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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. Mental health can be scaled with telehealth. It is a critical time for the U.S.

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How data transformation can support population health strategies

Cloud Blogs

While many organizations define population health slightly differently, its core aim is to provide an opportunity for leaders in healthcare, agencies, education, and business to work together in order to improve the health outcomes in the communities they serve, all while making an impact to reduce the total cost of care.

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

Home Health Care

Andre Gomez, the executive vice president of Bedrock Healthcare at Home, said he learned that the hard way during his first job in home health care almost 20 years ago. The physician is the gatekeeper, they’re the quarterback, but everyone has a say when it comes to the care continuum. We’re playing a team sport,” Gomez said.

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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as peoples’ daily lives shifted closer and closer to home, and for some weeks and months home-all-the-time, health care, too, moved beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and doctors’ offices. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services.

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Lifespark Adds In-Home Urgent Care, Adding ‘Final Brick’ To Its Suite Of Services

Home Health Care

Ultimately, the goal is to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits or hospitalizations. The urgent care service line will be added to Lifespark COMPLETE, Lifespark’s value-based population health business. Lifespark will also be coordinating telehealth visits with doctors as part of the in-home urgent care offering.

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Is AI-Assisted Lung Cancer Diagnosis Right For Your Hospital?

HIT Consultant

During their review of the scan, the radiologist notes that there is a lung nodule present and recommends follow-up by the patient’s primary care physician (PCP). However, at that moment, this is a secondary and non-urgent issue for this patient, so therefore the care team may not alert the appropriate care team for nodule management.

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How Desert Oasis Healthcare Is Leveraging Google’s Tech To Improve Care Delivery

Home Health Care

“In California, we’re delegated to take full risk for our members, which means we do everything from primary care and preventative care, all the way through hospice services,” Brian Hodgkins, executive vice president of clinical operations at Desert Oasis Healthcare, told Home Health Care News.