5 Ways Patient Access Software is Transforming Mental Healthcare
Healee
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, patient access has emerged as a pivotal factor in delivering high-quality care.
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Budget 2024: Private hospitals tapped to provide psychiatric telehealth amid crisis
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 21, 2024
The Australian mental health system has reached a crisis point where psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are leaving the sector in droves due to burnout and inadequate support, leaving patients to wait for long to receive care or delay their treatment and risk further deterioration.
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Aptar Digital Health and Iona Mind Announce Partnership to Deliver Scalable Mental Health Support to Chronic Disease Patients
Digital Health Global
MAY 29, 2024
Benefiting from the combined capabilities and digital platforms of both organizations, the partnership will provide integrated solutions to pharmaceutical partners aiming to enhance patient experiences. The Iona Mind platform contains low-intensity CBT programs for managing common mental health conditions and general wellbeing.
Houston FQHC to deploy AI-based mental health support at no cost
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The Federally Qualified Health Center Community Health Network, operating in Brazoria, Harris and Galveston counties in Texas, has partnered with Wysa to integrate its artificial intelligence-guided mental health platform to offer adjunctive behavioral health support throughout patient care journeys and give clinicians and administrators insights.
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Ten Forces Shaping Health Care in 2021: A View from CVS Health
Health Populi
MARCH 9, 2021
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 Mental Health Shadow of COVID-19. The Mental Health Shadow of COVID-19. Tailor Care to the Older Patient.
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New study proves the efficacy of telepsychiatry for anxiety and depression
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
160 million Americans live in regions with mental health professional shortages. Cost and access also are barriers to care, with a predicted shortage of 21,000 adult psychiatrists by 2030 making matters worse. Telepsychiatry can be a lifeline to areas with few mental health options by increasing access to treatment.
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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting. There have been many versions of so-called “patient’s bills of rights” over the years.
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Grow Therapy Raises $88M Sequoia Capital-Led Series C to Advance Effective Mental Healthcare
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 10, 2024
Additionally, the company announced the launch of its enhanced measurement-informed care system, which will allow it to elevate the care experience for clients and providers and make value-based behavioral care accessible for all patient populations, including Medicaid and Medicare members.
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How virtual care can help ease the rural mental health crisis
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The Southwest Rural Health Research Center has identified mental health concerns and addiction as the first and second most important priorities for rural health stakeholders, according to a May 2023 policy brief. In addition, research shows rural Americans are less likely to receive mental healthcare because of the stigma, Booth added.
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Healthcare in 2024 and Beyond – Embracing Technology and Innovation
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, this year will bring forward some major advancements and transformative trends. As we delve into the future of medical technology, several key developments emerge as pivotal in shaping the next wave of healthcare innovation.
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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds
Health Populi
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care.
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Sharing of imaging reports to Australia's MHR to be made default and more briefs
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 9, 2024
Prior to this, patients are reportedly waiting seven days before they can access their imaging reports on My Health Record. Healthcare providers will be assisted by the Australian Digital Health Agency in meeting this new requirement.
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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. Taking vitals is not necessary.
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Zocdoc Learns What Patients Want: Primary Care Access ASAP, and the Role of Women as Chief Health Officers
Health Populi
DECEMBER 15, 2023
The ability to book an doctor’s appointment ASAP, care available in-person and via telehealth, and control over my care — these are key factors Zocdoc explains in the company’s What Patients Want report published this week. pap smear, gyn exam), dermatology, and mental health issues.
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Generation Z is in mental health crisis – telehealth can help
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 6, 2023
Study after study has shown that stressors such as social media, bullying, loneliness and the pandemic are causing and exacerbating a wide array of mental health challenges among high school and college kids. And healthcare resources are not always readily available to help them.
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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 15, 2024
Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. In addition to providing many crucial health services, they are the traffic cop to all the other forms of healthcare throughout a health system. A big chunk of telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health's business is in primary care.
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AI innovator talks personalized treatment, telehealth enhancement and ethics
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 22, 2024
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered. And many healthcare professionals are exploring exactly what AI can do and deploying systems to help health systems manage care and patients manage their health. The app has been tested and vetted by the U.S.
