Healthcare It News

APRIL 15, 2024

A big chunk of telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health's business is in primary care. You contend virtual primary care can amplify value in several ways. First you suggest it can provide high-touch care coordination for preventive care, chronic condition management and mental health services.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, began developing a virtual care strategy in October 2019 – well before COVID-19 struck – with the hope of leveraging the technology as a tool to support patient care and the organizational strategy, rather than as a stand-alone strategy in and of itself. Staffing a 24/7 platform.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In 2019, Cleveland-based University Hospitals saw an opportunity to use automation and digital care technologies to improve patient engagement, clinical care and outcomes. Brian Zack, system medical director for digital health at University Hospitals and associate chief medical officer at Ahuja Medical Center.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The enterprise health system created six distinct service lines supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The six virtual care programs are as follows. First, Urgent Care Telehealth. First, Urgent Care Telehealth: Of the patients seen in urgent care, about 15% make return visits.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

" The pandemic also further reduced access to routine care leading to an increase in preventable complications due to chronic conditions, including emergency room visits, hospitalizations and overall healthcare costs, she added. " PROPOSAL.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2025

A fall prevention benefit is also offered through many of Aetnas MA plans. Broadly, many of Aetnas offerings, such as fall prevention and the fitness benefit, were designed with the objective to keep seniors in their homes longer. So we set up our programs for annual fall prevention assessments in the home. Can they move?

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

To further complicate matters, as healthcare consumers continue to prioritize patient experience, physicians are leaving private practices for hospitals and larger medical groups at an alarming rate. According to Avalere Health , nearly three in four doctors work for a hospital, health system, or corporate entity today.

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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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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. In fact, the contrary is true.

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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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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2022

"WVU Medicine's approach aimed to meet the needs of low-acuity patients with disease exposure concerns, and reducing and preventing overcrowding in emergency departments, urgent care clinics and general care clinics while also giving the reassurance and advice that patients require. McAllister, WVU Medicine.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

I’d interviewed Roy at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January to catch up on consumer health developments, and the March meeting was going to cover Philips’ innovations on the hospital and acute care side of the business, as well as to learn more about Roy’s new role as head of Connected Care.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

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. A transplant social worker can perform a virtual check-in with a patient on the waiting list for an organ.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The journey of the hospital-at-home model in the U.S. Much of it has transpired over the last few years, ever since the introduction of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, which allowed health systems to provide acute care in the home during the public health emergency (PHE). is a compelling one. How welcomed is that?

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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

. “Why is a real estate services company doing research into consumers’ views on health care?” See my Hot Points below, discussing my views on the morphing of health care real estate from Pill Hill and inpatient hospitals to the home and closer-to-home sites. ” you might ask. ” JLL polled 4,037 U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

What You Should Know: – Real world evidence from electronic medical records (EHR) data reveals the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing hospitalizations, emergency department visits and intensive care admissions due to the virus, according to a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 8, 2022

. – As part of the partnership, Baptist Health will integrate TytoCare’s Home Smart Clinic solution into its current telehealth offering, enhancing the health system’s ability to diagnose and treat patients with in-depth, remote physical examinations during virtual visits, including urgent care video visits.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 29, 2025

Today, home health care professionals can manage conditions such as strokes, heart failure and cancer, achieving successful patient outcomes and bottom-line benefits; however, reimbursement cuts pose a challenge. Disease-specific care offers patients improved quality of life and greater independence, according to Andazola.

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Healthcare Success

JUNE 13, 2022

Developing a robust plan for follow-up care (e.g., Healthcare consumers are more likely to return to a hospital or medical facility for additional care when follow-up care is absent or fails (due to a lack of access, health literacy, or other factors). Preventive care reminders. Lab result notifications.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

The green shades illustrate that consumers are “comfortable” receiving care via virtual providers and telehealth platforms, moreso than via any other care on-ramp — much more than hospitals, ERs, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care clinics, or walk-in clinics. health care system.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Improving Population Health Among digital health’s most significant, though more challenging to quantify, benefits is its impact on population health—particularly its ability to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of medical care. A recent study in The Lancet Oncology examined the mammogram scans of over 80,000 women in Sweden.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Why It Matters According to Deloitte , since 2018, consumers’ usage of virtual health has increased across all ages, and almost two-thirds of consumers would utilize virtual care visits for preventive health. Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

When you have the payer and the provider together, you’re also able to invest in the clinical value-based side of it, for example, to decrease hospitalizations,” he said during the panel discussion. You’re able to invest in that and actually see the benefit from a total cost of care reduction, on the payer side of it.”

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 29, 2024

The company now provides a range of health care services to patients in their homes — aiming to prevent costly hospitalizations and emergency room visits. Initially known for in-home urgent care, DispatchHealth has expanded its services over the years, most recently launching a dedicated hospital-at-home program.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For ongoing management of health and wellness needs, members also receive a personalized care plan that includes reminders for follow-ups and action items. In addition, select in-network lab and other preferred in-network services will be delivered for a $0 co-pay when referred by a virtual care provider.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“We’re working on additional expansions, likely to come in 2024, that will bring us into Washington, and a couple other states out in the Pacific Northwest,” Mike Stuart, chief growth officer at WellBe, told Home Health Care News. In many rural areas, you’re seeing hospital closures. We’re excited to get started in Oregon.”

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Among its home- and community-based care initiatives, Aetna is doubling down on the use of telehealth and leaning into the CVS HealthHUB network, which offers seniors a range of services, from preventative care all the way to acute care. Landmark Health is another Aetna home-based care partner. “I

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 13, 2024

“This ensures comprehensive care for the client and involves all parties in the process, maintaining consistency and quality. The GUIDE Model also introduces families and clients to home care, keeping them safer at home and reducing hospital admissions.” Lifespark, headquartered in St.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

Urgent care clinics or freestanding ERs, preferred by more Latinx patients. This relates to another key data point that illustrates patients’ shift to a health consumer mindset: their willingness to seek care in lower-cost settings based on costs. The post Post-Pandemic, U.S.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Birth of Telemedicine The genesis of telemedicine can be traced back to Boston during the late 1960’s with the birth of a fully functioning telemedicine system operating between Mass General Hospital (MGH) and the Logan Airport Medical Station. Benjamin Franklin said it best: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 9, 2024

My journey into the home care industry has been shaped by several pivotal experiences that underscored the need for a more patient-centered approach to health care. As a Physician Assistant (PA-C), I often heard my patients express dissatisfaction with their hospital experiences. Empowering.

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Home Health Care

JULY 13, 2023

While hospital at home is becoming more common in the U.S., there are some who still believe that cancer is too severe a condition to care for in the home. Despite that, there are a number of cancer care at home programs and pilots in place right now, many of which are seeing success. Huntsman at Home has seen strong results.

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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 31, 2023

Free-standing surgery centers, ER, urgent care, primary care, imaging centers and so on, are monitoring large healthcare systems looking for ways to extract the most profitable arms and business from them. By consolidating vendors, hospital systems can improve efficiency and interoperability while also increasing savings.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

As we start at this fairly nascent moment in the hospital-to-home movement and migration in the U.S., consumers found that only 5% of people had received in-home healthcare in the past year, while 89% of people received care at a doctor’s office or hospital/medical facility, in-person.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Patient satisfaction, convenience, quality care, and brand loyalty are core to their business models.

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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. and reduce hospitalizations by 12.5% Mary Bacaj, Ph.D.,

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