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How RTM is a potential game-changer for improving outcomes

Healthcare It News

RTM, which is reimbursable , lets patients connect with their doctors and nurses via care management apps on their smartphones to report non-physiological data, ask questions, watch videos and report outcomes to get better – anytime, day or night.

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Virtual care system designed for COVID-19 grows into a multiuse digital health tool

Healthcare It News

In 2019, Cleveland-based University Hospitals saw an opportunity to use automation and digital care technologies to improve patient engagement, clinical care and outcomes. "This type of communication from doctors and care teams is key to help patients understand the value and utilize the solution.

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Locke Bio Partners with imaware to Bring Comprehensive Lab Testing to Telehealth

HIT Consultant

. –This collaboration removes one of the final barriers to fully remote healthcare, allowing telehealth providers to offer lab-validated treatments without requiring patients to visit a doctors office. Supported by a network of licensed doctors, pharmacies, and banks across the U.S.

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How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth

Healthcare It News

We began by helping people tackle hair loss and sexual health, as these are common conditions that cause social anxiety and can be embarrassing to talk about with someone, even a doctor. In addition to sexual health, contraception and hair loss, the pandemic led you to forge into mental health and primary care.

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IT execs talk priorities and predictions for 2022

Healthcare It News

Jerry Shultz, president of Lightbeam Health, whose population health management platform helps risk-bearing organizations manage the cost and quality demands of value-based reimbursement, would like to see a wholesale effort to improve the care delivery system writ large.

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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare It News

"While we had invested in an app to deliver this information to patients in written form, most of the pre-surgical information was delivered verbally by doctors, nurses and staff, in addition to a paper packet," she continued. Asynchronous video technology made sense to the organization, and it selected vendor HCT Digital Care.

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Closing Care Gaps and Reducing Costs for High-Risk Health Plan Members

GoMoHealth

Outside of the doctors office, managing a chronic condition like diabetes or hypertension falls on the individual. They must take their medications, watch what they eat, juggle multiple doctors appointments and lab tests, and know what to do in case of an emergency.

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