Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

The American Board of Telehealth announced this week that it is launching a Teleprimary Care Certificate program, geared toward helping primary care providers develop future virtual health strategies. With a shortage of primary care providers, telehealth can offer patients expanded access to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2021

The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of primary care. How can virtual care enable this?

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

Thus, millions of Americans continue to lack access to primary care compared with peers in other nations, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. The 2022 Fund report, P rimary Care in High-Income Countries: How the U.S. primary care teams may be a function of underinvestment in certain types of social services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The fitness company CrossFit announced earlier this month that it was launching a new primary care service aimed at providing an individualized approach to health. The company says it will also offer personalized, precision health and preventive medicine in addition to virtual primary care. Amazon Care is one such figure.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Green Center and the Primary Care Collective found that telemedicine has been vital to maintaining patient access to services for almost two-thirds of primary care clinicians – and many providers worry what will happen if pre-pandemic regulations are restored. "Primary care is resilient but has weakened.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

For Michigan Avenue Primary Care in Chicago, the most pressing need near the beginning of the pandemic was to find a way to adopt telemedicine as the primary service model during the COVID-19 lockdown, especially for mental health patients who suddenly were shut off from in-person support. " MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Digital Health Global

JUNE 15, 2023

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #behavioralhealth –Concert Health, a leading behavioral health medical group, today announced a partnership with Froedtert Health, a leading Wisconsin-based healthcare provider, to improve the quality of care for pediatric, women’s health, and primary care patients.

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KevinMD

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Virtual primary care, unlike virtual urgent care, involves doctors who take the time to get to know their patients, creating (and nurturing) trusted doctor-patient relationships. Virtual primary care requires that doctors be consistently available for providing ongoing care to their patients.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The pharmacy is looking to provide better healthcare by becoming more digitally integrated and offering primary care in-store.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center in Nashua, New Hampshire, provides primary care, behavioral health and dental services to a population that is either homeless or at risk of homelessness. Harbor Care Health is a Federally Qualified Community Center. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 11, 2020

While they are on the front lines of diagnosing and providing care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, half of primary care physicians say the medical profession is not prepared to meet an expected increase in demands.

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MeMD

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Virtual primary care is telehealth’s next and most important evolution. It cuts healthcare costs dramatically, boosts workforce productivity, supports retention and connects employees with important health services – all while meeting employees’ demands for ease, convenience, safety and quality.

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MeMD

MAY 9, 2022

Businesses are clamoring for virtual primary care, as it keeps employees healthy and happy while driving down overall healthcare costs – two major concerns for pretty much every company right now. Primary care doctors serve as the medical homebase for a wide range of healthcare needs. Thoughtful Connections.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 13, 2019

As employers make their approach to health benefits an integral part of their overall workforce strategy, many are turning to emerging options such as advanced primary care to meet their employees’ needs, a new survey shows.

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2021

Before the pandemic, the dominant work-flow for telemedicine was for triage, primary care and pediatrics (think: your child registers a 105-degree fever on a Saturday night and the pediatrician’s office is closed). In the COVID-19 era, clinicians and health systems stood up virtual care across the board as-required.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Technology accelerates adoption of on-demand care and improves access within health care systems. On-demand virtual primary care company, 98point6 , today announced it will offer their virtual care platform to power Health Systems’ digital engagement efforts with providers and patients.

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Iris Telehealth

DECEMBER 19, 2022

I am one of the first clinicians they meet with. Those I feel have severe symptoms qualify for care at this clinic. If they have mild to moderate symptoms, I refer them to their health plan, primary care physician, or another avenue to get mental health services. How does teletherapy compare to in-person care?

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 30, 2018

CEO Robbie Cape said the investment will be used to meet demand, build new capabilities and ensure high-quality care.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will support the company’s launch of virtual primary care services in California, Texas, and Washington in 2022, introducing an improved and long overdue healthcare experience for Latinos built on trust, community, and culture. “We Despite this growth, the U.S. About Mariza Hardin.

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Health System CIO

AUGUST 19, 2020

Patient-focused care is no longer just a platitude; it’s a platform that will ensure long-term viability for providers who can successfully implement primary care models, says Mike Davis, who examines the growing digital technology market.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. Of particular note is the organization’s “promise of health assurance – care that is more proactive, accessible, and affordable to people everywhere.” Retail health-meets-Medicare.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

I know that primary care is doing a lot of medication management. I think we can bring more quality, specialty care to people who don’t have access. The post Clinician Corner: Meet Dr. Mark Miceli, DO, MD appeared first on Iris Telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The increase in telehealth adoption by physicians and patients alike continues to allow UPMC to develop new digital health tools that offer greater access to high-quality care from the comfort of their own home. UPMC launched a virtual-first, full-service primary care clinic offering a complete spectrum of care to patients aged 18 and above.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Care and treatment options for patients living with Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s are often fragmented and limited and many primary care physicians feel unprepared to meet increased patient | Harmonic Health launched to bridge gaps in care for dementia patients by bringing together advanced technology and an expert care team to partner with (..)

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 21, 2023

Drawing tests have long been a proven means of evaluating cognitive function; traditionally administered with pencil and paper, digital alternatives offer a more practical route to expanding cognitive testing in primary care. The AAN Annual Meeting is happening in Boston and online from April 22-27, 2023.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

For the last decade, Queen's Health Systems has been building telehealth services to meet these patient needs, beginning with hospital-based telemedicine and building out to direct-to-patient telehealth services. More than 10 years in the making.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Memorial launched telehealth for all its primary care and specialty centers, and today conducts about 100,000 virtual visits per year.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Virtually every closed-door meeting I have had in the U.S. with a client group in the past several months has had a line item on the agenda to brainstorm the impact and opportunity of care-at-home, hospital-to-home, or Care Everywhere. The momentum for the Blur is high velocity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

"A 30-day supply could result in patients going without their medication while they wait for an in-person appointment or will turn to higher-acuity and higher-cost settings of in-person care to meet this deadline, such as emergency departments," the senators said in Wednesday's letter.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

The website notes that there is a 12-visit maximum under this plan. In the program’s FAQs, one question clearly addresses this, transparently and in layperson’s terms: Q: “Do I need health insurance to use GNC Health?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

In a HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital fireside chat, two experts will explore tele-behavioral health's long-term potential – and how it can meet existing challenges in the industry today. The program focused on supporting primary care doctors in managing older adults with mental illness.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 26, 2023

First, the program offers an initial access point for patients who present to the Convenient Care clinics or emergency rooms and who do not have a primary care provider, said Stephen Kapa, administrative director of telehealth services at FirstHealth of the Carolinas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 22, 2023

In 2019, the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC) received funding for five different statewide behavioral health programs. They include a primary care access program that facilitates consults for primary care physicians; a school-based telehealth access program for direct intervention for students; and more.

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Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Rock Health points out that younger people and people of color are less likely to have ongoing relationships with primary care doctors or as the phrase goes “medical homes.” The important takeaway is that, for most consumers, virtual care is now a fixed expectation on that spectrum.”

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Walmart recently opened the second health center, in Calhoun GA, where in the words of Bloomberg, a consumer could book a tele-mental health therapy visit for $1 a minute (that’s $60 for the initial intake session of 60 minutes and $45 for subsequent 45-minute therapy meet-ups).

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found. Four in ten older people who had experienced telehealth also said they would be interested in telehealth for mental health care in the future.

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