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Coping with Crises: Using Telemedicine to Deliver Effective Virtual Critical Care

HIT Consultant

Primary care providers and specialists embraced virtual care, thanks to a combination of easy-to-use technologies, temporary regulatory flexibilities, and increased demand from patients. Hospitals without ICUs lack trained critical care clinicians. During the coronavirus crisis, we saw the impact this had on care.

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Shift Happens

Geek Doctor

using ICD9 and then switching to ICD10) Changes in patient population resulting from hospital mergers Other potential problems to be cognizant of include changes in your facility’s EHR system. Similarly, one of our algorithms broke when a vendor did a point release in its software and changed the format of the results.

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Remembering The Forgotten Patients

Healthcare Leadership

With the changes we have seen from the pandemic, segments of patient populations are facing: Disruptions in primary coverage. Primary care reduced availability – face-to-face & difficult transition to telehealth for many based on internet access, education, comfort/trust, and fear. Income disruptions. Image Credit.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

This post follows up Part 1 of a two-part series I’ve prepared in advance of the AHIP 2024 conference where I’ll be brainstorming these scenarios with a panel of folks who know their stuff in technology, health care and hospital systems, retail health, and pharmacy, among other key issues. Telehealth happens across the U.S.

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Can the U.S. Improve Health System Performance with Digital Health Tools? Pondering A Big Question for #HIMSS21

Health Populi

ranked number 11 out of 11 nations with the exception of care process, based on four pillars: preventive care, safe care, coordinated care, and engagement and patient preferences. in second position just behind New Zealand which topped the list for care process. bn for on-demand care by July 1st, 2021.