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Rush Memorial's virtual ICU reduces transfers, boosts patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

PROPOSAL Rush Memorial brought in vendor Access TeleCare to implement a two-bed, virtual ICU. "We wanted to be able to open our ICU and have available the intensivist/pulmonologist coverage our patients needed," Tressler explained. "Also, we have improved our patient experience," she continued.

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5 Trends from the American Telemedicine Association Conference 2019

Enzyme Health

Last week, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) held its annual conference in New Orleans. Referencing patients as “consumers” has slowly infiltrated the healthcare industry vocabulary over the last decade. 2019 feels like the tipping point where the notion of “patient experience” is being supplanted by the “consumer experience.”

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ProMedica Health doubles inpatient virtual service lines, expediting specialty care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The challenge is always how to distribute that needed care in the most efficient manner for the specialist clinicians, in a way that best optimizes their time while enhancing that patient experience and value. The telemedicine technologies staff proposed were twofold. MARKETPLACE. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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