Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This year is likely to be another big one for telemedicine. Virtual care continues to transform traditional healthcare from a reactive, disease-focused model to a proactive, holistic system that is digitally integrated, patient-centric, and focused on personalized health and wellness. There's lots going on, to say the least.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 6, 2025

His is the first Epic-based virtual care company – Epic having the largest market share among EHR vendors, that makes starting up with telemedicine quite simple for a great many provider organizations. We interviewed Berkowitz, asking him for his look at the year ahead in telemedicine. Phase 1 of telehealth is dead.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 27, 2023

"Seeing someone by video alone can certainly be enough in an isolated situation, but to provide that layer of quality, we sought out a way to deliver better care virtually," he added. PROPOSAL Baptist Health found telemedicine technology vendor TytoCare. "And the vendor plans on adding AI to their tool.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 18, 2022

"Far too many digital tools have disregarded interoperability and integration with EHRs, and have actually added to the administrative burdens and unnecessary work that frustrate providers – and keep them from practicing at the top of their license and building relationships with patients. " Dr. Brett A. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 19, 2022

At the time, Maimonides was not engaged in any telemedicine or other digital health initiatives. These efforts allowed Maimonides to identify four key virtual care technologies that were areas of focus, aligned with Maimonides strategy: virtual patient visits, virtual consults, e-consults and remote patient monitoring. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2021

For the last decade, Queen's Health Systems has been building telehealth services to meet these patient needs, beginning with hospital-based telemedicine and building out to direct-to-patient telehealth services. "Over the last five years, we built out clinic-to-clinic telemedicine and scheduled direct-to-patient telehealth.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. But so many organizations had no telemedicine programs, and thus technology, in place. You've had great success in telemedicine using Zoom technology.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Michael Gorton, CEO of Recuro Health Telemedicine has helped improve the quality of life of patients in every corner of the world and has been successfully utilized to provide convenient care to people with limited or no access to health services. It has been a remarkable journey for the innovators who pioneered telemedicine.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., Highly recognizable brand names like CVS MinuteClinics, Walmart Care Clinics, Target Clinics, Walgreens Healthcare Clinics, and new companies like Optum Health, Luna Physical Therapy, Roman, and HIMS are disrupting the status quo.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Some health systems have contracted with third-party telemedicine vendors that often require patients to go into a separate system that is not well-integrated with the health systems' other technologies. We also can integrate with other EHRs via industry-standard interoperability options like CareQuality.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. " MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 6, 2022

"Instead, we were able to leverage our relationship to stand up a 24-hour urgent care offering through our virtual provider within days. "Care delivery options included urgent care, primary care, behavioral health services and chronic care management." MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It is not enough to urge someone to see a primary care provider; we have to be certain they have transportation to get to the appointment and that their work schedule or other responsibilities and circumstances do not interfere, making it difficult or impossible to attend an in-person medical appointment.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

First Stop Health® (FSH), a Chicago, IL-based virtual care provider in the areas of telemedicine (virtual urgent care) and virtual mental health, announced a significant expansion of virtual care for its clients and members throughout the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 15, 2024

Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients. A big chunk of telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health's business is in primary care.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2023

This combined with evolving medical practice guidelines will likely facilitate the integration of AI into medicine. Every new technology that has emerged, from robotic-led procedures to telemedicine, has been more accepted over time. Seeing AI in action would likely help warm folks up to its use.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 17, 2023

Commonwealth Care Alliance is a healthcare services organization that offers health plans and care delivery programs designed for individuals with significant needs. CCA specializes in managing complex care for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as those who narrowly miss the threshold for Medicaid.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

– This integration now allows patients across all 50 states to access convenient, high-quality healthcare anytime, anywhere. Virtual Urgent Care: 24/7 Access to Care As part of this expansion, HealthLynked has launched its new Virtual Urgent Care service, available round-the-clock nationwide.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 26, 2023

Tisch has 15 years of experience leading complex, integrated healthcare information technology projects at some of the nation’s leading healthcare institutions, including Cedars-Sinai, MD Anderson Cancer Center, UCLA Health and Stanford Heath Care. Pivot Point is a health IT consulting firm and No.

