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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The participating primary care practices, all part of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s clinical research network, were either general, family, ambulatory internal medicine, preventive medicine or geriatric medicine practices. They self-identified their point of maturation.

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How Virtual Care is Morphing into “Just” Healthcare – my post in Medecision Liberation

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A closer look at this activity points to a key trend that will persist post-pandemic: that telehealth and the broader theme of virtual care is re-shaping how health care is delivered. This graphic comes out of my current thinking about telehealth across the continuum of care.

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Ten Forces Shaping Health Care in 2021: A View from CVS Health

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Expanding omni-channel, data-driven, cost-effective health care in the community, tailoring that care, and attending to mental health paint the picture of health through the lens of CVS Health. The Next Step Forward in Cardiac Care. The Mental Health Shadow of COVID-19.

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The 2022 US Health System Report Card: Pretty Terrific If You Live in Hawaii or Massachusetts

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If you live in Mississippi, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, or Arkansas, your health care and outcomes are less likely to be top-notch, the Fund’s research concluded. states set the bar higher for their health citizens’ well-being. The Fund’s bottom line.

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What Will Healthcare Costs Be After COVID? PwC Looks Behind the 2021 Numbers

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Whether healthcare spending in 2021 increases by double-digits or falls by one-third directly depends on how the coronavirus pandemic will play out over the rest of 2020, based on PwC’s annual report on medical cost trends for 2021. Patients Forgo Care Until 2021.” ” A high scenario of medical trend calculates a 10.0%

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The COVID-19 Era Has Grown Health Consumer Demand for Virtual Care

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Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

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Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept. These trends began to take hold in the U.S. Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. One of the obstacles facing some U.S.