Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 5, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it presented Portland, Oregon-based Legacy Health with a multitude of staffing challenges where clinicians and staff were unable to come to work safely in the hospitals and clinics. The health system had been using vendor Teladoc for its inpatient telemedicine platform. Adding ambulatory telemedicine.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. The virtual nursing program is the latest step in a series of digital health innovation programs at Mary Washington Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. There are a great many telemedicine technology and services vendors on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM. ” PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

With the sudden easing of restrictions by the government and equally sudden reimbursement from payers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s very clear telemedicine has never been more used or more vital. Hospitals and health systems have gone from dozens to thousands of telehealth visits per week.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Prior to the pandemic, Franciscan Health was in the infancy stages of its telemedicine program and had not moved to an ambulatory rollout. InTouch was its primary telemedicine technology vendor. The FCC had then awarded the health system a grant to expand telehealth services. THE PROBLEM. ” PROPOSAL. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2021

TytoCare, maker of an all-in-one modular device and platform for AI-powered telehealth, has expanded its integration within EHR giant Epic's MyChart, enabling what the virtual care vendor describes as frictionless, asynchronous workflow. Cloud-based telehealth for acute care. TytoCare is in HIMSS21 booth 5822.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 16, 2022

A recent study published in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found that telehealth can be safe and effective when it comes to managing high-risk pregnancies. "One of these innovative approaches is telehealth, which is being increasingly employed in recent years."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality "Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process" is a free quality improvement program designed to help practices improve the cancer diagnostic process. What is the status of the "AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. "Today we have the opportunity to consider how we can deploy telehealth to expand access to healthcare for everyone," said Sen. " Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. HELP Committee Chairman Sen.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

Chambers' health clinics were where the telemedicine program that the system had spun up in response to COVID-19 played a new role. She explained that some of the nurse practitioners had not lost Internet accesses at their houses, so they were able to see patients from home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

The pandemic presented a variety of problems when it came to continuing patient care during quarantine. ” Initially, Miller used temporarily approved telehealth-modalities that were allowed due to COVID-19, and found that many of the setups were cumbersome for both the patient and the provider. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 6, 2022

Why the Benefits Outweigh the Initial Cost of Implementing Telehealth. Costs for sustainable telehealth programs can seem prohibitive, especially when organizations are still grappling with the effects of COVID-19 on their revenue streams. How Can a Telehealth Model Reduce Costs and Increase Revenue Over Time? Here’s how: 1.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

Over the past few months, the organizations have deployed telemedicine services to support care in at least a half-a-dozen states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. In June 2020, Avel and ViTel Net, a telehealth technology company, were awarded funds as a team to compete in the NETCCN project, provided by the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

Telemedicine has helped to bridge the access divide between the clinic’s rural and urban communities. The particular telemedicine solution depends on the need presented. Alternatively, direct-to-patient video telemedicine is used to offer follow-up care at a distance. ” MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2019

However, the health system's Winchester Medical Center hospital president Skip Phillips had previous experience with tele-ICU, specifically, telemedicine technology and services vendor Advanced ICU Care. Valley Health could have tried to keep riding out the intensivist shortage by hiring locums, which is very expensive. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

At the same time, researchers noted, "When it comes to equity in access, telemedicine presents a double-edged sword." " "On the one hand, telemedicine visits can make care more convenient and accessible by removing physical barriers such as distance or transportation costs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2023

GigXR's HoloScenarios: Gastrointestinal module on the Gig Immersive Learning Platform presents a holographic simulation of a clinical setting featuring patients, medical equipment, instructors, and learners.

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American Well

JULY 10, 2017

The Medical University of South Carolina’s school-based telehealth program—which is powered by Avizia—has been recognized for its achievements in an article by mHealthIntelligence. School Telehealth Growth Prompts New Role. Lynn Floyd is the first and now lead tele-presenter for MUSC. Read the article at mHealthIntelligence.

