Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Why are many hospitals now using telemedicine?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

The American Psychiatric Association, American Telemedicine Association and 70 other organizations signed a letter this past Friday urging the U.S. Citing a 2021 study, they noted that the use of telehealth in harm reduction primary care programs providing buprenorphine helped to increase access to care and overcome health inequities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2022

Southcoast Health System, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, has employed a multi-pronged approach to solving different issues through telemedicine. "There were automations built within our existing Microsoft Teams platform that allowed for seamless tele-triage screenings to be initiated by triage nurses in our ED," he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2022

Telemedicine is on an all-time high. Justin Miller , vice president of customer success at eVisit, a telemedicine technology and services company, did just that. Justin Miller , vice president of customer success at eVisit, a telemedicine technology and services company, did just that. Travel to virtually any U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

That said, the last four years have demonstrated to us that patients will ultimately drive the need for advancements that ultimately move us towards adopting more efficient care delivery models and at scale. When thinking about home care, it’s also worth mentioning how technology really empowers at-home care providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Earlier this year, our health system broke ground on a 60,000 square-foot Virtual Care Center, which will feature dedicated clinician workspaces equipped with the latest telemedicine technology to offer on-demand urgent care, behavioral health care and primary care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years News Brooklyn provider automates patient experience tracking to spot health equity gaps At One Brooklyn Health System, tools such as the Brooklyn Health Equity Index survey are helping.

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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 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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

"The focus of our session is how technology enables and enhances clinical workflows and patient experiences and outcomes, especially when applied to an emerging area of telemedicine like remote patient monitoring," he explained. in Room W307A at HIMSS24 in Orlando.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2022

From partnering with primary care providers to innovative digital tools, leaders are stepping up with these effective and creative solutions. Psychiatrist shortage by the numbers: The current workforce of about 45,580 psychiatrists must increase by 2,800 to meet today’s demands for psychiatric care. Telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. "In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2021

The Bureau of Health Workforce Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) found that 62.93% of primary care health professional shortage areas were located in rural areas, leaving patients and local healthcare providers searching for new solutions to fill the gaps. Telemedicine in the school.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

Health systems finding ways to provide more care using less resources. What enables those deflating cost-reducers is the growing adoption of digital health tools, from telehealth and virtual care to self-care in patients’ hands at home and on-the-go via mobile health apps.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The last 24 months has seen a lot of waiting, frustration and anxiety build up on both sides of the healthcare market as patients become “impatient” as healthcare professionals focus on addressing the ever increasing backlogs, primary care, elective care, cancer, surgery etc. Stage 3: Virtual Care – phone based or telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Care-at-home is gaining momentum. The demand for personal support workers (PSWs) as well as home nurses is rising. TytoCare , a virtual care company, recently launched its Home Smart Clinic that enables primary care from home. Homecare services providers are growing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

Providers continuously pushed themselves to invest in new tools and solutions — with one overarching aim — to enhance the patient experience. But a digital tool does not always map to a functional solution. It’s where physicians, clinicians, nurses, and other healthcare staff work together to meet the patient’s needs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2022

Kerry Barker, RN, manager, Epic services, at consulting firm CereCore, and a former ICU nurse and nursing instructor at Brigham Young University, left the bedside for the IT side. We had to ensure seamless reporting to get results into the respective patient portals and out to their primary care physicians.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2022

“No matter how close the nearest primary care physician office is, if they can’t get out of bed or leave their home, they simply are not going to get care before their conditions worsen,” said Blue Beckham, chief strategy officer at Scottsdale Physician Group. " Blue Beckham, Scottsdale Physician Group.

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American Well

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Telehealth often helps patients with urgent or acute care. In addition, specific medical use cases for telemedicine include teleradiology or telestroke, and a wide variety of specialties to connect physicians with patients. Providers can see patients with chronic diseases at home for cost-effective health care maintenance.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 8, 2023

Virtual healthcare, also known as telemedicine or telehealth, has revolutionized the healthcare industry, allowing patients to receive quality medical care from the comfort of their own homes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

Meanwhile, the American Telemedicine Association and its trade arm, ATA Action, have called on Congress to consider two other telehealth extensions : The High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) and Health Savings Account (HSA) telehealth tax provision, and the Ryan Haight Act in-person waiver for the remote prescription of controlled substances.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 1, 2022

Care providers can use telehealth apps to improve the quality of care provided by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. These tools allow them to provide better care while reducing the risk of infection. As a result, telemedicine improves the quality of care provided to patients. to the emergency room.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Fortunately, there’s a solution that can benefit both provider revenue and population health: telemedicine. The Pew Research Center reports that in 2017, 67 percent of people with incomes of $30K or less had a smartphone, indicating that most Medicaid patients have a way to complete a telemedicine visit. Solving Medicaid Challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston, Maine, the pandemic created an acute need to adopt novel tools to deliver on its commitment and ability to ensure that patients were able to receive the care they needed without increasing their risk of exposure to COVID-19. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 26, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of modern healthcare, the integration of digital innovations has emerged as a powerful catalyst driving significant transformations in the delivery and experience of patient care. With technology always improving, doctors and nurses can now help patients even more than before.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

We know that rural and underserved communities can benefit from strong virtual care programs, but those same communities may have digital connectivity barriers and social determinants of health (SDOH) that stop patients from accessing telemedicine. This center provides her primary care, dental services, pharmacy, and labs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, faced many challenges with telemedicine and the ability to scale quickly as the COVID-19 pandemic grew in force last year and the organization had to close its outpatient offices for elective services. " Mitchell Fong, Renown Regional Medical Center. Remote patient monitoring.

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American Well

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Telehealth often helps patients with urgent or acute care. In addition, specific medical use cases for telemedicine include teleradiology or telestroke, and a wide variety of specialties to connect physicians with patients. Providers can see patients with chronic diseases at home for cost-effective health care maintenance.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2023

Zsolt Kulcsar, medical director at Lee Health based in Fort Myers, Florida, says what he has learned in recent years is that telemedicine is great, but it also is a little limiting. "The program we built here is an RPM shop, and it has the tools we need to collect that data," he said. THE PROBLEM. " MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. A massive nationwide scale-up of telehealth and remote patient monitoring unlike anything yet seen.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

A joint study by Omada Health, Rock Health, and the Digital Medicine Society, based on a survey of employers, payers and benefit consultants, found that 90% of purchasers view virtual care as a high priority , and the majority are willing to adopt innovative approaches, but few have a real understanding of what virtual care is.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

" Another problem Baptist Health was facing was non-traditional players such as Amazon, Walmart and Google entering the healthcare industry, along with dedicated national telemedicine companies such as Amwell, LiveHealth and others. There are numerous vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, began developing a virtual care strategy in October 2019 – well before COVID-19 struck – with the hope of leveraging the technology as a tool to support patient care and the organizational strategy, rather than as a stand-alone strategy in and of itself.

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Beyond Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2021

Monitoring programs can collect a wide range of health data from the point of care, such as vital signs, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, blood oxygen levels, heart rate, and electrocardiograms. If the new hospital room is the bedroom, then RPM is the tool to help that become a reality.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 15, 2024

In the rapidly advancing field of healthcare, Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) have risen as indispensable pillars, fundamentally reshaping the landscape of patient care. This plan outlines specific goals, interventions, and strategies tailored to the patient’s unique needs.

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