Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Prior to having telemedicine technology in place, M Health Fairview was only able to provide specialty care and other services like hospice or diabetes education to patients throughout its 10 hospitals if it had someone who could "round" (come in person to see a patient) at that hospital.

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

The key safety implications here are lack of access to pediatric behavioral health providers, drug and alcohol use, gun violence, and other stressors. ages 12 to 17 presented to the emergency department for suspected suicide attempts in the winter of 2021 — 39% greater than in the same period in 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

Reimbursement will almost certainly present another hurdle, with a lack of telehealth coverage possibly standing in the way of giving patients what they want or need. "Resoundingly, we need to bring in community collaborators from the ground up," said Kathy Wright, assistant professor at the Ohio State University College of Nursing.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 18, 2019

Coursera, an online learning company has announced the launch of their health vertical—a broad portfolio of health content from the world’s top universities curated specifically to help address the acute shortage of skilled workers in the health industry and meet the demands of a digital health economy.

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GlobalMed

JULY 27, 2020

When we think of long-term care, we tend to first think about nursing homes or assisted living facilities where residents receive 24-hour care. It is estimated this population makes up approximately 15% of the nursing home population of a total nursing home and assisted living population of 2.1 who died in nursing homes.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 6, 2020

We are receiving mixed messages from the media and public health officials; being asked to isolate ourselves from others while at the same time being told that loneliness and isolation pose significant health risks, especially to individuals with chronic illness.

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Connected Health Initiative

JUNE 2, 2023

This is a timely topic, especially now that the public health emergency (PHE) has ended, removing access to a number of flexibilities designed to improve access to healthcare. Members of the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) used these flexibilities to better reach patients, improve the quality of care, and reduce costs for caregivers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

The particular telemedicine solution depends on the need presented. The program uses technology and a nursing-care coordination model to improve patient disease management, resulting in decreased readmission rates and increased patient satisfaction and self-efficacy.” “Mayo Clinic has operated an RPM program since 2015.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For healthcare providers, telehealth presents an opportunity to address patient care needs, improve the customer experience and reduce costs. This means patients can receive care wherever they are – at home, nursing home, assisted living, etc. This trend in remote access to care has expanded widely and is expected to continue.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Smith called attention to the nationwide calls for action sparked by the police killing of her constituent, George Floyd, and urged her colleagues to consider how telehealth can be a vehicle for health equity. Rheuban spoke to the potential barriers presented by uneven coverage from the private insurance sector. Dr. Karen S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

The authors suggest that investing more in prevention and health promotion for these groups could improve health outcomes and get to more equitable spending levels. ” Next, let’s visit the article looking at Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.

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GlobalMed

MAY 21, 2019

Recently GlobalMed’s Chief Clinical Officer Gigi Sorenson and Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Dean Smith presented talks about disaster recovery and telemedicine at the International Conference on Disaster Medicine and Hurricane Resiliency. Maartens conference focused on public health challenges after hurricanes.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Salutary advances in medicine and medical technology and societal changes spawned the rapid evolution of bioethics from one concerned about professional conduct and codes to its present status with an extensive scope that includes research ethics, public health ethics, organizational ethics, and clinical ethics.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 28, 2022

1] According to a WHO report presented at the Third Global Forum on Human Resource for Health in 2013, if the shortages outlined in the report are not addressed, they will have major consequences for the health of billions of people around the world. Nurses can rapidly and effectively educate patients using digital health tools.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Early on, Children’s Hospital realized that how it dealt with this crisis would be critical from public health, organizational, team-member and community-provider perspectives. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. To read this special report, click here.

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Healthcare Innovation Consortium

JANUARY 24, 2023

Only recently, the paramedic and nurse strikes stemming from a lack of pay reflect the current standards of healthcare that are present today. Through the implementation of EHRs, artificial intelligence and telehealth, the NHS can improve access to care, reduce burdensome backlogs, and address vital public health challenges.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

At the micro-level, the lack of data interoperability means that patient data cannot be easily shared between the hospital that the patient visited and the family physician that regularly takes care of them…or between the nursing home and the urgent care clinic. At a macro-level, the lack of interoperability hampers community health efforts.

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Henry Kotula

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Pandemic-induced telehealth booms, continued strain due to understaffing and pressure from big tech disruptors are just some of the issues that have presented themselves this year. Here are five major trends that hospitals and health systems may see in 2022. Workforce pressure. million people quitting in September.

