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

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

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

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This proactive care helps patients stay ahead of their medical conditions, reducing the likelihood of hospitalizations and expensive surgeries. This model works sometimes; but it cannot account for people who have multiple, interconnected conditions, like diabetes and high blood pressure.

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How Urgent Care Can Address its Degrading Scope of Practice

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Monte Sandler, COO of Experity Over the past several years, urgent care centers nationwide have opened their doors to millions of patients in need of COVID-19 testing and treatment, driving an increase in daily patient visit volumes and new, challenging patient care demands.

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Optum, LHC Group Put Pedal Down On Home-Based Care Efforts

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Home Care remains deeply fragmented, disconnected and too difficult to navigate,” Proffitt said Wednesday. “It It accounts for about $150 billion of the health sector today, and we expect this figure to climb substantially by the end of the decade. UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum acquired LHC Group last year for $5.4

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HealthTap Enter DME Market with Aeroflow Healthcare

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HealthTap’s Comprehensive Virtual Primary Care and DME Solutions HealthTap is a leading virtual primary care provider that offers high-quality, cost-effective healthcare across all 50 states.

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An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program

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"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.