Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Green Center and the Primary Care Collective found that telemedicine has been vital to maintaining patient access to services for almost two-thirds of primary care clinicians – and many providers worry what will happen if pre-pandemic regulations are restored. "Primary care is resilient but has weakened.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2023

Nearly one-third (32%) of people already say they would be comfortable with artificial intelligence leading a primary care appointment, according to a new survey from Outbreaks Near Me – although fewer (25%) would be comfortable with AI-led therapy Twelve percent of adults in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

What’s wrong with healthcare Americans are increasingly spending more on healthcare as premiums have risen 20% over the past 5 years, often significantly outpacing inflation – yet one in four insured Americans avoid going to the doctor because they aren’t sure how much it will cost. The mainstream model in the U.S.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

CenterWell Senior Primary Care – a part of Humana Inc. It announced Wednesday that, in select Georgia and Louisiana locations, patients would be able to receive at-home primary care services under its “CenterWell Primary Care Anywhere” program. CenterWell is Humana’s senior care services arm.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Jacob DeWitt, MD, U H SM Ambassador and Founder, Integrative Direct Primary Care In an era when healthcare costs continue to soar, a deviation from the status quo is becoming increasingly necessary. were compelled to forgo medical care in 2022 due to exorbitant costs.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 14, 2024

What You Should Know: – HealthTap , a virtual healthcare provider, just announced a major step towards making quality primary care accessible to all. – Patients in all 50 states can now use their insurance when seeking virtual visits with board-certified doctors on the HealthTap platform.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. Implementing systems that improve effectiveness and efficiency are the top draw here among clinicians, followed by meeting with the doctors to gain an understand of their needs. BDO notes that only 2 in 3 U.S.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 28, 2022

Health systems used financial incentives for quality and cost performance measures, but the percentage of total physician compensation based on quality and cost was just 9% for primary-care providers, according to the study.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

What You Should Know: – Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) announces it is expanding its virtual care portfolio by offering virtual primary care to some midsize and large employer groups in Illinois and Texas starting January 1, 2023. Virtual Primary Care Offering.

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Healthy Debate

MAY 1, 2022

The post A plea from a family medicine resident: We must recognize the changing nature of primary care to prevent an exodus of doctors appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2022

What You Should Know: – First Stop Health® (FSH), a virtual care provider in the areas of telemedicine and virtual mental health, today announced the availability of Virtual Primary Care for its clients and members throughout the U.S. How FSH Virtual Primary Care Features. ” .

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Home Health Care

MARCH 19, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary model Tuesday – centered around primary care providers – that could offer home-based care providers more opportunity to dive into risk-based care. They fill the gaps, and are able to see and treat patients where primary care providers cannot.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 1, 2022

What You Should Know: – Hint Health , a direct primary care (DPC) provider raises $45M led by Banneker Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures , bringing the company’s total funding amount to $60M. To date, Hint Health is available nationally and powers over 2,400 DPC providers and 1,600 clinical locations across the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2023

VP, Strategic Solutions at Definitive Healthcare Primary care is at a tipping point. However, in the past, primary care delivery has been dictated by changes in payor-led reimbursement models. Amazon is also making moves to dominate physician markets, buying out primary care practice One Medical.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 25, 2021

Louis-based, concierge primary care practice that uses connected digital devices and an advanced video platform to bring doctors remotely to its CloudClinics today announced it has closed its oversubscribed $2.5M CloudClinics: Primary Care, Redefined. What You Should Know: – Rezilient Health , a St.

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Home Health Care

MAY 16, 2023

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a microcosm of the larger trend that is home-based primary care. This type of care is proliferating across the U.S., That success has driven the start of new projects, but also additional excitement around bringing home-based primary care back in vogue across the whole country.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – A team of serial health tech entrepreneurs who sold their mobile EHR app to athenahealth has announced the launch of ed Fold Health , the first interoperable digital health tech stack for primary care. The First Digital Health Stack Transforming Primary Care.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What You Should Know: – Community Health Options (CHO) today announced a partnership with Firefly Health to expand its virtual health services and provide members with access to virtual primary care providers. – The new service will be available to members 18 and older starting in January 2024.