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Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2018

I covered the launch of the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer across all industries here in Health Populi in January 2018 , when this year’s annual report was presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos as it is each year. The Affordable Care Act and health insurance exchanges were in chaos, and who to turn to? In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

"At present, it is not integrated with our current Epic EHR system. " These purchases will allow sufficient technology to remain in place even after the public health emergency is lifted, and COVID protocols and limitations diminish. Although integration is possible, to date we have not found it to be necessary.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JANUARY 12, 2021

Providing a quick high-level overview of the recent updates, all payors have extended their telehealth flexibilities to at least the end of the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE), which is currently set to end on January 20 th , 2021. Nursing facilities discharge day management (CPT codes 99315-99316).

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When discussing healthcare waiting lists and clinicians’ shortages the public often focuses mainly on a need to increase the supply of clinicians, nurses and other allied healthcare practitioners. Two forms in which telehealth presents itself are teleconsultations and remote monitoring devices. 2021 [6] Regina M.

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 19, 2020

Instead, a neurologist would assess the patient on a mobile screen from far away, with local nursing staff and doctors aiding him or her. Physical exams are the bedrock of how doctors and nurses assess patients. Some were over the phone, others were over video, often with a family member present as well.

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Henry Kotula

APRIL 10, 2023

One solution to this deadly problem , according to public health advocates, combines modern information technology with an effective form of addiction treatment. Thanks to the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration, telehealth use skyrocketed during the pandemic. That’s why we need healthcare regulations.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I have become more bullish on Burn Awareness as I’ve come to learn more about the impact burns have on public, family, and children’s health globally. Burns are a global public health challenge, which I detailed here in Health Populi earlier this year. Meet Krissie. “A burn injury is for life.

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Digital Health Today

JUNE 17, 2021

While it can help provide much-needed care to the vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations, telehealth also presents unique legal and regulatory compliance challenges, particularly within the data protection and cybersecurity realm. A drastic change of mindset is also needed within the healthcare workforce.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

The ability to be virtually present for a rounding session via a patient engagement system is huge and boosts morale. Rikki Jennings, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Zebra Technologies Labor challenges/nurse staffing shortages will continue, leading to automation and AI solutions to better manage operations and accelerate innovation.

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SightCall

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The Department of Health and Human Services, NASA, Public Health Service, and Department of Defense were all supportive of new technology and some were actively involved in furthering research into the field. Cardiac rhythms are sent from emergency missions back to health centers thousands of times every day.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2023

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) turns 75 today. As The Lancet stated on July 1, 2023, “Strengthening of primary and community care, public health, and broader preventive measures beyond the health sector” will be an important remedy to assure NHS survival and effectiveness.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

All Yale New Haven Health entities are on a single instance of the Epic EHR that spans Connecticut into western Rhode Island and Westchester County, New York. The health system has developed tele-stroke, tele-ICU and on-demand video visit programs. " Challenges for physicians and nurses. The crisis sets in.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 27, 2020

Doctors, nurses and other front-line employees are in incredibly stressful work environments. “Whether it’s physicians, nurses, technicians, housekeepers — that whole staff complement is what’s at the core of healthcare. . . “And now we’re relying on private industry to meet the need.”

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 27, 2018

Digital health improves service delivery and clinical outcomes, and we know that cannot happen if we don’t look at the data." 1) Jembi - Rwanda Health Information Exchange (RHIE) The RHIE project comprises of an international project team and is funded by the IDRC, Rockefeller Foundation, PEPFAR and the HIPPP initiative.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2023

Jim Jirjis, MD, told Colin the back-end work for the project had an unintended benefit: By streamlining documentation, nurses had patient information readily available when facilities needed to be evacuated before a hurricane hit. Up to 18 million Medicaid beneficiaries are due to lose coverage as the public health emergency ends.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

If a patient’s presenting symptoms and conditions require a physical examination, lab work or imaging studies in order to make a diagnosis, the provider shall not provide diagnosis or treatment through telehealth services unless or until such information is obtained. 54-5703(6)). 54-5703(6)).

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

If a patient’s presenting symptoms and conditions require a physical examination, lab work or imaging studies in order to make a diagnosis, the provider shall not provide diagnosis or treatment through telehealth services unless or until such information is obtained. 54-5703(6)). 54-5703(6)).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2023

On another front, telepsychiatry keeps gaining ground in the post-public health emergency landscape. We hope they review the 38,000 public comments in detail and come back to the industry with a revised set of regulations that is more nuanced for different disciplines and clinical presentations.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

I haven’t practiced in several years, and I worked primarily in the public health arena. And we have a set of criteria that we look at, and we score the measures as the developers present them. Matthew Pickering: Matt Pickering, I serve as a Senior Director at the National Quality Forum. I’m a pharmacist by training.

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