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Cedars-Sinai unveils a revolutionary mental health support app powered by Apple Vision Pro
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Cedars-Sinai , a renowned healthcare institution, introduces a groundbreaking application leveraging Apple Vision Pro technology to provide unparalleled mental health support. Apple Vision Pro has allowed us to create a platform where technology fades into the background and the user’s healing journey comes to the forefront.
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Talkspace and Wheel Enter Strategic Partnership to Bring Together Complete Virtual Care Offering – Connecting Physical and Mental Health
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Talkspace , a leading online behavioral health company, and Wheel , the foremost virtual care platform powering the next generation of virtual healthcare, announced they will partner to offer patients access to board-certified general practitioners and licensed behavioral health providers across the U.S.
Woebot Health Wins MedTech Breakthrough’s Mental Health Innovation Award
Digital Health Global
MAY 9, 2024
The platform offers instantly accessible, chat-based, adjunctive mental health support and the tools and insights needed to enhance the care experience, automate the collection of population insights and increase provider efficiency.
Location, Location, Location – Understanding Health Consumers’ Evolving Definition of Convenience
Health Populi
JULY 7, 2023
The definition of “convenience” in the eyes of patients, consumers, and caregivers is multi-faceted, with the concept of “location” shifting both physically and digitally. See that urgent care visits were more likely sought by younger patients under 43. ” JLL polled 4,037 U.S. ” JLL polled 4,037 U.S.
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Telehealth trends in 2023: Virtual-first, health equity and more
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The technology-enabled form of healthcare delivery has huge momentum coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual care continues to transform traditional healthcare from a reactive, disease-focused model to a proactive, holistic system that is digitally integrated, patient-centric, and focused on personalized health and wellness.
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Leveraging Trust, Showing Humility: How Health Care Organizations Can Serve Consumers – A New Read from McKinsey
Health Populi
APRIL 23, 2024
That’s the current read from McKinsey & Company’s team noting that Consumers rule: Driving healthcare growth with a consumer-led strategy. For these access barriers, there are various kinds of friction people face that organizations can anticipate and risk-manage along the patient journey.
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Australia unveils a 10-Year Digital Health Blueprint
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Australia has laid out an ambitious “ 10-year Digital Health Blueprint ” aimed at reimagining the country’s healthcare system, putting individuals at the center of their health and well-being journey. Trusted: Ensuring data security, privacy, and accuracy to build trust among consumers and healthcare providers.
Antidote Health debuts telemedicine-based mental health clinic
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 19, 2022
Telehealth company Antidote Health is extending its virtual care offerings to include a service focused on mental health issues. Called the Mental Health Clinic, it will offer medication management, as well as treatment for depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, PTSD, OCD and insomnia disorder.
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The challenges of telemental health, and how they can be improved
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 14, 2022
Of all the medical specialties impacted by telemedicine during the course of the pandemic, perhaps the one with the most wholesale and immediately lasting effects is behavioral and mental health. 's treatment of mental health issues? there has been a negative stigma around receiving mental health care.
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XRHealth Secures $6 Million in Funding Led by Asabys Partners and Welcomes NOVA Prime as a New Investor
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 19, 2024
The funding will also further the development of an AI-based clinician that can treat patients for mental health conditions and walk patients through physical and occupational treatment programs. healthcare providers, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers. and XRHealth’s current investors.
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Limited funding hinders uptake of RPM, DTx in Australia
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 29, 2024
Healthcare providers in Australia have been "slow" in their uptake of remote care technologies, such as remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics. However, those with Type 2 Diabetes cannot access subsidies even where continuous glucose monitoring may improve outcomes and prevent diabetes complications.
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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 19, 2024
The world of healthcare is ever-evolving, especially when new technology is being adopted. One such new area is healthcare at home. Although we were forced into fully remote operations with COVID-19, we have been making modifications along the way and have discovered how beneficial it can be to our organizations and our patients.
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Curavit Clinical Research completes successful decentralized trial for Sana Device, advancing PTSD treatment
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Sana Health’s origin story is emblematic of the company’s determination to bring innovative treatments to patients suffering from a range of disorders, and we are honored to help them along this journey,” said Joel Morse , CEO and co-founder of Curavit.
