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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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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

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A South Florida-based academic medical center, Memorial operates six hospitals, including the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital; numerous primary, urgent and 24/7 care facilities; a health specialty center; and a nursing home. Notably, the service was successfully launched just two months later, beginning on January 17, 2023.

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Prisma Health saves $4M, and counting, with patient engagement tech

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The system helped Prisma maintain efficiency, eliminating more than 1,000 backlogged specialty referrals in less than two weeks and provides analytics on staff efficiency as well as patient engagement. It may also help more patients arrive at their appointments on time. "It’s about improving care for our patients.

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The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home? The AMA Launches a Health at Home Framework

Health Populi

Note that this framework has been developed by the AMA, the largest professional organization of doctors. While moving health care to the home will involve quite different workflows and disruptions to current general medical practice, it is clear that physicians in the U.S. The post The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home?

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4 Strategies for Urgent Care to Thrive During the Pandemic and Beyond

HIT Consultant

A year of constantly shifting gears to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and meet patient needs further solidified the essential role urgent cares play during large-scale public health crises. Subsequently, the pandemic is continuing to change the way patients use and view urgent care.

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Nurses Earn Highest Grade for Care Far Above All Other Health Care Workers — Including Doctors — In Latest Gallup Poll

Health Populi

Nurses have ranked highest in honesty and ethics in past Gallup polls , demonstrating the profession’s consistent image and delivery of services that patients highly value on the front lines of care.

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US Patients Show Cautious Optimism Toward Generative AI in Healthcare

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patients are more comfortable with generative artificial intelligence (AI) analyzing their radiology scans and making diagnoses than with AI answering the phone at their doctor’s office. Patient and Provider Sentiments Toward Generative AI The research indicates that nearly half of U.S.