Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. "I know their baseline and when they call, I send the [mobile telemedicine technicians] there."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

There is growth in the number of plans offering virtual care services and expansion in the varieties of services offered. Healthcare IT News sat down with Hunter Sinclair, vice president of solution strategy at Teladoc Health, to dive into this subject. What is the current state of virtual care for those 65 and older?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Technology accelerates adoption of on-demand care and improves access within health care systems. On-demand virtual primary care company, 98point6 , today announced it will offer their virtual care platform to power Health Systems’ digital engagement efforts with providers and patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The study proposed that if telemedicine expansion indicates physicians spending more overall time in EHRs, health systems and policymakers may need to alter productivity expectations and their reimbursement policies.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 18, 2021

By Amy Miller, regional director of growth, AMD Global Telemedicine. Fewer Americans were visiting primary care providers even before the pandemic. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality "Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process" is a free quality improvement program designed to help practices improve the cancer diagnostic process. What is the status of the "AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process."

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

The two impacts impact most physicians as a result of COVID-19 have been experiencing a reduction in income (55%) and increasing the use of telemedicine in the practice (52%). Counterbalancing the lack of in-person visits, thousands of physicians have pivoted to virtual care and telemedicine platforms.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

With over 170 million Prime subscribers, Amazon’s move promises an affordable healthcare option at just $9 per month at a time when the nation faces a shortage in primary care, with demand significantly outweighing supply.

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Henry Kotula

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

At the beginning of the pandemic, physicians and health systems implemented telemedicine solutions with unprecedented speed. But over the past few weeks, we’ve detected a marked shift in the tone and focus of conversations around telemedicine with doctors and executives. Providers have the advantage today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2021

Walmart Health's moves in this direction echo that of Amazon Care, which quietly filed to do business in dozens of states before publicly announcing its intention to provide app-based services in all 50 by this summer. As Livingston notes, it also plans to expand into Florida this year. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2022

Some health systems see a need to unify their virtual care capabilities across an integrated platform, telemedicine vendor Teladoc Health observes. What is the state of telemedicine technology at hospitals and health systems today?

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American Well

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

There is a lot that goes into a telemedicine program, from engaging providers to effectively marketing the service to patients and employees. Top health systems and employers across the country have built robust telemedicine programs to meet their organizations’ unique goals. Southwest Medical is another unique telemedicine example.

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American Well

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

There is a lot that goes into a telemedicine program, from engaging providers to effectively marketing the service to patients and employees. Top health systems and employers across the country have built robust telemedicine programs to meet their organizations’ unique goals. Southwest Medical is another unique telemedicine example.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

“I don’t think we have good enough information to show how we should be deploying telemedicine,” a physician leader recently told us. “If It struck us that viewing telemedicine as a direct substitute for an office visit was a narrow and antiquated way to think about virtual care.

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Henry Kotula

DECEMBER 4, 2023

While health systems’ most-exposed services, like telemedicine and primary care, were never key revenue sources (although they are key referral drivers), there are now more competitors than ever providing diagnostics and ambulatory surgery, which health systems have relied on to maintain their margins.

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care innovations

MAY 16, 2018

And the CMS’ recently unveiled “rural health strategy,” is only adding to that anticipation. Defined as “a commitment to keep rural communities in mind when developing regulations,” the rural health strategy includes “ promises to reduce regulatory barriers to telehealth ,” writes Virgil Dickson for Modern Healthcare. Emphasis ours.).

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Redox

JUNE 30, 2023

Top stories Digital tech categories in the danger zone Dissatisfied with their pandemic-incited purchases, many health systems are ready to rip and replace their telemedicine and RPM solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Florida's Tampa General Hospital has teamed up with healthcare technology company OnMed to deploy new telemedicine stations deployed inside the facility. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 31, 2021

We spoke this week with a medical group president looking to deploy a more consistent consumer experience across his health system’s physician practices, beginning with primary care. The discussion quickly turned to two large primary care practices, acquired several years ago, whose doctors are extremely resistant to change.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Early in the pandemic, the company launched mental health and primary care service lines. What was the strategy behind incorporating full-blown telemedicine into your business? Telemedicine has always been at the core of Hims & Hers' business. First we launched primary care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora developed an active and growing telemedicine program over the past eight years. Before COVID-19, almost all specialties were using telemedicine in some aspect of their practice. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM.

