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Patients benefit from AI-powered care navigator at Columbia Memorial Health

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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. PROPOSAL So CMH launched a digital front-door patient experience project, powered by artificial intelligence. Convert online traffic into qualified patient leads.

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

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We then made the business case to pilot switching existing services over to Zoom, including all primary care practices. We have since transitioned all synchronous “virtual visit” telehealth services to Zoom. Volumes have continued to rise since we shifted all services.

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Why a Focus on Behavioral Health is Key to Improving Quality Measures

HIT Consultant

Since the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act in 2008, the U.S. healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services.

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Bridges Health Partners Highmark BCBS Form Commercial Value-Based Care Agreement

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Bridges Health Partners LLC (Bridges) , a Clinically Integrated Network, and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (Highmark) entered into a multi-year Value-Based Agreement for Highmark’s Commercial membership in Western Pennsylvania. Established in 2017 through a collaboration between Independence Health System, St.

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

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"Our virtual urgent care experience, Virtual ExpressCare, has allowed us to better meet the needs of our patients where they are while reducing the impact of structural barriers they have in getting care," said Erfan Karim, senior director of mobile integrated health at New York City Health + Hospitals.

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care. would use virtual care to receive medical services in the future, J.D. That’s because 9 in 10 users of telehealth in the U.S.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

In 2021, 4 in 5 providers and nurses see EHRs as important, and increasingly demand digital interactions with patients. The pandemic accelerated many providers’ initial adoption of virtual care, along with their growing appreciation for the value delivered by digital health tools in patients’ hands and homes.