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Teladoc eyes hospital growth, says primary care is 'just the beginning'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The company also pointed to what it called "significant new agreements" with CVS Health and Centene to provide its primary care offering, Primary360. Email: kjercich@himss.org. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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AristaMD launches combined teleconsult and referral platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 11, 2023

AristaMD this week announced its new unified care transition platform, which it says will enable primary care practices to provide patient-to-provider specialty matching, process electronic referrals and access peer consultations to minimize patient wait times for specialties.

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HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model , or C-COMM, from HIMSS Analytics is meant to help healthcare organizations track the digital maturity of care delivered across community-based environments. Build data governance to help organizations build functionality and communication across disparate care teams.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

times longer with a patient in the home than providers in average primary care office visits, according to the company. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models. Email: afox@himss.org.

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MaineHealth turned a COVID-19 grant into a permanent telehealth program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

Similar to many health systems across the country, COVID-19 created an urgent need for MaineHealth to take care of patients at a distance to keep patients and care teams safe. MaineHealth wanted telemedicine technology that could easily integrate into its care models and that would be highly accessible for patients to use.

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Accelerating the digital transformation of healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2020

Primary care clinics were built within large corporations themselves, greatly facilitating employees’ visits to the clinics. With the onset of COVID-19, doctors were open-minded and fast thinking which allowed for the smooth and swift transition to telehealth.

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Analytics and outreach key to telehealth success at Southwestern Health Resources

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

As a value-based care organization, it provides population health management for its parent organizations, Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Primary care providers saw a more than 50% drop-off in volumes during the second quarter of 2020. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org. THE PROBLEM.

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Pandemic preparedness is a national security issue, say experts at HIMSS21

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 10, 2021

Dr. David Bates, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital, compared the priorities set out by the declaration to the real-world response to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the United States. Email: kjercich@himss.org. Twitter: @kjercich. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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AWS announces healthcare workforce accelerator cohort

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

A practice-wide communications system that can help free up primary care reception staff. A platform that integrates siloed data and automates manual workflows and employs analytics. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Babblevoice. Rose Health.

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What the Telehealth Expansion Act means for tackling social determinants and boosting health equity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2023

The expansion allows for people to start the cycle of primary care treatment and follow up on other treatment options that their doctor or primary provider has recommended for them, without having to worry about high costs, deductibles or transportation issues. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Sanford Health's CIO talks virtual care, workforce challenges, modern data ecosystem

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. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org.

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IT execs talk new strategies for analytics, patient engagement, telehealth and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

Some of them center on the importance of data and analytics, the need for more patient engagement, the requirements of keeping telehealth up to par, and the need to focus technologies on enabling enterprise-wide strategic plans. The increased importance of data and analytics. " Dr. Roxana Lupu, Sanford Health.

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Behavioral health and telemedicine: What's in store for 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 26, 2022

With their ultimate business goal to improve clinical outcomes, hospitals and health systems will further recognize that incorporating measurement-based care into their practices is the best way to confirm and document patient progress. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org. According to a recent report from the U.S.

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For El Camino Hospital, the pandemic was a springboard into broad virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2022

"Care delivery options included urgent care, primary care, behavioral health services and chronic care management." " El Camino also was seeking a technology that could support what Muro calls high-reliability care. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org. " Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Sneak peek: New EY survey explores changing consumer telehealth preferences

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

Consumers strongly prefer in-person visits as they allow health professionals to examine or see the health condition (84%), develop a deeper personal connection with their clinician (77%), and solve their care concern (67%). Close to three in four consider the quality of in-person care is superior to that of virtual care (71%).

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Telehealth helps address many key chronic care management challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." " As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management. " The article also makes a point to emphasize that the medical workforce in the U.S.

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Telehealth to be a permanent part of care at Boulder Community Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2021

"We immediately stood up new analytics to measure the prevalence of the virus in our community and among our patients. We configured our electronic health record to guide the most up-to-date, evidence-based medical care for COVID-19, so that nurses and doctors were guided in providing care. " Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Epic EHR-linked telehealth skyrockets at Children’s Colorado

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

” Further, the healthcare organization adapted its hospital space and added the technology and processes to safely replace in-person care with home-based care, both for patients and by providers, she added. Email the writer: bill.siwicki@himss.org. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Telehealth and RPM on the Montana frontier

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2022

One Health, based in Hardin, Montana, is a family of Federally Qualified Health Centers that provides integrated primary care to rural and frontier communities in Montana and Wyoming. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org. It has 12 clinics spanning from the Canadian border to the Montana/North Dakota border to northern Wyoming.

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Cleveland Clinic leader: Telehealth now a 'permanent mode' of care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Today, one in four hospitals, health systems and health plans rely on five or more telehealth platforms, according to a survey by Amwell and HIMSS Analytics. This presents significant obstacles in delivering seamless digital care. It also increases the potential for breakdowns in care. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org.

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Evolving patient portals, remote workforce challenges and tech at the bedside

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2022

We had to ensure seamless reporting to get results into the respective patient portals and out to their primary care physicians. There are predictive analytic models in our EHR that notify our clinicians in real time if their patients are at high risk for sepsis or at risk for readmission and other measures.

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A Hawaii health system meets island community and COVID-19 needs with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

"As COVID-19 dramatically increased patient and provider adoption of telehealth over the last 18 months, we are now using the telemedicine equipment and licenses supported by the FCC COVID-19 telehealth funds throughout the whole spectrum of care," Koenig observed. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Happy clinicians are the best ambassadors for virtual care,” the report asserted. “Sixty-nine percent of consumers said it was important to have a recommendation from their primary care doctor before using an alternative care setting such as virtual visits.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In this installment, you will share in expertise from: Andy Crowder, chief information and analytics officer at Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health. "COVID-19 testing, treatment, vaccination, along with continued access to primary care using telehealth and other digital technologies will continue," he said.

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Mercy Virtual Care Center: A deep dive into a virtual hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

"We follow these patients longitudinally, meaning when someone enrolls with us, we will manage them alongside their primary care physician and specialists throughout their entire care journey. " When a primary care physician advises a patient to join vEngagement, the success rate is threefold higher.

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