Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

Talking with a CIO this week, he described how telehealth is now just part of the infrastructure for how they see patients. Certainly telehealth balooned during COVID and has come back to more reasonable levels now, but in many cases telehealth appointments have still settled at 100 times what they were before COVID.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 19, 2024

Executive Summary: The future of telemedicine is expected to be bright, with a significant impact on healthcare delivery. Here are some key trends to watch: Increased Integration: Telemedicine is likely to become seamlessly integrated into standard healthcare practices. Focus on data privacy and security will be paramount.

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AMD Telemedicine

AUGUST 2, 2023

Over the past decade, telehealth has become increasingly popular as a means to provide care to patients. However, the adoption of telehealth services has become more of a priority for healthcare providers since the onset of the pandemic. This blog was originally published in September 2020 and was updated in August 2023.

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AMD Telemedicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Telemedicine is booming, and healthcare organizations neglecting these technological innovations are missing out. It’s important to consider the big picture, though. Though telehealth implementation necessitates an initial time and money investment, the long-term benefits far outweigh these.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The American Medical Association's digital health research released today shows increased rates of digital health adoption among physicians over the last six years and provides insights into their expectations. in 2022, with the largest growth in remote care tools. in a statement. Doctors across specialties adopting RPM tools.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Existing cybersecurity frameworks for healthcare across Asia-Pacific are not suited for remote care management. Consulting which looked into the cybersecurity landscape of the region and how policies and other measures apply in the rising remote care segment.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 18, 2024

Exec Summary: TeleHealth 1.0 is Generalist TeleHealth , TeleHealth 2.0 is Specialist TeleHealth. The focus is shifting towards TeleHealth that offers a more specialised and tailored approach to patient care. There's been a lot of talk about the decline of TeleHealth recently. Telehealth 2.0

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Best Buy has signed an agreement to acquire Current Health, a leading care-at-home technology platform that brings together remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and patient engagement into a single solution for healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2023

The passing of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 shows the federal government’s commitment to health equity, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens, regardless of location or socioeconomic status.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an abrupt change to reimbursement of telehealth services, allowing healthcare providers to more broadly expand patient access to virtual care. Over the course of the pandemic, virtual care was implemented out of necessity to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 infection. Barriers to in-person care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

While COVID-19 sparked many challenges for healthcare providers across the USA, it highlighted technology’s essential role in patient communication and engagement. In fact, in 2020, research found that just under half of the US population used tech to communicate with their healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed for the first time a set of CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. Therefore, the inclusion of medication adherence programs in CMS' proposed RTM codes represent a major step forward in solving one of healthcare's biggest challenges. In the U.S.,

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Continue Education Journal

AUGUST 31, 2022

2022.2284), examined the impact of telehealth services for substance use disorder treatment and the provision of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) among Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study, published online in JAMA Psychiatry (doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry. About ATA Action.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 1, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General recognized telehealth's potential while cautioning that steps must be taken to ensure virtual care will not be compromised by fraud. "OIG is conducting significant oversight work assessing telehealth services during the public health emergency.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

Before I dive into the details of digital health in CTA’s tech trend consumer survey , I’ll share some of Steve’s top-line insights that provide important context for the evolving home as health hub. All four of these mega-themes impact health and well-being in some way. “Space Tech?” ” you might wonder.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2022

Healthcare provider organizations and clinicians are fortunate that telehealth has gone mainstream as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Before the widespread adoption of telemedicine technology, there were several problems that hindered the delivery of healthcare services for most healthcare organizations. THE PROBLEM One of the main problems was access to healthcare, particularly with working families and those with chronic conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

But telehealth can help in a significant way. TimeDoc Health is a vendor of virtual care management, chronic condition management and remote patient monitoring technologies and services. "Forty years ago, small towns and rural regions were healthier for adults in the prime of life. In August, it named Brian Esterly CEO.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

