Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

But what's next for virtual care? 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. Why do you feel virtual-first makes sense?

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It is not enough to urge someone to see a primary care provider; we have to be certain they have transportation to get to the appointment and that their work schedule or other responsibilities and circumstances do not interfere, making it difficult or impossible to attend an in-person medical appointment.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

"In some of our primary care locations, we have implemented the ability to connect with a specialist via a telehealth visit while the patient is already at the primary care office to avoid having to make multiple trips." "Both vendors are HIPAA-compliant and work with healthcare providers nationally.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 6, 2022

"Instead, we were able to leverage our relationship to stand up a 24-hour urgent care offering through our virtual provider within days. "The app would allow them to select a physician or healthcare provider from a menu according to the provider's availability and then connect to that provider.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Out of 56 counties in Montana, 55 are designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), limiting access to both urgent and routine medical visits. The cost of travel and long distances between healthcare providers and patients are commonly cited reasons for patients to delay or avoid medical care.

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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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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

SteadyMD provides services for big tech giants like Amazon and for small primary and urgent care healthcare provider organizations. This means their competition extends beyond brick-and-mortar providers in their communities or regions to include well-funded, highly recognizable national brands.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

What You Should Know: – HealthTap , a leading virtual healthcare provider delivering affordable, high-quality primary care, today announced a nationwide collaboration with leading correctional health care company NaphCare, Inc.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. So, many provider organizations scrambled and turned to what they could. It has now been one year since primary care switched to Zoom.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 26, 2023

And what kinds of outcomes can healthcare provider organizations expect? To answer these questions, Healthcare IT News sat down with Zack Tisch, senior vice president of innovation and life sciences at Pivot Point Consulting, a Vaco Company. And what kinds of outcomes can healthcare provider organizations expect?

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 21, 2023

To effectively analyze gaps in care and better serve patients, providers need all patient information in one place. Healow Insights brings together data from payers, hospitals, health centers, urgent care centers and other EHRs into a single source.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs. Others rely on virtual primary care platforms, often through an app, as their pathway to healthcare services instead of going to an in-person primary care physician.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 8, 2023

What You Should Know: A new report released by TytoCare , a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, revealed insights into how health plans and organizations can drive virtual care engagement. Time and cost savings are the top drivers for virtual healthcare adoption.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2021

– Ambetter Virtual Access is a new, innovative health plan that will support affordable and convenient access to licensed virtual primary care providers as well as access to specialists, mental health providers and a Care Team to assist with navigating the platform and in-network resources.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2022

Hims & Hers Health , the multi-specialty telehealth platform focused on providing modern personalized health and wellness experiences to consumers, and Carbon Health , a national healthcare provider, announced a partnership to enable easy and comprehensive access to a broader range of care options through the Hims & Hers platform.

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Healthcare Leadership

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Retail Clinics are located within larger retail stores and provide healthcare services to patients. Normally, these clinics provide a limited number of services compared to a regular primary care doctor’s office. Patients always know what they will be paying so they can factor that into their care decision.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 17, 2023

As a healthcare services organization, it delivers and coordinates whole-person care that integrates primary care, acute care, behavioral health, and long-term services and supports, while addressing the social factors that impact health.

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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

MARCH 8, 2023

What’s more, patients are begging for better digital experiences – and are frustrated with healthcare’s lack of functionality. Late last year, Redpoint Global found that 80% of patients prefer digital channels to communicate with their healthcare providers. Multi-channel.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Each healthcare organization (HCO) may have one or many different EMRs, so a patient’s medical history may be fragmented across various EMR systems within a single HCO and then further dispersed across multiple HCOs. Patients and doctors need a single source of truth across providers, towns, and devices,” explained Dr. McKee.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 25, 2024

President of Value-Based Care at Conifer Health Solutions Employers incur approximately $575 billion each year due to their employees’ poor health, and the number of employees who spend at least $100,000 a year on medical care rose by 50% between 2013 and 2021. Mary Bacaj, Ph.D.,

