Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2023

Nurses have been in high demand for years, and especially since the pandemic. As baby boomers continue to age, the demand for bedside nursing continues to increase. In fact, 50% of the current RN workforce is over the age of 50. "We knew we could not apply ancient solutions and expect new or different results," she continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2022

She talks about physicians' newfound familiarity with telehealth and what it means for the future, the possibility of physicians working full time in telemedicine, and how virtual care can help with staffing shortages in healthcare. I want every doctor and nurse to feel empowered to follow the career path that works best for them.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The new regulations enable abortion via telemedicine in more than half of the country. They also point out that abortion via telemedicine is illegal in 19 states, and that 32 states require abortion medication to only be administered via physicians (as opposed to nurse practitioners or midwives). " THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This trend in remote access to care has expanded widely and is expected to continue. Since then, CMS has now expanded coverage for telehealth and telemedicine. This means patients can receive care wherever they are – at home, nursing home, assisted living, etc. Further updates can be found at Coronavirus.gov.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2022

Half the country is a member of both the Nurse Licensure Compact and the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact , with 16 more states claiming membership in one. THE LARGER TREND. " Steps exist to address those hurdles, however: Many states have established compacts to try and ease the process for cross-border care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

The expansion of remote pharmacy services strengthens Avel eCare’s portfolio of telemedicine offerings and helps meet the growing demand for pharmacy telemedicine services across the United States. An important aspect of our acute telemedicine services resides with our unique pharmacy services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The collaboration utilizes LookDeep's Clinical Action Platform, built on modern SOC2 Type II audited software, to provide Baptist Memorial's nurses, therapists, doctors and others with a way to continuously monitor patients at every moment of their hospital journey, according to the announcement.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 13, 2023

Exec Summary: The five funding trends for Telehealth in 2023 are 1) Gastrointestinal care 2) Mental health 3) Weight management 4) Women's health 5) Wound care. Here are some of the recent funding trends in the telehealth industry: Increased funding for startups: In 2022, venture capitalists invested a record $27.5 billion by 2027.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

News and Research The American Telemedicine Association’s ATA Action submitted two letters to the Drug Enforcement Administration about its proposed rules regarding the remote prescribing of controlled substances. In this week’s edition, one story is, let’s just say, a little foolish. It is the beginning of April, after all.

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care innovations

JUNE 13, 2018

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has worked for years to increase awareness of digital healthcare, highlighting how telemedicine trends are changing the American healthcare industry in fundamental ways , like the rise of the nursing informaticist and nurturing diversity in healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Rush Health Systems and Ochsner Health System are partnering to bring innovations in telemedicine to patients. In addition to gaining access to Ochsner’s telemedicine capabilities, Rush’s hospitals and primary care clinics also will be able to tap into Ochsner’s billing practices and other support services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2023

Based on a press release, it offers services in six areas of care, which initially include: HomeConnect - nursing service at home; TeleConnect - telemedicine service for medical inquiries and clinic appointments; and SeniorConnect - remote monitoring service for senior patients.

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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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eVisit

JANUARY 17, 2019

What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new! I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world.

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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. THE LARGER TREND. Drug Enforcement Administration to collaborate with the U.S. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The American Telemedicine Association has gathered a number of speakers to share their expertise on integrating virtual care into healthcare delivery. Each session has multiple speakers including doctors and nurses, C-suite executives, operational directors, academics and others. THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2021

At the time of the alleged fraud, three of the defendants – David Woroboff, George Willard and Randall Mills – were high-level employees of a telemedicine company. THE LARGER TREND. billion in schemes relating to telemedicine. WHY IT MATTERS. Earlier this year, a Florida woman was also ordered to pay $20.3

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 14, 2020

After all, GlobalMed is a telemedicine company and we should be all about expanded options for remote care. Truly connected care means using agnostic, data-driven telemedicine to insert clinically advanced care at the right patient touchpoints. In the past, home health nurses have been able to provide a limited set of services.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

MARCH 27, 2018

In addition to improving and expanding patient service, the vast financial benefits makes telemedicine consults a makes payers eager to gather more research on closing the telehealth gap. Telemedicine Industry Benchmark Survey. Several multi-year trends were observed and analyzed. Summary of Telemedicine Survey Findings.

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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. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2020

Health Systems announced this past week that they have merged to form Arkos Health, a new company designed to bring analytics-driven telemedicine to vulnerable senior populations nationwide. THE LARGER TREND. Curavi Health, CarePointe and U.S. WHY IT MATTERS. " ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 9, 2021

The American Telemedicine Association and the American Board of Telehealth announced Tuesday that they were partnering to expand access to training and education for virtual care. The courses may be used for Continuing Medical Education or Continuing Nursing Education credits. THE LARGER TREND.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

billion of that loss involved allegedly fraudulent claims related to telemedicine. billion total in schemes relating to telemedicine. According to court documents, some telemedicine executives allegedly paid clinicians to order unnecessary durable medical equipment testing and pain medications. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. What are some trends in rural healthcare that are pushing RPM one way or the other? Rural communities across the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The survey report also uncovered that most respondents are generating less than 5% of revenue from their use of telemedicine. "We believe the attractive healthcare market conditions, economies of scale along with fair competition will drive this trend," it stressed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 11, 2023

THE LARGER TREND The platform launched specialist tele-consultations early on in the pandemic to prevent delays in care and limit the backlog of specialty care referrals. Telehealth consultations can also help address the physician specialty shortage.

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Henry Kotula

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Here are five major trends that hospitals and health systems may see in 2022. The pandemic helped the telemedicine industry take off in a big way. 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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Prior to COVID-19 hitting early this year, telemedicine at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine was low in volume, representing less than 0.1% During the peak of the pandemic, more than 50% of ambulatory care was delivered through telemedicine, reaching a peak of nearly 100,000 encounters in May 2020. of total ambulatory care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

"Therefore, in an area with high rates of chronic disease, many patients may not be able to travel to the clinic for a weekly blood pressure check with the nurse, even though these are free and quick appointments." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MARKETPLACE.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Key opinion leader Molly McCarthy and I covered a lot of ground in this webcast conversation as part of Microsoft’s series of three “Expert perspectives on trends driving change in healthcare.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2022

From the distant past of the 1990s up to just a few years ago, many healthcare technologists have predicted that telemedicine would make it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Well, today, thanks to many factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The bill, the Telehealth Extension Act , would also end geographic and site restrictions on approved telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the proposed two-year extension of COVID-19 era telemedicine waivers seems to give elected officials some breathing room with regard to permanent telehealth policy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

" Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners. THE LARGER TREND. It is unclear whether patients without access to broadband , smartphones or other webcams can also seek care through athenaTelehealth.

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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. I would point out three promising trends.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients learned quickly that care at home, delivered via telemedicine (phone, video, email) could efficiently and effectively address many of their clinical needs. We are able to see firsthand what living conditions are like in their environment.

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