Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Dr Tawan Chitchulanon, Chief Medical Officer, PRINCIPAL Healthcare Company, Thailand Following the global trend and support by the Thai Government, the trend of using AI in healthcare, telemedicine, and digital personal data will [increase] in Thailand.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

In the Lazio region, GPs, health care workers and primary care services are supervising and caring for patients during heatwaves using the LazioAdvice teleconsultation system and Lazio Doctor per COVID app. They can refer them to a hospital or change their medication.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 28, 2025

What You Should Know: – Hone Health , a telehealth clinic specializing in personalized hormone optimization and longevity care secures $33M in Series A funding round led by Tribe Capital with participation from prominent investors like PIF, Republic Capital, and Vibe VC, brings Hone Health’s total funding to $39M.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Shifting Primary Care to Preventative Care to Increase Engagement In contrast to many other countries, Americans have fewer physician visits and a lower ratio of practicing physicians and hospital beds per 1,000 population. This can be done through both in-person and virtual settings.

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Health Technology Healthcare Primary Care Prevention 119

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2025

What You Should Know: – Centivo , a pioneering healthcare company committed to making quality healthcare radically affordable, is thrilled to announce the launch of Centivo Care, a virtual primary care practice seamlessly integrated into Centivo-administered health plans. Transition to in-person care when needed.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Connecticut Children's Care Network, with 37 independent pediatric practices and more than 200 pediatric primary care providers in Connecticut and Massachusetts, has a mission to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for infants, children and adolescents. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the road to implementing effective pop health strategies is laden with challenges: monitoring chronic illness rates and preventing community transmission, triaging emergencies over routine health care circumstances, and executing preventive services all require providers to alter their traditional fee-for-service workflow.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2024

Primary care has also benefited from virtualization of services. According to a study published in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health , telehealth offered by primary care physicians rose from 5.3% before the pandemic to 46.2%

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Booth to discuss the problem with rural and partially rural areas and so few mental healthcare providers, rural patients' concerns with mental health matters and addiction and the role of telemedicine, and the stigma with mental healthcare and how telehealth can help overcome this challenge.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 21, 2022

“No matter how close the nearest primary care physician office is, if they can’t get out of bed or leave their home, they simply are not going to get care before their conditions worsen,” said Blue Beckham, chief strategy officer at Scottsdale Physician Group. " Blue Beckham, Scottsdale Physician Group.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

What You Should Know: – First Stop Health adds virtual primary care as a whole-person, digital-first service to address urgent, preventive and chronic care needs for members. were left without care options for routine and long-term issues. “Patients throughout the U.S. ”

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2022

What You Should Know: – First Stop Health® (FSH), a virtual care provider in the areas of telemedicine and virtual mental health, today announced the availability of Virtual Primary Care for its clients and members throughout the U.S. How FSH Virtual Primary Care Features. ”

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

"By providing patients with an automated care navigation assistant when they feel more vulnerable, we have been able to qualify patients early and direct them to the right level of care: telemedicine, primary care and pediatrics, or the emergency room," he continued.

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Telemedicine Patient Experience Integration Primary Care 348

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One big question in healthcare when it comes to the digital divide: How can people in these households get access to telemedicine ? Virtual care can be a game-changer for people in rural communities and healthcare deserts. However, the digital divide prevents millions of U.S.

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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 It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Patient and staff safety, which are primary concerns, were especially critical after the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent mandatory shut-downs nationally. In the state of Pennsylvania, only urgent medical care was permitted for several months, which created an instant barrier to receiving routine, follow-up and preventive care.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This is especially important to NYC Health + Hospitals, given the diversity of its population and the need to provide care in more than 200 languages. There is a wide variety of telemedicine technology vendors on the health IT market today. The service was crucial in preserving New York City's emergency care system.

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Urgent Care Hospitals Telemedicine Integration 355

Healthcare It News

JUNE 30, 2022

Telemedicine has allowed specialists to deliver care for some patients who might otherwise have difficulty in accessing care. As a subset of telemedicine, RPM picked up steam in the past two years as more patients and providers were looking for more impactful and convenient ways to receive and deliver care.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." " As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management. How exactly can telemedicine help solve each of these challenges?

