Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

"We first started with pre- and post-discharge chats with the goal of preventing readmissions and helping patients better manage their care after leaving the hospital. Our goals for our chronic disease programs are more tightly linked to how we can prevent admissions in the first place."

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Healthcare Associates

OCTOBER 25, 2022

5 ways to prevent nosebleeds from stress. True, there are lots of other reasons you might suffer nosebleeds, so talk with your doctor if you have them often. Of course, lots of curious kiddos wind up in the emergency room or urgent care every year with a nosebleed caused by a Lego or marble stuck up the nose. Medications.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In the state of Pennsylvania, only urgent medical care was permitted for several months, which created an instant barrier to receiving routine, follow-up and preventive care. We continue to use this technology to offer this convenient option for patients.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The enterprise health system created six distinct service lines supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The six virtual care programs are as follows. First, Urgent Care Telehealth. First, Urgent Care Telehealth: Of the patients seen in urgent care, about 15% make return visits.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

What You Should Know: – First Stop Health adds virtual primary care as a whole-person, digital-first service to address urgent, preventive and chronic care needs for members. were left without care options for routine and long-term issues. “Patients throughout the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the road to implementing effective pop health strategies is laden with challenges: monitoring chronic illness rates and preventing community transmission, triaging emergencies over routine health care circumstances, and executing preventive services all require providers to alter their traditional fee-for-service workflow.

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Healthcare Success

OCTOBER 17, 2024

HELPCare, LLC delivers affordable, direct primary care by eliminating insurance payments, offering ample appointment time, and focusing on personalized, preventive care. Lee Aase: And our, and this is in in collaboration with a high school classmate of mine who's a primary care, doctor. Lee Aase: Yeah.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Mobile bookings dominate, particularly for urgent care, mental health, and primary care. Top Specialties and Visit Reasons Preventive health and skin health lead the bookings, followed by mental health and dental care. Urgent care, dermatology, and psychiatry are the fastest-growing specialty groups.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 9, 2022

America spends half of what other developed countries spend on primary care, despite it being the single area of healthcare that has proven to deliver actual cost savings with better population health results. People stop seeking out primary care in the times when preventive, proactive care could make the most difference.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

Sites included: “My” doctor’s office, favored by more people who were White or Asian, and those 45 years or older. Urgent care clinics or freestanding ERs, preferred by more Latinx patients. For example, over 70% of patients are willingness to use a video virtual care visit based on the claim cost of $78.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Why It Matters According to Deloitte , since 2018, consumers’ usage of virtual health has increased across all ages, and almost two-thirds of consumers would utilize virtual care visits for preventive health. Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The physician they select can provide annual exams, preventive care, diagnosis and treatment for health concerns and management of chronic conditions. The providers are available for phone or video primary care visits six days a week. They can write prescriptions and refer members to in-person care, when necessary.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Most impressively, statistics-wise, was that visits to alternative venues like urgent care centers rose by 46.9%. The researchers pointed to several possible drivers to lower PCP visits including perceived visit needs, financial barriers like co-payments, and use of alternative sources of care. ” The U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

But the consumer pressures, along with evidence-based self-service options for health – both for “care” and for wellness, fitness and prevention – bring us to this inflection point for virtual health. The design challenges, which are suggested in the third experience chart, are evident.

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Healthcare Associates

JANUARY 13, 2023

There are a variety of serious health conditions that cause chest pain, and you should always talk to a doctor about new or worsening symptoms. You will need to see a doctor to confirm that you have pericarditis. Your primary care doctor may be able to diagnose and treat you, but they might send you to a heart specialist.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

The green shades illustrate that consumers are “comfortable” receiving care via virtual providers and telehealth platforms, moreso than via any other care on-ramp — much more than hospitals, ERs, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care clinics, or walk-in clinics. health care system.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Patient satisfaction, convenience, quality care, and brand loyalty are core to their business models.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While consulting at the University of Texas Medical Branch on telemedicine for inmate care, Dr. Sanders met Dr. G. Byron Brooks, an electrical engineer and medical doctor. Telehealth Revolution Evolves to Virtual Care, Providing a Solution to Modern Healthcare Challenges The rest is history. Kilimanjaro.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 10, 2022

