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Healthcare Reimagined: Creating a Better Remote Care Experience

CiscoHealth

Many healthcare providers have already embraced telehealth as an alternative option to clinic visits for people living in communities with limited access to quality care or for people with mental or physical conditions that struggle to attend an in-person consultation. Find out more about how Cisco Collaboration helps enable remote care.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Based on current COVID-19 recovery trends, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the US federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers will end on May 11, 2023. For a comprehensive overview, visit the Public Health Emergency Roadmap fact sheet.

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Nuvance Health develops new memory care-at-home platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

They can also reminisce by uploading and viewing personal photographs and videos to trigger their memories, and there is lifestyle content on eating well, exercising and getting enough sleep. More and more health systems are developing and launching remote care and hospital-at home programs , some tailored to specific clinical use cases.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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The rapid proliferation and advancement of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The most common telehealth solution involves primary care consultations that take place online (e.g., chat, video conferencing, etc.) Healthcare institutions' motivations for innovation are to improve patient experience, stay relevant and support the changing care model (i.e., remote care and monitoring).

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TriHealth switches to Zoom for pandemic, sees 3,650% increase in telehealth use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Technology that is difficult to use can create a critical barrier to adoption and, in the case of remote care, simply would not work, the health system felt. "During the peak of the pandemic, primary care telehealth visits accounted for more than 50% of our volume." " Nick Kostoff, TriHealth.

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

The reality of having virtual services available from specialities like psychiatry, dermatology, primary care, plastic surgery would mean more accessible healthcare for all, regardless of income. There is an increased reimbursement for remote care services offered by the U.S.