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Henry Kotula

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Pharmacy and retail chains Walmart and CVS Health both detailed their intended expansions into primary care. The pandemic helped the telemedicine industry take off in a big way. Regardless of patient opinion, telehealth will remain a key part of health strategy. Telehealth expansion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2021

Jessica Sweeney-Platt, vice president of research and editorial strategy at athenahealth, has telehealth insights learned from athenahealth's vast nationwide network data sourced from 18.4 The Northeast and the West lead the country for adoption and sustained volume of primary care telehealth appointments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Prior to implementing the telemedicine technology supported by the FCC program funds, Sun River Health had relatively limited and targeted capacity to support remote visits. Mostly, Sun River Health's telemedicine services met the needs of the HIV, Medically Assisted Treatment patients. THE PROBLEM.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

OCTOBER 4, 2017

These 5 Health Plan Telemedicine Cases demonstrate how to improve benefits and access. Health insurers now meet the needs of these newly-covered individuals and families, including assuring access to specialty care. One strategy insurers employed is the use of telemedicine. Click HERE and discuss how BHM helps payers.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Telemedicine Today. Large health plans and even the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are starting to reimburse for virtual care, starting first and foremost with the telehealth platforms. Read more about these 5 factors driving 24/7 care through telehealth. February 2016. mHealthIntelligence.com. Consumer support.

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American Well

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Southwest Medical offers primary care, specialty care and urgent care, in addition to a variety of specialized, focused programs. Southwest Medical set out to achieve four broad goals with its telemedicine initiatives: Improve the patient experience. Goals for SMA NowClinic. Launching NowClinic.

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American Well

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Southwest Medical offers primary care, specialty care and urgent care, in addition to a variety of specialized, focused programs. Southwest Medical set out to achieve four broad goals with its telemedicine initiatives: Improve the patient experience. Goals for SMA NowClinic. Launching NowClinic.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 15, 2024

Future of Healthcare: Technological Disruption: AI, Big Data, Robotics, and Telemedicine will be central, with discussions on their impact on diagnosis, treatment, and overall healthcare delivery. Visit , [link] HealthTech Corporate Development - Buy Side, Sell Side, Growth & Strategy services for Founders, Owners and Investors.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 12, 2021

Increase in virtual telemedicine appointments increased ten times in 15 days. And in 2021 at CES in the era of COVID and beyond, telehealth is now, just, part of the continuum of health care. Remote learning pivoted 250 million students to move to online learning over 2 weeks, and.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2020

Another friend’s dog needed to see the veterinarian, who also organized a drive-up service for pet health care. Enter health care into the drive-through and drive-up era. public health patchwork quilt. The private sector in the U.S. The NPR piece pointed out “testing deserts” where health consumers in the U.S.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 16, 2021

Late last week, retail giant Walmart announced its plan to acquire national telemedicine provider MeMD , for an undisclosed sum. MeMD, founded in 2010, provides primary care and mental health services to five million patients nationally. Both retail giants are slowly circling the $3.6T

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2020

The Korean government has made a strategy to triage COVID-19 patients based on their risks. Mild patients were admitted to the community recovery center and treated through telemedicine, and only patients with moderate levels or higher were treated in the hospital. (2) 1) Telemedicine. 2) Personal Health Records.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2022

“No matter how close the nearest primary care physician office is, if they can’t get out of bed or leave their home, they simply are not going to get care before their conditions worsen,” said Blue Beckham, chief strategy officer at Scottsdale Physician Group. It needed to see all of the vitals.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

DECEMBER 3, 2015

In January 2015, Stanford Medicine launched ClickWell Care, a new type of Primary Care clinic which leverages technology to allow patients to virtually connect with their own Stanford primary care clinicians and wellness coaches via video or phone visits. “Initially we created this virtual model for our ACO.

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