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

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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. Consumers have come to expect an array of options bringing care closer to home, including virtual urgent, remote patient monitoring and mobile delivery.

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Lifespark Adds In-Home Urgent Care, Adding ‘Final Brick’ To Its Suite Of Services

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The senior care company Lifespark has been building out its value-based care model for years. Now, it has added in-home urgent care, a key service line for a company taking on upside and downside risk. Ultimately, the goal is to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits or hospitalizations. The costs are horrible.

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Urgent Care Medical Billing for an Improved Profit Margin

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However, the more patients flow in a healthcare center, hospital, or clinic, the more will be the cash flow, and this upgrades the medical billing profit margin. Giving a miss to urgent care medical billing or compromising over the urgent care services could be a reason. of expert billers and coders.

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HCA buys urgent care chain in Florida

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The hospital operator continues to double down on the Florida market where it has invested $3 billion in new hospitals and facility renovations over the past three years.

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University Hospitals puts a bow on new Epic EHR rollout

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Cleveland-based University Hospitals this week announced that it had completed its years-long migration to a single Epic electronic health record across its care sites. THE LARGER TREND University Hospitals joins several other major health systems nationwide that have made the full-on switch to an all-Epic system.

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Ochsner Health Answers Challenges With Its Hospital-at-Home Program  

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The program focuses on improving patient outcomes, streamlining the operational flow of emergency departments, enhancing observation unit throughput, shortening hospital stays, reducing unnecessary hospital use and decreasing readmission rates. The pilot took place for six months, March through August,” Davies said.

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Virtual care service expansions in Australia

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From providing free urgent care via video consultations to around 500 Victorians per day, the VVED now targets to accommodate over 1,000 persons a day, based on a media release. VVED to double capacity Australia's first virtual ED, the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED), is also set to be expanded.