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American Well

JULY 10, 2017

The Medical University of South Carolina’s school-based telehealth program—which is powered by Avizia—has been recognized for its achievements in an article by mHealthIntelligence. Williamsburg County is the first county in South Carolina to implement telehealth at all 11 of its schools, the use has increased over time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

Many of these locations would not have Health Partners' employees present to administer examinations, and some of the personnel on-site had minimal or no medical training. So telemedicine immediately came to mind. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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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. Without the technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

A new study has concluded that by using telehealth tools to screen low-risk patients with suspected COVID-19 had a dramatic effect on emergency department lengths of stay. The study focused on a telehealth-enabled evaluate-treat-disposition workflow in the ED.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

MCHS had multiple telehealth platforms prior to COVID-19. MCHS has offered telehealth services for almost 25 years, which prepared the organization to respond to COVID-19. Prior to COVID-19, MCHS offered 45 of its more than 90 specialties via telehealth in its clinical facilities. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2023

Patients requiring upper or lower gastrointestinal diagnostics normally have to present to a hospital or clinic for a tube-based endoscopy. and expert personnel (doctors, nurses, technicians, administrators). The goal was to leverage the general change in acceptance of telehealth while deploying the technology in GI.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

doctors and nurses alike, are considering leaving their current role in the next two to three years. That 1 in 2 clinicians is significantly greater than the global 37% of physicians and nurses thinking about leaving their roles in the next 3 years, according to the report Clinician of the Future 2023 from Elsevier.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 11, 2019

These visits present patients with several barriers to care, however, including the inconvenience of travel and time off from work or school to visit their doctor. So the center decided to launch a telemedicine program, with the help of MediSprout, a telehealth technology vendor. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

Close For Clinicians For Employers Telehealth Jobs Family Medicine General Practice Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioners Family Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants Psychiatry / Mental Health Hospitalist Dont see your specialty? Working in telemedicine can leave you feeling disconnected from others.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

Hospitals are using Artisight’s capabilities for remote support of nurses, but they are expanding to other disciplines as well. When you leverage nurses at the bedside and others watching over video, each can focus on different aspects of care. The physically present nurse has more time to spend with the patient.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2021

The need to quickly integrate telemedicine, and an opportunity for a better patient care model, caused a digital transformation roadmap to get accelerated. "Telehealth is a great example," he said. "Before 2020, telehealth visits composed a miniscule fraction of our ambulatory care.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One universal experience health systems around the globe have witnessed in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic has been the dramatic pivot to telehealth and virtual care platforms. In the first six months of the pandemic, the tale of telehealth as told via media coverage and virtual conference content has been quite bullish.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Emergency telehealth services have been tested and conducted for decades, often in Medicaid telehealth and safety-net settings. With the national shortage of psychiatrists, additional psychiatric staff can include medical psychologists and nurse practitioners. How Emergency Telehealth Can Reduce Mental Health Delays.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 1, 2019

There are several plans to engage Mississippi and I look forward to promoting telehealth across the four corners of that state. There are several plans to engage Mississippi and I look forward to promoting telehealth across the four corners of that state. Telehealth Research Symposium Memphis, TN. Now here we are.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

We were one of those organizations that flipped over to telemedicine pretty seamlessly. We probably had about 3,000 people who were authenticated to deliver and use our telemedicine platform. We were doing about 250 daily consumer facing telemedicine visits pre-pandemic. million telemedicine visit for ambulatory care last year.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

In the Future Health Index 2024, Philips’ latest annual report presents a profile of the state of health care focused on how to provide better care for more people. That leads to over one-half of health care leaders sensing a growing likelihood of staff leaving their jobs due to healthcare professionals burning out.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

As examples of this, Steve pointed to three CES attendees’ products that speak to self-care empowerment: For telehealth and remote patient management (RPM), Essence’s VitalOn. This last graphic here from Steve’s presentation shows a stunning data point: that in the past year, one in four U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, PrimaryOne Health dealt with regulations that prevented routine telemedicine visits with patients. However, once the pandemic started, the rules and demand for care changed in a way that let us quickly deploy telehealth services. "The team quickly developed the plan and it went live," McGlade said.

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