Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

If implemented correctly, intelligent software solutions can help health systems meet patient expectations. From scheduling an appointment for a regular check-up to receiving care and treatment, the patient undergoes a fragmented journey.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With more than 110 years of continuous operation, the organization has grown to 13 locations offering independent, residential and assisted living; Tapestries Memory Care; respite; rehabilitation; long-term care; Bridges Hospice and Palliative Care; affordable senior housing; and live-in and in-home personal care through HomeWorks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

Browse the education sessions scheduled for the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo in New Orleans next month, and you'll notice that many of them are geared toward elderly patients, home-based care and aging in place. And that wasn't there five years ago, it wasn't there two years ago.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2022

"Our virtual care infrastructure was not meant to support the number of home visits we were predicting, and while we had the backbone and design in place, we were pressed to build upon what we designed to meet the new demands and to train many more clinicians who were not eager to jump on the telehealth train previously," Deanda explained.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very different vantage points: a CIO, a telemedicine director, a chief nursing informatics officer and an IT director.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

While our first big push into remote care was a leap into the unknown, this time we want to make sure that we are surveying the landscape to make this a safe, smart, and financially responsible decision. DTx can fill that void in care and provide patients with a much-needed treatment option.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

To help meet this goal, the ambulatory surgery center contracted with health IT vendor Force Therapeutics, which offers a digital care management platform that leverages clinical data and custom protocols to educate patients and monitor their progress throughout an episode of care. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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American Well

APRIL 7, 2017

percent of healthcare consumers reporting they would be comfortable interacting with a physician via online video or online chat, according to a 2016 report out of the Aloft Group — even if almost half of respondents were still not familiar with the term “telemedicine.” ” How to determine where to implement telemedicine.

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American Well

APRIL 7, 2017

percent of healthcare consumers reporting they would be comfortable interacting with a physician via online video or online chat, according to a 2016 report out of the Aloft Group — even if almost half of respondents were still not familiar with the term “telemedicine.” ” How to determine where to implement telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This year is likely to be another big one for telemedicine. By connecting patients with providers through a virtual-first experience, it is improving access, outcomes, satisfaction and the quality of life for patients and successfully helping providers meet today’s challenges in complex clinical and financial environments.

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Continue Education Journal

MAY 28, 2021

Many states chose to loosen licensure regulations, and they made changes such as permitting temporary licenses to out-of-state physicians, waiving meeting and relationship requirements that are usually necessary to provide services, allowing interstate virtual appointments, and more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

19 Telehealth opportunities and remote care options can create a variety of these touchpoints in a personalized and case-specific way, ranging from an overview of patient consultations to implantable cardiac monitors. 20 Remote monitoring especially holds tremendous potential to profit from telehealth applications. References.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

It offers one system for telemedicine that spans the care continuum from urgent to acute care, and equips clinicians, patients and the industry that supports them with tools to enhance the healthcare experience. Dialogue is an integrated virtual-care clinic that provides bilingual telehealth services 24/7 across Canada.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In early March, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of skilled nursing facilities restricted access to residents. These restrictions included, but were not limited to, essential care providers, such as neuropsychologists and psychologists. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Remote patient monitoring technologies are akin to telemedicine technologies, since they automatically observe and report on patients, often with chronic illnesses, so caregivers can remotely keep tabs on patients. A provider present with the patient at one location – a nursing home, community clinic, etc.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Louis, nestled among locust, elm and sweetgum trees, the Mercy Virtual Care Center has a lot in common with other hospitals. It has nurses and doctors and a cafeteria, and the staff spend their days looking after the very sick?checking The nurses wear scrubs, but the scrubs are very, very clean. The patients are elsewhere.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the recent past, such initiatives have included: The expansion of reimbursement for remote care services by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that remove restrictions preventing doctors, nurses and other clinicians from treating patients in other states. Giroir, MD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

"We are going to continue advancing our digital innovation infrastructure, take the best lessons from our efforts, preserve our agility and rapid experimentation abilities, and strive to deliver even better experiences with emerging technologies that can improve care and convenience and stand up to future challenges," Mohan said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, BIDMC staff expect telemedicine to continue at the current volume of 20% of all ambulatory care visits. Remote monitoring has also moved into the mainstream. Timely and effective urgent and emergency care. For example, Nye Health in the U.K. Please elaborate.

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