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The RPM nurse then works with the patient over the phone, monitors their readings, and coordinates with clinical care teams. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Clinicians can refer their patients to the CHAT, which helps set up their device at home. MARKETPLACE.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven that telemedicine is essential for keeping the healthcare system running during a crisis. How can virtual critical care keep improving to help providers manage future emergency events? Creating “virtual critical care wards” with telemedicine tools. The results have been transformative.

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Telemedicine Tertiary Care Primary Care Hospitals 98

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We quickly looked for a telehealth solution to prevent unnecessary transfers and keep care local. "FCC funding we received has enabled us to purchase five telemedicine carts from Amwell, allowing an offsite provider to control the camera's pan/tilt/zoom features and access a digital stethoscope.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., telemedicine, minute clinics, and other walk-in services), healthcare consumers are more empowered than ever before to find healthcare organizations that meet (or exceed) their expectations—and to help prevent others from making the same mistake. .

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NCQA

JANUARY 8, 2025

Behavioral Health at the Heart of Texas Medicaid Services Behavioral health has become a central component of primary care in Texas, a shift that manyDr. Efforts are underway to educate providers and new mothers about this extended coverage and promote preventive care throughout the postpartum year.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2021

CrossFit announced the company’s launch of CrossFit Precision Care, described as primary care that provides personalized, data-driven services for “lifelong health,” according to the press release for the program. The converging factors are: Primary care. Telehealth. Retail health.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2020

#StayHome, shelter-in-place mandates coupled with patients’ concerns about preventing personal exposure to the coronavirus, kept people home. That decline in face-to-face physician visits was supplanted, in part, by hockey-stick growth for telemedicine visits. Overall in-person visits to doctors fell by over 70%.

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Telemedicine Doctors Primary Care Prevention 130

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CVS Health/Aetna, Amazon, and Walmart rank in the next-most competitive group impacting hospitals, followed by new primary care models. The post New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

State Strategies to Support the Future of the Primary Care Physician and Nursing Workforce December 7, 2022 / by Elaine Chhean , Anita Cardwell , Lauren Block (Aurrera Health Group), and Sarah Tocher (Aurrera Health Group). High-quality primary care is foundational to a healthy society and well-functioning health care systems.

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Primary Care Nursing Prevention Hospitals 72

Health Populi

MAY 9, 2024

Being from Missouri, Chairman Smith is especially keen on the role virtual care and telehealth can play to expand access to the under-served in the U.S. Congress has a responsibility to the millions of patients living in rural America to make sure they have access to reliable, quality, lifesaving care.”

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 22, 2021

– The acquisition adds Lemonaid Health’s innovative telemedicine and prescription drug delivery services to 23andMe’s consumer business. Founded in 2013 by Co-Founders Ian Van Every and Paul Johnson, Lemonaid Health offers patients direct access to the care they need, from consultation through treatment nationally across the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 11, 2024

Metabolic Improvement: Focuses on diabetes prevention, hypertension management, and well-controlled metabolic conditions. Members can access care through telemedicine visits and benefit from medication review and optimization, as clinically indicated.

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Telemedicine Primary Care Nursing Prevention 122

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In April 2020, telemedicine morphed into mainstream medical care as hospitals and physicians risk-managed exposure to infection by meeting with patients, virtually, when possible. Beyond the sheer scale of patient volumes reached during the pandemic, virtual care was adopted by physicians across specialties well beyond primary care.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech.

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Telemedicine Health Data Hospitals Doctors 174

Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

We must be mindful that hospitals, health systems and physicians quickly stood up and adopted virtual care, especially telemedicine programs, in March and April 2020. In 2019, J.D. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. Describing that low-utilization in their report, J.D.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2022

What You Should Know: – A staggering 100% of patients believe that telemedicine-supported Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) should remain available even after the pandemic comes to an end, according to new findings from a survey conducted by Bicycle Health. OUD is one of the most urgent health crises of our time, with an estimated 10.1

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Backlogs for surgery, imaging, and diagnostic services will prevent hospitals from recovering a $20 billion loss of revenue, spurred by the shutdown of elective procedures from March to May 2020. The CDC says that nearly nine in 10 Americans live within five miles of a community pharmacy, making primary care readily available.

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Primary Care Healthcare Patient Experience Hospitals 98

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes.

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Primary Care Home Care Integration Hospitals 174