Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Princess Alexandra Hospital offers data for medication harm research A research project from the University of Queensland School of Pharmacy has started collaborating with the Princess Alexandra Hospital to use digital technologies in reducing rehospitalisation cases due to medication harm.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest safety net health system in the United States, serving more than one million patients annually, including the most vulnerable New Yorkers. In order to launch this service, NYC Health + Hospitals needed a telehealth platform that could flexibly support audio and video modalities. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 7, 2025

Baptist Health, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a faith-based, nonprofit health system comprising six hospitals with more than 1,100 beds, a cancer center, four satellite emergency departments, and more than 200 patient access points of care throughout northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.

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Healthcare Success

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

We have three hospitals in Madison that we own and operate. University Hospital, American Family Children's Hospital, and East Madison Hospital. Um, not all rural hospitals are an attractive, you know, acquisition for larger systems because of the cost involved. But those patients still need and deserve care.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Shifting Primary Care to Preventative Care to Increase Engagement In contrast to many other countries, Americans have fewer physician visits and a lower ratio of practicing physicians and hospital beds per 1,000 population. This can be done through both in-person and virtual settings.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Connecticut Children's Care Network, with 37 independent pediatric practices and more than 200 pediatric primary care providers in Connecticut and Massachusetts, has a mission to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for infants, children and adolescents. THE LARGER TREND.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

– This entity integrates Emory’s growing primary care service line and affiliate physician network to expand value-based care (VBC) – a focus on quality and outcomes while containing costs – to more than 350,000 individuals across Georgia. Its reach extends through partnerships with six regional affiliate hospitals, St.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 8, 2025

The hospital-at-home (HaH) model of care has gained significant momentum in recent years and is transforming how care is delivered to patients. This model enhances patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes by providing reliable, high-quality acute care in the comfort of patients’ homes.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2024

Primary care has also benefited from virtualization of services. According to a study published in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health , telehealth offered by primary care physicians rose from 5.3% before the pandemic to 46.2%

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As hospitals and health systems embrace digital transformation in earnest, they're apt to find improvements on any number of fronts, from staffing challenges (especially in acute care nursing), length of stay, 30-day readmissions, value-based care and chronic care management. It was ranked no.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. Home-based health technologies are any preventive care technology tool that elevates health. "Also, because hospitals are often so short-staffed, they sometimes can’t accept patients right away."

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Queensland to pilot telestroke service at Hervey Bay Hospital The Queensland government has designated Hervey Bay Hospital as the pilot site for the upcoming statewide telestroke service. The InterSystems integration also allows didgUgo to leverage AI for fraud prevention.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Population health management has become an important competency for hospitals and health systems. Overall health depends on ensuring that patients get timely, medically appropriate preventive care and that patients with chronic conditions are proactively followed to prevent future complications.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Clinical teams can assess, act and prevent avoidable health events in real time to avoid unnecessary hospitalization or institutionalization.” McCarter mentioned that the clinical care team supporting caregivers includes CHWs.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2025

A fall prevention benefit is also offered through many of Aetnas MA plans. Aetna engages with home-based care in a number of ways, including partnering with various provider organizations and systems that are delivering at-home primary care and care management for individuals living with complex medical and social needs.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 5, 2021

What You Should Know: Healthcare startup Greater Good Health has launched the industry’s first primary care model centered around nurse practitioners (NPs), just as more states are allowing NPs to practice without physician supervision. Milestones/Traction to Date.

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Making health data more accessible to patients – not to mention doctors and health plans – is a priority for all hospitals and health systems today, as the final Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interoperability Rule mandates patient access. There is a transformative power of data in the hands of patients and families.

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

hospitals and why I’ve titled this post, “outpatient is the new inpatient,” a future paradigm for U.S. This realization is informed by data in a new report from Deloitte, Where have the many hospital inpatient gone? Our ability to create that network outside the hospital is huge.”

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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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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 12, 2024

" Karmanos is one of the first cancer hospitals to deploy Volpara's artificial intelligence-driven risk assessment software at the point of mammogram screenings. Like what you hear? Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or Google Play !

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Healthcare It News

JULY 25, 2023

Community Health Systems operates more than 80 affiliated hospitals and more than 1,000 outpatient sites of care in 16 states. Extend primary care through day-to-day monitoring, technology and services that enable early intervention when needed. " Strong communication has been a cornerstone of this program, he added.

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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

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

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 Success

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This podcast is a must-listen for healthcare leaders and primary care practitioners seeking innovative ways to enhance patient access, optimize care delivery, and address challenges like burnout. You guys gave the credibility for other hospitals to follow suit. It sounds crazy now, but back when you started, Lee.

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Health Care Leader News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

On top of that, the role of primary care is changing. New roles in primary care We have worked with Skills for Health (see box) on supporting our PCNs to develop long-term workforce plans. New roles in primary care We have worked with Skills for Health (see box) on supporting our PCNs to develop long-term workforce plans.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2021, nearly one-half of hospitals and health systems ranked in Tier 2, with in Kaufman Hall’s words, “a thoughtful approach to becoming more consumer centric,” investing in digital infrastructure and programs across the enterprise.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2025

. – The strategic collaboration aims to enhance patient-centered care by reducing clinical burnout and streamlining medical documentation through the integration of Nabla’s AI technology. Providers reported a 50% reduction in the time required to submit clinical notes after appointments.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Albany Med - Columbia Memorial Health (CMH) in Hudson, New York, is a community hospital and health system serving more than 100,000 residents in Columbia and Greene counties. Patients would look for their symptoms on Google and seek care at other hospitals and health systems in the region that had a stronger digital presence.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

"Our main hospital campus struggled with LOS and a lack of beds, as most hospitals did during COVID," Sustrich recalled. "We needed to leverage the bed capacity of our community hospitals. We quickly looked for a telehealth solution to prevent unnecessary transfers and keep care local.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 23, 2024

Providence, a 52-hospital health system based in Renton, Washington, views digital innovation as an important vehicle to overcoming industrywide challenges and transforming care delivery for the betterment of the communities it serves. "This results in fewer phone calls and messages coming into the clinic.

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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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Healthcare It News

JULY 15, 2024

That poses a substantial burden for hospitals and health systems – and necessitates a paradigm shift in management strategies, clinicians say. It encompasses Erie County Medical Center, one of only five public hospitals in New York State and the region's only Level 1 Adult Trauma Center.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 10, 2024

It is no secret that health systems face growing competition from industries like venture-backed healthcare disruptors and health insurance that are offering increasingly specialized and consumer-focused virtual care offerings. 1 hospital in South Carolina." "In 2023, for the ninth consecutive year, U.S.

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