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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients.

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Telemedicine, enabled with responsible AI, can improve the patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the integration of virtual care has become pivotal in reshaping patient experiences. What aspects of a hospital's or health system's patient experience can telemedicine touch? How exactly can telehealth improve these aspects of the patient experience?

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Will virtual primary care become a new model of healthcare delivery?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans received care from their primary care physicians via telemedicine. And physicians and patients alike discovered there were many things they could accomplish over a video connection. Q: What is virtual primary care? But it worked.

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How telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of primary care. How can virtual care enable this?

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Michigan Avenue Primary Care integrates EHR, telehealth and scheduling

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For Michigan Avenue Primary Care in Chicago, the most pressing need near the beginning of the pandemic was to find a way to adopt telemedicine as the primary service model during the COVID-19 lockdown, especially for mental health patients who suddenly were shut off from in-person support. THE PROBLEM. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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The Future of Primary Care – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 95

Healthcare IT Today

For the 95th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re talking about the future of primary care. We discuss the different challenges primary care is currently facing. Then we take a look at retail care and tech players to see how they can impact primary care. Google Podcasts.

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Cincinnati Children's puts focus on patient experience with its telehealth program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the time, the interest in video visits and other forms of telehealth was growing, and the provider organization had a few clinical programs already up and running. "We primarily used Cisco products, including Jabber Guest, for video visits and to address access initially, as we were doing few visits in the home."