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How Virtual Primary Care Can Enrich Your Practice

HIT Consultant

Primary care has also benefited from virtualization of services. According to a study published in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health , telehealth offered by primary care physicians rose from 5.3% before the pandemic to 46.2% to $186.10

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Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids

Briggs Healthcare

The February 10, 2022 Federal Register includes the announcement of the opening of a docket to obtain comment on the proposed clinical practice guideline, CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids—United States, 2022.

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Health IT leaders can do better boosting access for underserved populations

Healthcare It News

For example, when patients seek a primary care provider, they may be looking for someone with whom they can build a relationship with – perhaps for decades. I saw this situation play out first-hand during my years of clinical practice. To find the right provider, patients first need access to the right information.

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Key Strategies for Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce

NASHP

Supporting Collaborative Care through Rate Increases : By raising reimbursement rates for Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) codes , states can incentivize providers to adopt the model and support the sustainability of hiring behavioral health care managers. Advance strategic workforce planning solutions.

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Johns Hopkins has big plans for AI in Epic chart summarization

Healthcare It News

Today, Hasselfeld, who also is a primary care physician in internal medicine and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, turns his focus to Johns Hopkins itself, where he and a number of teams throughout the organization have implemented AI in ambient scribing and patient portal applications.

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Future Of Wound Care: Home Health Providers Step Up To Meet Rising Demand

Home Health Care

As the health care industry increasingly embraces value-based care, the role of technology in home-based wound care is expected to expand, according to Anderson. The lack of caregiver support and the resulting burden on patients are critical challenges in chronic wound care, Anderson said.

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Bedrock Healthcare at Home Leans On Technology To Keep Patients Out Of The Hospital

Home Health Care

It’s also hoping to better care for patients as they become more sick and complex when discharged to home health or other settings. Everyone in health care is a primary care provider,” Gomez said. Our therapists, dieticians, they’re all primary care providers.

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