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Health Populi

MAY 12, 2020

One of the areas that won’t be getting “back to business” soon will be patients’ visits to doctors’ offices, hospitals, and urgent care centers, the report notes, based on a survey conducted among 591 U.S. Both the SGP/Blackbook and NRC surveys find growing health consumer interest in virtual care modes.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2020

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, note how patients’ trust and belief in the healthcare ecosystem has grown — and especially for health care providers. Bottom-line, by using technology to support communication and care, Accenture explains, health care providers were able to maintain and often improve the care experience.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 9, 2024

If you could change one thing with an eye toward the future of home care, what would it be? If I could change one thing, it would be the expansion of reimbursement models to more broadly support high-acuity, physician-led care in the home (including Urgent Care/ED Care in the Home, Observation at Home and Hospital at Home).

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Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Patients’ concerns of COVID-19 risks have led them to self-ration care in the following ways: 41% have delayed health care services. 45% felt uncomfortable using an urgent care or walk-in clinic, and, 38% intended to delay future care, treatment, and procedures. ACHP and AMCP polled 1,263 U.S.

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Health Care Success

JUNE 9, 2021

John is an expert in integrated health systems, health care delivery and value-based care models. Integrating urgent care and ambulatory surgery centers is another strategic growth initiative we see to expand into critical communities and ultimately build a fully integrated care system.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients. With virtual care, you are providing that care continuum, and therefore providing better outcomes. Our future is technology.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2021

– AllianceChicago in Chicago, Illinois, was awarded $975,124 for the purchase of devices, such as telemedicine carts, and conferencing software, to facilitate telemedicine delivery to high-risk patients. – Community Health Centers, Inc., – Compass Health in St. . – Community Health Centers, Inc.,

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

These include the use of online patient portals (for 57% of clinicians) along with digital devices and mobile apps that integrate with the EHR as well as health patients manage their health in self-care mode, shown in the bar chart labeled Figure 7. Urgent care clinics or freestanding ERs, preferred by more Latinx patients.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Amy Miller, Director of Strategic Alliances at AMD Global Telemedicine Key Takeaways: School-based telehealth programs provide immediate medical attention to students, reducing absenteeism and improving overall health outcomes. This integration facilitates continuous care and boosts the programs effectiveness and sustainability.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Deloitte presented this graphic for an integrated data and analytics platform supporting remote patient monitoring data feeds in a June 2020 report noting that remote patient monitoring could trigger a multi-channel data tsunami.

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Accountable Care Doctors

AUGUST 26, 2021

Our overall goal should be to find ways to incorporate virtual care not as a one-off solution to overcome access barriers, but to incorporate it into integrated care delivery models for superior, more connected care. Fortunately, many CAPP medical groups are leading the innovation to find these pathways.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The services address primary care, outpatient specialty consults, emergency or urgent care, hospital, and outpatient mental and behavioral health — capabilities already in place that need to scale. The authors of the essay are part of Kearney’s Health Practice team. Not so much.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

Nearly $278 million of the $364 million in the FY2024 budget is targeted to expanding certified community behavioral health centers; $72 million is for mental health care and facilities in educational settings, $20 million for telemedicine infrastructure, and $10 million to implement employee wellness supports to address stress and burnout.

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Vie Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He’s also the host of the Virtual Shift, Re-imagining the Delivery of Care. Lisa Miller (01:57): You’re doing some great work on the telehealth and telemedicine part of healthcare, and I’m just gonna jump right in and have a discussion. So, let’s get started. Tom Foley (01:55): Thank you. I appreciate it.

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Health Dialog

JANUARY 7, 2020

As another example, if you just got diagnosed with diabetes and you’re worried and confused about what to do, an experienced nurse on the other side of the phone who can guide you on how to take care of yourself can be a really welcome partner. A seamless experience from one service to the next is the best way to get patients engaged. .

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Healthcare Success

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

How are Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) shaping the future of healthcare, and what role—if any—does value-based care still play? In this episode, I sit down with John Marchica, CEO of Darwin Research Group, to discuss how IDNs are transforming patient care. What about the integrated delivery network.

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I honor all healthcare professions and the roles we play, but I do know that nurse practitioners bring very real value in terms of quality focus on patient care, efficiency, and really making that human connection to ensure that our patients are healing and able to live their best possible life.’’ Again, I had no ER experience.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

For Dr. Kate Sowerwine, chief medical officer at Recuro Health, a telemedicine technology and services company, her journey into medicine was deeply influenced by the challenges her mother faced while managing her diabetes. How is telemedicine boosting behavioral healthcare?

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