The fastest way to access healthcare in the United States isn’t through a primary care physician or urgent care or orchestrated referrals processes. Mandana Varahrami, Chief Product Officer, CipherHealth. It comes through three taps of a button: Nine, one, and one.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2024

The main driver behind ER chaos and expense is a nationwide shortage of trained doctors and nurses. A single nurse often has to care for ten or more patients in the ED simultaneously, leading to treatment delays and deferred care.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

In many countries and in peoples’ minds, the only “real” way to get proper treatment is to go to a doctor and, in some countries, head to a hospital or a specialist clinic. This will further Philips’ vision for Evolution of Care Settings from hospital to home and self-care modes.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Instead, we should take a step back and think about how we can better support doctors in delivering high-quality care. For example, these tools can help patients navigate to the right care, engage more effectively in their interactions with clinicians, and better manage their health, lifestyle, and treatments.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 8, 2018

At least 40% of people were concerned about possibly incurring expenses for catastrophic events, long-term care, end-of-life and chronic conditions. healthcare), emergency room, and urgent care. Ultimately, more care is not better care, as this classic New Yorker cartoon teaches us.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Telehealth is a very broad, umbrella term that encompasses any and all care that a doctor or clinician provides without an in-person office visit. – Urgent care issues like colds, coughs, and stomach aches. RPM can prevent possible deterioration in health between office visits. What is Telehealth?

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Revolutionizing Healthcare Delivery with CloudClinics™ Rezilient reduces employers’ total cost of care through increasing access and utilization of value-based primary and specialty care. This approach delivers a significant return on investment for employers and improves employee health outcomes. healthcare industry.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Specialty care. Care coordination and continuity.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2021

bn , much of which went into niche applications like lab testing, medication adherence, and on-demand triage for urgent care. These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend. Fragmentation is a hallmark of the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It also has the potential to facilitate better personal health decisions and wellness planning to prevent acute problems later, improve clinical outcomes now, and reduce the need for redundant diagnostic testing. Patients and doctors need a single source of truth across providers, towns, and devices,” explained Dr. McKee.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 30, 2024

By enabling clinicians to resolve more health concerns directly at the school, it reduces the need for in-office doctor visits, which often lead to student absenteeism and impose time and resource burdens on parents. In schools, the Pro Smart Clinic significantly enhances on-site health services.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Similarly, they may be looking for additional opportunities to generate revenue, within a value-based care contract (such as preventive care), from traditional fee-for-service setups, or through work such as clinical trial enrollment. Some come from external providers such as urgent care clinics or telehealth services.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Whether retail clinics, telehealth, or asynchronous physician visits via mobile health apps — consumers’ adoption of these sites, away from traditional brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices and ambulatory care clinics, has hovered around 10%, Oliver Wyman gauges in this report. This survey was conducted among 2,509 U.S.

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NASHP

AUGUST 29, 2022

Will audio-only doctor visits and FaceTime video chatting continue to be reimbursed as if they are in-person service visits, and should they? Language was not reported as a barrier in accessing care and connecting with a provider from home offered significant benefits that encouraged regular care for prevention and chronic disease management.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2022

While healthcare systems are there to care for those in need, they also feel the straining effects of their overextended providers and overwhelmed ER staff being used to treat preventable illnesses and behavioral health needs , the majority of which are distributed unequally in our communities.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2022

What You Should Know: – New data from Carta Healthcare shows 83% of patients have had to provide the same health information or duplicate health information at a doctor’s office. 42% of Americans spend six minutes or more recounting past medical history at their doctor’s appointments due to a lack of integrated data processes.

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Healthcare Associates

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Jason Varghese Spotlight Article Jason Varghese , MD, is a Board-Certified Family Medicine doctor who treats patients of all ages, from newborn babies to 90+ years old. He comes to Healthcare Associates of Texas with a wealth of knowledge and experience in Primary care and Urgent care.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Connecting Members With Primary Care Doctors That Provide Longitudinal Care. HealthTap is a nationwide virtual primary care provider, delivering quality primary care affordably to all Americans, whether or not they have good insurance.

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