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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 18, 2022
GSR Ventures, a $3 billion assets under management venture firm investing in early-stage digital health companies, is an unusual venture firm: The partners all are former practicing physicians and former successful healthcare technology entrepreneurs themselves. Dr. Justin Norden is a partner at GSR Ventures.
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Leveraging AI to Address the Mental Health Crisis
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 24, 2024
As healthcare providers, you are acutely aware of the staggering mental health challenges facing our societies today. The weight of this crisis calls for innovative solutions that can simultaneously reduce strain on overextended mental health professionals while expanding access to vital assessments.
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Women's telehealth program diminishes stigma via technology
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Pregnancy-related maternal mortality Mental health conditions are the leading cause of pregnancy-related maternal mortality due to suicide and drug overdose. Better systems of care are needed to improve screening, referral and attendance to mental health and substance use disorder treatment for pregnant and postpartum women, she contended.
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Early cognitive impairment detected by Linus Health’s Digital Clock and Recall Test
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Superiority of the DCR Assessment The study, titled “ Digital Clock and Recall is Superior to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia ,” adds to the growing body of evidence supporting the effectiveness of Linus Health’s DCR assessment.
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Telemental Healthcare Access Act would repeal in-person service requirements
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 16, 2021
A bipartisan group of senators this week introduced the Telemental Healthcare Access Act of 2021, geared toward reducing hurdles to providing virtual behavioral health services. would remove the statutory requirement that Medicare beneficiaries be seen in person within six months of receiving mental health services through telehealth.
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Generative AI for Mental Wellness: Balancing the Potential, Cybersecurity, and Ethics
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Mental health is one of the major challenges in today’s digitally-driven world. Use Cases in Mental Healthcare Assistance in Diagnosis Doctors must go through patient conversations, data, background, and other factors and this can be tedious. The AI models are trained using lots of patient records.
Digital Healthcare Transformation: Improving Patient Experience and Outcomes
Digital Health Global
MAY 10, 2023
The healthcare industry is experiencing a significant transformation, with technology playing a vital role in modernizing medical practices and enhancing health outcomes. As healthcare professionals, it is our duty to keep up with and adopt new technologies in order to offer the best possible care to our patients.
Need for virtual mental health services skyrockets during COVID-19 pandemic
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 27, 2021
The healthcare industry has been learning about virtual mental health services for quite some time. Although demand soared during the pandemic, interest in virtual mental health services has been increasing for some time. Younger patients are more likely to embrace a variety of virtual tools.
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Closing the gap: Organizations move to telepsychiatry and hybrid therapy to expand mental health services
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 21, 2023
Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively). ” he said.
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Everside Health and Marathon Health Announce Merger to Meet Accelerating Employer Demand for Advanced Primary Care Services
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 1, 2024
Joining Forces to Deliver Demonstrably Improved Health Outcomes and Meaningful Cost Savings to Patients, U.S. Million Eligible Patients and Over 630 U.S. million eligible patients through more than 680 health centers across 41 U.S. million eligible patients through more than 680 health centers across 41 U.S.
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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 22, 2024
As part of their intake process, the team checked Alex’s (a pseudonym) medical history through the hospital’s health information organization and discovered the patient had recently undergone a cardiac surgery at a different hospital; their post-surgical issues had merely mimicked a neurological challenge.
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ATA hosts series this week on the value of virtual care
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. The virtual series that began Monday continues today with discussions on aging, home testing use cases and reimbursement and increasing equity in mental healthcare access.
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Roundup: BLK-Max introduces AI surgical robot and more briefs
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 15, 2022
BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, a private tertiary healthcare provider in Delhi, has expanded its robotic surgical programme with the addition of an AI-powered robotic system for joint replacement surgeries. If advised, patients will soon have to book appointments for a tele-follow-up, subject to slot availability.
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Osmind EHR integrates Zoom for psychiatry telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
San Francisco-based Osmind announced today that its electronic health record system for mental health clinicians has integrated Zoom virtual visits within its technology platform as part of the company's regulatory-compliant ISV Partner Program. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.
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