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients. healthcare system. has a shortage of primary care clinicians, which means it can be difficult to get an appointment. For instance, the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program supports the efforts of health care providers to continue serving their patients by providing reimbursement for telecommunications services, information services, and connected devices necessary to enable telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Round 2 is a $249.95

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When primary care facilities are part of a larger hospital network, interoperability is usually robust. However, challenges arise when patients receive care outside this network, requiring systems to push or pull data across disparate platforms. Another challenge is with urgent care and long-term care.

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Health Care Success

JUNE 9, 2021

Beyond the “usual suspect” service lines such as cardiovascular and orthopedics, one of the biggest trends in healthcare is a renewed focus on primary care. As a result, healthcare systems are focusing on addressing healthcare disparities as a key strategic priority for the organization.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In collaboration with highly-qualified doctors and healthcare providers, we’ve built a digital health platform that is changing the way people talk about and receive the care they need.” HeyDoctor branded itself as an online urgent care provider with an app that’s generated good word-of-mouth among users.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2024

A significant portion of visits – estimated between 13% and 27% – could be treated outside the ED, saving billions of dollars to health systems and allowing hospitals to focus on true urgent care needs. This is where your healthcare team needs to work together to identify particularly alarming signs or symptom combinations.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2022

When the pandemic disrupted routine procedures and primary care across healthcare, many care delivery organizations believed patients would eventually return to in-person care as they always have once the pandemic was over and restrictions were lifted. And they lack trust in healthcare providers, as well.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 13, 2023

That is why perhaps we have devolved (because I don’t think it is beneficial evolution) to the proliferation of psychiatric medications being prescribed at such high frequency by primary care physicians and nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners and other professionals. More on Primary Care.

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Health Care Success

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As these multilocation entities start to scale, they begin to bring on executive leadership to help differentiate themselves from alternative healthcare providers. For all these reasons, healthcare organizations have the opportunity to level up their marketing strategy. 5 Most Important Healthcare Marketing Trends for 2022. #1:

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability in healthcare. Providers need more supportive resources to be successful in more meaningful and broadly distributed risk models. And of course, we will continue the conversation on interoperability, data, and AI.”

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2022

Additional company milestones include: – Omnichannel approach: Launched a white-labeled virtual care platform that supports asynchronous chat, on-demand and scheduled video visits, remote patient monitoring, clinician oversight for labs, and follow-up care. Telehealth 1.0

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Health Dialog

AUGUST 6, 2012

When you get through, you’ll probably be squeezed into a busy schedule and spend hours waiting for a few minutes with your healthcare provider. If you have questions afterwards, you may feel left on your own to manage your care. As a primary care doctor, the challenges my patients faced were frustrating me, too.

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Cloud Blogs

JANUARY 27, 2021

They are designed to enable and extend an organization’s vaccination management capabilities and create end-to-end experiences for citizens, front-line vaccine administrators, and healthcare providers. Now is the time to expand this to medium and smaller-sized provider sites.

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Lexis Nexis

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Care Delivery Diversification How care is delivered is rapidly changing with the expansion of retail health centers and continued advancement in the capabilities of digital health platforms. Department stores, pharmacies and urgent care centers continue to expand their retail health center footprint and the types of care they provide.

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Health Care Success

JANUARY 4, 2022

According to survey data released from Press Ganey, a healthcare experience leader, 66% of 1,000 respondents believed brands like these might pose a significant threat to older hospital and provider institutions. . Healthcare consumerism is also shaping the way organizations deliver medicine. After Healthcare Consumerism.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A significant portion of visits – estimated between 13% and 27% – could be treated outside the ED, saving billions of dollars to health systems and allowing hospitals to focus on true urgent care needs. This is where your healthcare team needs to work together to identify particularly alarming signs or symptom combinations.

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