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Geisinger saves $560K in pilot integrating video visits into Epic MyChart

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With a large patient population in rural areas, Geisinger expanded its use of telemedicine to scale access and leverage a national workforce to serve them. Today, Geisinger Behavioral Health serves more than 45,000 unique patients annually, with more than 80% of services offered via telemedicine.

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An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program

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"In the digital world we live in, it is imperative that the connectedness of our patients and consumers of the services have the access they need to care not only through regulation requirements but integrated into their day-to-day care plans," she noted.

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Geisinger's telemedicine program shoots from 20 specialties to more than 70

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"In response to this shifting environment, Geisinger was able to leverage its single platform with its integrations with its electronic medical record system – Teladoc and Epic, respectively – to rapidly deploy telehealth to providers and groups of specialties who had not previously engaged in it," Fletcher recalled.

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Verizon's BlueJeans Telehealth integrates with Apple Health

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The Verizon virtual care product BlueJeans Telehealth announced this past week that it had enabled integration with the Apple Health app with the aim of allowing patients to share data with clinicians during telemedicine visits. WHY IT MATTERS. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Telemedicine: What Slows Down the Healthcare of the Future

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With the skyrocketing investment in virtual care, new legal regulations that expand the possibilities of remote healthcare, the telehealth industry is predicted to expand from $3 billion to $250 billion. Yet, many barriers are hampering telemedicine’s success. Main Obstacles the Telemedicine is Facing Today. Misdiagnoses.

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

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At the time, Maimonides was not engaged in any telemedicine or other digital health initiatives. At that time, we had a department of three people, no virtual visit platform in place, and no experience training providers in telemedicine. THE PROBLEM. " Rob Cimino, Maimonides Medical Center. And then March came."

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After a big telehealth buy, Horizon Health Alliance now serves 70% of patients virtually

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In 2019, Horizon Health Services received grant funds from local Western New York grant foundation agencies to work with telemedicine technology and services vendor Amwell to implement a new virtual care department at Horizon. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MARKETPLACE.