Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

"As we carefully considered our long-term strategic options, we determined that CVS Health is the ideal partner, given its focus on expanding access to health services and helping consumers navigate to the best sites of care," said Kyle Armbrester, CEO of Signify Health, in the announcement. Signify Health providers spend 2.5

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As well, transitional care visits can happen virtually post-discharge using telehealth platforms and external staffing to alleviate long wait times due to primary care provider shortages. Finally, digital technologies can facilitate more effective communication and training for healthcare staff.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. We need to reframe our collective mindset around preventive care.

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Healthcare Success

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The coming out of the pandemic, you know, we were heading into the pandemic with a oncoming shortage of healthcare providers anyway, due to the talent cliff that we were heading with retiring baby boomers and are the fact that we had a broad system we weren't producing enough to replace all of them.

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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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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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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

HEALWELL AI to acquire majority control of Pentavere HEALWELL AI debuted last month after partnering with WELL Health Technologies, which provides a digital healthcare operations platform, to launch AI-based decision support to advance early disease diagnosis and improve preventative care.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

And what about the blossoming trend of virtual-first hybrid care? Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic. ” As we saw during the pandemic, delaying care can have dire results, and virtual-first all but solves the issue.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a chronic shortage of mental healthcare providers in rural areas, there is a significant lack of access to this much-needed care for those who reside there. What is the problem with rural and partially rural areas and so few mental healthcare providers? How did this problem develop?

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 26, 2024

Besides workforce solutions, enabling the real-time exchange of information between and among patients and care teams is also imperative to "prevent siloed care and support transitions of care which are so crucial in care continuity and health outcomes."

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Patient and staff safety, which are primary concerns, were especially critical after the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent mandatory shut-downs nationally. 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.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2025

Addressing Disparities in Women’s Healthcare Tia’s recent “ Women’s Integrated Primary Care 2024 Outcomes Report ” highlighted significant challenges women face in healthcare. Providers reported a 50% reduction in the time required to submit clinical notes after appointments.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A recent study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research found telehealth is nearly as effective as in-person primary care visits when it comes to addressing patient needs. However, the digital divide prevents millions of U.S. Even in urban centers where there are shortages of specialists.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Stale data can mean inadequate care and missed opportunities to manage medications or chronic conditions. It also means higher operating costs, as support staff use inaccurate chase lists for patient engagement and routine preventative care like vaccines and screenings. The risks of stale data Missed opportunities.

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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 It News

JULY 10, 2024

On Monday, OBHPN announced a new partnership with Alera to build a clinically integrated network to expand access to care, improve health outcomes and lower costs, according to an announcement from the population health management company.

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Health Care Leader News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Dr Mark Davies, chief medical officer for IBM and Watson Health EMEA, discusses how primary care can use technology to help recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. While great progress was made in the summer, there is still a backlog of non-Covid care created by the first wave. Primary care is ‘open for business’….

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Healthcare It News

JULY 15, 2024

"Routine preventive health checks, including blood pressure and cholesterol screenings, are significantly lower at 58% among Buffalo and neighboring residents, compared with the 75% national average. "Healthcare providers leveraging RPM technologies stand to benefit significantly from improved patient outcomes," she continued.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Some healthcare provider organizations are using conversational AI to help caregivers and patients. The technology is being used in healthcare for such things as patient chatbots, medical triaging and patient support, patient data management and access, and access to medical services. Access to medical services.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The cost of travel and long distances between healthcare providers and patients are commonly cited reasons for patients to delay or avoid medical care. The use of telehealth technology can improve healthcare access for Montanans living in rural and tribal communities by providing access to primary care and specialty services.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." " As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management. " The article also makes a point to emphasize that the medical workforce in the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

"By providing patients with an automated care navigation assistant when they feel more vulnerable, we have been able to qualify patients early and direct them to the right level of care: telemedicine, primary care and pediatrics, or the emergency room," he continued. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Diabetes prevention is one of the biggest challenges in the healthcare industry as more than 37 million Americans (11.3% These areas, many of which are in the Deep South, map directly to known food deserts , pharmacy deserts , designated healthcare provider shortage areas , and lower rates of health literacy.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. A lot of new challenges.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

From finding the appropriate and accessible provider to forging a trusting and attentive personal relationship with patients during and after their clinical encounter, healthcare providers make it difficult for the patient to know when and where it’s appropriate to reach out.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 1, 2024

Telehealth can significantly improve various aspects of the patient experience – particularly for those with chronic diseases – by focusing on the three essential "E's" of healthcare: education, experience and empowerment.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

"Virtual ExpressCare as a key value driver for NYC Health + Hospitals aims to serve episodic care needs, avoiding higher cost hospital utilization, and to connect patients into primary care," Karim noted. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 10, 2024

"As the health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality and safest patient care while educating and training generations of outstanding healthcare providers and leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond," Chehade noted.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Kaufman Hall analyzed 100 health care organizations in this year’s consumerism survey to assess their readiness to embrace consumer-centric strategies, understand how the industry prioritizes these approaches, evaluate their progress toward responding to them, and identifying best practices.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

What You Should Know: – Hartford HealthCare (HHC) , a healthcare system in Connecticut, and K Health , a digital healthcare company specializing in AI-powered primary care, today announced a partnership to launch HHC 24/7, a new virtual health platform.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2024

. – The strategic collaboration aims to proactively identify and address behavioral health needs within Intermountain’s primary care patient population in Colorado. Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care People with combined physical and behavioral health conditions often experience higher healthcare 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. Access to Affordable Primary Care to 280 Million Americans Millions of Americans lack access to a regular primary care doctor.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2024

What You Should Know: Cedars-Sinai is expanding virtual healthcare for children and Spanish speakers in California through its mobile app Cedars-Sinai Connect, a fast-growing online option that allows patients to quickly access top healthcare professionals for acute, chronic and preventive care. and weekends from 8 a.m.

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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. This makes it easy for members to access healthcare from anywhere, at any time.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Primary care doctors and specialists.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Primary care doctors and specialists.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2025

Managing these conditions requires constant care, early intervention, and accessible healthcare solutions to prevent complications and improve quality of life. This is particularly beneficial for individuals in rural areas, where access to specialized care may be limited.

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