the end of the PHE we talked, you talked, about some of the things that happened immediately: reinstatement of copay, for example, on remote patient monitoring for that 20% that the patient is responsible for. I think there’s a huge potential there and we were very glad to see that it was extended.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

And the end of the PHE we talked, you talked, about some of the things that happened immediately: reinstatement of copay, for example, on remote patient monitoring for that 20% that the patient is responsible for. I think there’s a huge potential there and we were very glad to see that it was extended.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Mercy Virtual is arguably the world’s most advanced example of something gaining momentum in the health care world: A virtual hospital, where specialists remotely care for patients at a distance. The patients are elsewhere. You can get a lot of data plans and devices for that amount of money.”. Racing the Symptoms.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Partner at Berger Singerman LLP Telehealth has revolutionized the delivery of outpatient mental health services, and there has been exponential growth in the acceptance and delivery of remote care. No longer does a patient have to be sitting on a therapist’s couch to receive care. The sofa at home will work just fine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

The system also enables care providers to securely exchange photos, videos and file attachments on their smartphones. Clinicians can conduct 1-on-1 or group conversations via text, voice or video with patients, so enhancing remote care while avoiding potential exposure to COVID-19 or other infectious diseases.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

According to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , during the pandemic, telehealth services for urgent care have grown by 683% and by 4,345% for non-urgent care. Reduced healthcare costs. For example, the U.S. In the U.S.,

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