More than half (56%) of hospital and health system leaders say they are planning to increase their investment in telemedicine during the next two years, according to a new survey from telehealth vendor Amwell and HIMSS Analytics. What does your survey show in the area of expected growth and investment in telehealth?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A survey put forward by the national healthcare, life science and workforce management law firm Epstein Becker Green found that telemental health services have increased in quantity this year – as have fraud-related enforcement actions at the state and federal levels. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Patient engagement is the next frontier in healthcare and single-platform patient portals created the digital foundation for this ongoing transformation. In today’s technology-driven world, patients now expect a seamless healthcare experience, which translates to a digital “one-stop shop” for managing their personal health information. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2021

Experts have repeatedly predicted that telehealth would present a major challenge for healthcare cybersecurity in the coming year. But it's not enough to know telehealth is likely to be an issue. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, "healthcare already had a cyber target on its back," said Logan.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2023

Telehealth services can offer healthcare providers the opportunity and the capability to reach broader populations, clearly – and they can serve as disease prevention tools for these populations, contended Gary Hamilton, CEO of InteliChart, vendor of a patient engagement platform. Please elaborate.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jiang Li, CEO at Vivalink Healthcare is at a turning point, reshaping our view of what defines hospital care. The home has emerged as a fundamental care setting within the broader healthcare continuum, challenging the notion that care concludes at the hospital exit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

specialists, 79% said that their use of telemedicine technology had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, from data and analytics company GlobalData, found that fewer than half of the cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonology and respiratory specialists surveyed were using telehealth before the pandemic. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association on Wednesday issued a response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final rule regarding a permanent expansion to some Medicare telehealth services. Department of Health and Human Services, released last week, that could smooth the way toward telehealth adoption in the longer term.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The American Telemedicine Association has gathered a number of speakers to share their expertise on integrating virtual care into healthcare delivery. The virtual series that began Monday continues today with discussions on aging, home testing use cases and reimbursement and increasing equity in mental healthcare access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The technology-enabled form of healthcare delivery has huge momentum coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. We interviewed Gorton to get his expert perspective on what may be the big trends in telehealth this year. We interviewed Gorton to get his expert perspective on what may be the big trends in telehealth this year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Healthcare providers are especially faced with new challenges: balancing best-practice patient care, reworking guidelines to protect and support their personnel, and much more. These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Telehealth will continue to grow because it fills a void in the mental health space by creating improved access for many individuals who lacked this access previously. Telehealth will continue to grow because it fills a void in the mental health space by creating improved access for many individuals who lacked this access previously.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The American Medical Association this week resolved to continue advocating for telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among underserved communities. The AMA resolved that it would push for the federal government, state agencies and the health insurance industry to adopt clear and uniform policies relating to telehealth services.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 17, 2023

Executive Summary: The future of telemedicine is poised to be promising and transformative, driven by advancements in technology, changing patient preferences, and evolving healthcare needs. Telemedicine is likely to become an integral part of healthcare delivery, expanding across various medical specialties and regions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 15, 2021

A few years ago, Tanner Health System, based in Carrollton, Georgia, recognized that as it moved from uncoordinated, volume-based delivery of health services to an integrated, patient-centric, value-based model, the healthcare industry's future will hinge on its ability to achieve higher-quality care, improved patient outcomes and lower costs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. Raj Ratwani, PhD, vice president of scientific affairs for the MedStar Health Research Institute, and director of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Making caregivers' lives easier should be one of the primary goals of any healthcare provider organization's IT shop. With telehealth a mainstream technology today because of the necessities of the COVID-19 pandemic, caregivers need the technology to be a natural part of their workflow and an easy way to connect with patients.

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AMD Telemedicine

JUNE 30, 2022

When it comes to telehealth, interoperability has various layers. He also touched on the current demand for integrated telehealth solutions and how AMD has specifically adapted to the healthcare landscape with its telemedicine offerings. Telehealth is more than a simple video visit between doctor and patient.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

When the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system created a telehealth program, the main problem it was trying to solve was how to improve access to care across the state. THE PROBLEM Alabama has some of the worst healthcare outcomes in the country. Today, about 15% of total ambulatory volume remains telehealth.

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