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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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I’ll be referring to the research, with gratitude, over the coming months for my own work with clients spanning the health/care ecosystem. health care financing. The line chart here illustrates one piece of the Report’s section on “Unraveling Health,” showing that primary care volumes in the U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The ability to book an doctor’s appointment ASAP, care available in-person and via telehealth, and control over my care — these are key factors Zocdoc explains in the company’s What Patients Want report published this week. pap smear, gyn exam), dermatology, and mental health issues.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What You Should Know: – Primary care is continuing to decentralize with more decisions made outside of primary care offices, according to a recent report by Wolters Kluwer. However: – 70% Millennials anticipate a move to new care settings. Gen Z and Gen X trail closely at 66% and 65%.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

What You Should Know: – TytoCare , a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, today announced the launch of the Home Smart Clinic, a multi-pronged offering delivering health plans and providers a comprehensive range of elements required to launch a truly successful virtual care program without compromises.

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Healthcare Associates

JANUARY 18, 2023

When to See a Doctor for a Cough. Knowing when to see a doctor for a cough is key to catching certain illnesses and diseases early on so you can receive treatment. Knowing when to see a doctor for a cough is key to catching certain illnesses and diseases early on so you can receive treatment. Lung cancer. Shortness of breath.

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Home Health Care

JULY 21, 2022

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced plans on Thursday to acquire the primary care provider One Medical (Nasdaq: ONEM) for a price tag of $3.9 Once the acquisition closes, it will give Amazon a large primary care capability to potentially pair with its growing home-based care business, Amazon Care.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 9, 2024

Both entities believe that joining forces will allow the combined organization to improve access to home-based care services, while also expanding services. Ennoble Care provides hospice, palliative care and home-based primary care throughout the Northeastern U.S. We know that in the U.S.

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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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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 16, 2021

All of those companies – VillageMD, Heal and Patina – have two things in common: They are primary care providers, and they are more focused than their peers on the home as a setting for care. Traditional primary care, it is very transactional in nature, and it’s about dealing with the issue at hand. 23 and Oct.

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Home Health Care

MAY 16, 2022

billion into a joint venture (JV) to further expand its senior-focused value-based primary care clinics. Specifically, Humana’s CenterWell Senior Primary Care arm will be the partner in the expanded WCAS relationship. CenterWell is the largest senior-focused, value-based primary care group in the U.S.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 15, 2022

Heal is a Los Angeles-based in-home primary care provider that focuses primarily on seniors. There are lots of home health nurses and for whatever reason, they’re more accustomed to this model of care.”. You can make observations in the home that you’re unable to in a typical doctor’s office.”.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

are still among the least likely to have a regular doctor or place to go for care. Thus, millions of Americans continue to lack access to primary care compared with peers in other nations, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. The 2022 Fund report, P rimary Care in High-Income Countries: How the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2022

What You Should Know: – For people who have used virtual primary care, the vast majority of them (94%) are satisfied with their experience, and nearly four in five (79%) say it has allowed them to take charge of their health. Virtual Primary Care Helping People Take Charge of Their Health.

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Health Populi

JULY 3, 2024

You’ll journey from physicians who operated during the British Empire era fast forwarding to World War II medical care, then onward to the most recent generation of these engaging doctors. Here’s Michael’s paragraph on this recent great generation of doctors: None of these physician revolutionaries acted in a vacuum.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 12, 2024

Concurrently, the healthcare workforce is facing significant attrition; approximately 20% of doctors are planning to leave the profession and more than 170,000 healthcare workers departed their roles in 2021, according to JAMA. ", "What doctor can help me with my foot pain?",

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

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. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.

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Health Populi

MARCH 30, 2020

Today, March 30, is National Doctors Day. We honor doctors annually on this day. The 2020 WebMD survey on the state of physicians showed a growing anomie among doctors working in the U.S. doctors, including: Too many bureaucratic tasks. On this National Doctors Day, please do honor your physician(s).

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