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Primary care reimagined: A virtual front door to healthcare

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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-first can improve outcomes and make care more affordable

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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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NYC Health + Hospitals keeps patients out of ER with virtual urgent care

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Once the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the health system needed to be able to treat the surge of patients with urgent care needs virtually so they could keep them safely at home and away from the overwhelmed emergency care system. Healthcare IT News has published a special report detailing many of the vendors and their products.

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Baptist Health brings urgent care waits down to 6 minutes with telemedicine

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Staffing for urgent care sites has always been a challenge at Baptist Health, which is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, and serves that state and Indiana. Further, with today's healthcare staffing challenges, even if Baptist Health recognizes a need for extra workers, it may not have the resources to upstaff appropriately.

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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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Urgent care's impact during the pandemic and the future of on-demand care

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In 2020 alone, urgent care clinics saw a 58% increase in visit volumes due to the demand for COVID-19-related episodic care, with testing and vaccinations accounting for more than 60% of total visits, according to the latest research from urgent care software company Experity, which surveyed half of U.S.

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Survey: 1 in 3 patients comfortable with AI-led primary care

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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. What do people expect from AI in healthcare?