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Baptist Health brings urgent care waits down to 6 minutes with telemedicine

Healthcare It News

Staffing for urgent care sites has always been a challenge at Baptist Health, which is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, and serves that state and Indiana. "These virtual providers are centralized in our system and prior to the urgent care rollout already were available 24/7 for other virtual care needs."

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How virtual-first can improve outcomes and make care more affordable

Healthcare It News

He points to greater accessibility, data integrity and consistency, improving healthcare outcomes, and greater affordability. How does a virtual-first approach to healthcare help hospitals and health systems enable greater accessibility to care? How does a virtual-first approach to healthcare help enable data integrity and consistency?

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Epic-linked online scheduling system books big gains for SSM Health

Healthcare It News

We prioritized keeping up with evolving consumer expectations of ease and speed of booking care. "While we had a strong presence digitally, our patient experience needed to improve to meet the needs of consumers, especially mobile users who account for about two-thirds of our traffic," he continued.

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HealthTap Enter DME Market with Aeroflow Healthcare

HIT Consultant

The company partners with health plans, health systems, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), accountable care organizations (ACOs), at-risk providers, and employers to expand access to primary care through flexible fee-for-service or value-based care arrangements.

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An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program

Healthcare It News

"To ensure we offer the highest quality services to our recipients, AdventHealth went on a journey to provide telehealth services that can support the continuum of care, through COVID and beyond," she continued. " This alleviated the need for many follow-up appointments, while allowing transparency in the care plan progress.

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare It News

We were able to streamline our interpreter services process by integrating with our existing interpreting platform. For our next project to improve the experience for existing services, we are integrating our scheduling/registration and patient reminder systems with Zoom to create a more streamlined workflow for staff to schedule visits.

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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., Highly recognizable brand names like CVS MinuteClinics, Walmart Care Clinics, Target Clinics, Walgreens Healthcare Clinics, and new companies like Optum Health, Luna Physical Therapy, Roman, and HIMS are disrupting the status quo.