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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare It News

The participating primary care practices, all part of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s clinical research network, were either general, family, ambulatory internal medicine, preventive medicine or geriatric medicine practices. They self-identified their point of maturation.

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ChatGPT's potential impact on preventative care and emergency visits

Healthcare It News

Many providers and patients are reporting the artificial intelligence helping with preventative care and preventing non-emergent emergency department visits. This technology also holds the potential to guide patients through the healthcare system, ensuring timely and appropriate care interventions.

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It's time for primary care to take advantage of advanced technology

Healthcare It News

Primary care in the U.S. On one hand, the value of primary care physicians has never been higher. The evidence of that is in the tens of billions of dollars of investment in healthcare – more than $39 billion invested in the sector last year alone, with a notable focus on primary care.

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Roundup: AI helps health systems achieve goals as developers push innovation

Healthcare It News

Doctors are finding more time for patients each week at John Muir Health, according to its Epic electronic health record data. The EHR metrics also show a decrease in after-hours time spent entering clinical notes, Ambience, the health system's partner on artificial intelligence-driven clinical documentation and care coordination, said.

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COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness

Healthcare It News

In the Lazio region, GPs, health care workers and primary care services are supervising and caring for patients during heatwaves using the LazioAdvice teleconsultation system and Lazio Doctor per COVID app. They can refer them to a hospital or change their medication.

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Healthcare Marketing In the Age of Limited Physician Access & Value-Based Care

Healthcare Success

Stewart Gandolf Yeah, I can see the infrastructure of all this, right, how that data is going around, how do you manage it, how does that fit with everything else you do, you know, by the way, your doctors are all very, very busy. if we're thinking about extending care, and I talk about this to sort of, you know, non-healthcare friends.

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Harnessing Health Technology and Precision Data to Transition to Proactive Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Shifting Primary Care to Preventative Care to Increase Engagement In contrast to many other countries, Americans have fewer physician visits and a lower ratio of practicing physicians and hospital beds per 1,000 population. This can be done through both in-person and virtual settings.