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Primary care reimagined: A virtual front door to healthcare

Healthcare It News

Many healthcare consumers today are disconnecting from traditional primary care, since the current experience is not meeting consumers' expectations, some industry observers say. When consumers disengage, the promise of traditional primary care cannot be realized. You are big on reimagining primary care.

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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

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Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. In addition to providing many crucial health services, they are the traffic cop to all the other forms of healthcare throughout a health system. You contend virtual primary care can amplify value in several ways.

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How virtual-first can improve outcomes and make care more affordable

Healthcare It News

The virtual-first approach to healthcare that some hospitals and health systems are taking is helping to reshape how patients receive care. Payvider in this context not to be confused with payvider meaning large health systems that handle both care delivery and claims processing, such as UPMC, Kaiser and Geisinger.)

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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

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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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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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Intermountain to use NeuroFlow tech to support integrated behavioral health in primary care

Fierce Healthcare

Intermountain Health and NeuroFlow have teamed up to bring behavioral health screening and analytics to primary care patients in Colorado. NeuroFlow will integrate behavioral health analytics into care workflows and engage patients with relevant digital resources and interventions.

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ChatGPT's potential impact on preventative care and emergency visits

Healthcare It News

ChatGPT has been making an impact on enduring healthcare challenges. Many providers and patients are reporting the artificial intelligence helping with preventative care and preventing non-emergent emergency department visits.