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NYC Health + Hospitals keeps patients out of ER with virtual urgent care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest safety net health system in the United States, serving more than one million patients annually, including the most vulnerable New Yorkers. In order to launch this service, NYC Health + Hospitals needed a telehealth platform that could flexibly support audio and video modalities. THE PROBLEM.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth has been around for a long time, but only recently has it gained the critical mass that most have long expected. The lessons have been learned in real time: how to cultivate clinician buy-in, adjust to new workflows, iron out IT challenges, educate patients, manage new data streams, safeguard security and much more.

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Telehealth and RPM on the Montana frontier

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The service area (though not continuous) covers a region roughly equivalent to the states of New York, New Jersey and Vermont – combined. The Rural Health Information Hub breaks down various definitions of frontier designations, but a common one is six or fewer people per square mile. " Sarah Compton, One Health.

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Mayor Adams, DOHMH Commissioner Dr. Vasan Launch ‘TeenSpace’ With Talkspace, Tele-mental Health Service For NYC Teens

Digital Health Global

Launching this month, the service — created in partnership with online therapy platform Talkspace — will allow New York City teenagers to connect with a licensed therapist through phone, video, and text. Supporting healthy minds from a young age will lay a foundation for the future of a healthier New York City.”

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Virtua Health offers lessons in creating a Digital Transformation Office, Part 2

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The enterprise health system created six distinct service lines supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The six virtual care programs are as follows. First, Urgent Care Telehealth. " Fourth, Care After COVID, or Long Haulers Program.

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Telehealth has staying power, should benefit from lasting regulatory changes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

more patients than ever are turning to telehealth for care – eschewing overcrowded emergency rooms and dormant physician practices in favor of virtual consults. NYU Langone Health launched its telehealth initiative more than two years ago, but study co-author Dr. Paul Testa told Healthcare IT News that patient use skyrocketed in March.

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Centura Health blends RPM, carts and Epic EHR for expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Interoperability issues resulted in many manual steps to get information between systems and tasks completed. "Then and now, the provider decides whether to accept telehealth as a service in their practice based on the clinician experience. Centura Health is extending its ministry with a new hospital, St.

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