Healthcare It News

APRIL 15, 2024

A big chunk of telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health's business is in primary care. You contend virtual primary care can amplify value in several ways. First you suggest it can provide high-touch care coordination for preventive care, chronic condition management and mental health services.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2022

FSH Virtual Primary Care is available via app, website or phone to help improve members’ health by delivering whole-person, digital-first care. It includes three key care components: – 24/7 access to urgent care (telemedicine) for episodic, non-emergent issues.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Ochsner Health, a nonprofit health system based in New Orleans, recently announced the results of a strategic partnership to deliver acute and transitional care services at home. This initiative is designed to prevent low-acuity admissions from emergency departments and help reduce readmissions after patient discharge.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2025

A fall prevention benefit is also offered through many of Aetnas MA plans. Broadly, many of Aetnas offerings, such as fall prevention and the fitness benefit, were designed with the objective to keep seniors in their homes longer. So we set up our programs for annual fall prevention assessments in the home. Can they move?

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The enterprise health system created six distinct service lines supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The six virtual care programs are as follows. First, Urgent Care Telehealth. First, Urgent Care Telehealth: Of the patients seen in urgent care, about 15% make return visits.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, began developing a virtual care strategy in October 2019 – well before COVID-19 struck – with the hope of leveraging the technology as a tool to support patient care and the organizational strategy, rather than as a stand-alone strategy in and of itself.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

"We first started with pre- and post-discharge chats with the goal of preventing readmissions and helping patients better manage their care after leaving the hospital. Our goals for our chronic disease programs are more tightly linked to how we can prevent admissions in the first place."

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

But what's next for virtual care? And what about the blossoming trend of virtual-first hybrid care? Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic. In fact, the contrary is true.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

" The pandemic also further reduced access to routine care leading to an increase in preventable complications due to chronic conditions, including emergency room visits, hospitalizations and overall healthcare costs, she added.

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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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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2022

"WVU Medicine's approach aimed to meet the needs of low-acuity patients with disease exposure concerns, and reducing and preventing overcrowding in emergency departments, urgent care clinics and general care clinics while also giving the reassurance and advice that patients require. McAllister, WVU Medicine.

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Healthcare Associates

OCTOBER 25, 2022

5 ways to prevent nosebleeds from stress. Of course, lots of curious kiddos wind up in the emergency room or urgent care every year with a nosebleed caused by a Lego or marble stuck up the nose. 5 ways to prevent nosebleeds from stress. Plenty of us get squeamish at the site of blood, especially if it’s our own.

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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

JUNE 10, 2024

"It creates seamless coordination between virtual and in-person care teams and a comprehensive care model that streamlines operations, reduces redundancies, and drives savings by focusing on preventive care, early intervention and fewer visits to the emergency department. Ovatient has big goals, Chehade stated.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

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. We continue to use this technology to offer this convenient option for patients.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 9, 2022

America spends half of what other developed countries spend on primary care, despite it being the single area of healthcare that has proven to deliver actual cost savings with better population health results. People stop seeking out primary care in the times when preventive, proactive care could make the most difference.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 15, 2025

The new program, Amwell Cardiometabolic Care Powered by Vida, provides members with access to: Obesity management: Personalized support for weight loss and healthy lifestyle changes. Diabetes prevention and management: Evidence-based programs to prevent and manage diabetes.

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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

Patients most frequently make visits for primary or preventive care, followed by seeing a specialist, and seeking urgent care, the first bar chart illustrates. See that urgent care visits were more likely sought by younger patients under 43. In the last year, 42% of U.S.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 8, 2022

. – As part of the partnership, Baptist Health will integrate TytoCare’s Home Smart Clinic solution into its current telehealth offering, enhancing the health system’s ability to diagnose and treat patients with in-depth, remote physical examinations during virtual visits, including urgent care video visits.

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Healthcare Success

JUNE 13, 2022

Preventive care reminders. Expand Hours of Operation and Models of Care. Instead of relying on outdated models of care (e.g., in-office appointments and phone calls), consumers expect faster and more flexible care options (e.g., Annual/upcoming appointment reminders. Lab result notifications. Medication reminders.

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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.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

What You Should Know: – Real world evidence from electronic medical records (EHR) data reveals the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing hospitalizations, emergency department visits and intensive care admissions due to the virus, according to a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When thoughtfully implemented, the right digital health solutions create the time, capacity, and headspace for clinicians and healthcare systems to focus on prevention and practice medicine that is more patient-centered and holistic. However, the true value of these tools goes beyond cost savings.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Why It Matters According to Deloitte , since 2018, consumers’ usage of virtual health has increased across all ages, and almost two-thirds of consumers would utilize virtual care visits for preventive health. Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 29, 2025

. “We believe that by integrating standardized best practices specific to each disease into our care delivery, we can empower our patients with the knowledge and tools they need to recognize and manage early symptoms, Barbara Andazola, vice president of clinical practice, strategy and programs at Amedisys, told HHCN.

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Bill Of Health

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Rossella De Falco Strong, well-coordinated and resilient public health care services play a vital role in preventing and responding to public health crises. Further, non-State actors also have a responsibility to respect human rights (5.4.b), b), as well as to “contribute to the fulfilment of human rights’ ”(5.3.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Mobile bookings dominate, particularly for urgent care, mental health, and primary care. Top Specialties and Visit Reasons Preventive health and skin health lead the bookings, followed by mental health and dental care. Urgent care, dermatology, and psychiatry are the fastest-growing specialty groups.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Most impressively, statistics-wise, was that visits to alternative venues like urgent care centers rose by 46.9%. The researchers pointed to several possible drivers to lower PCP visits including perceived visit needs, financial barriers like co-payments, and use of alternative sources of care.

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Healthcare Success

JANUARY 14, 2025

This underscores the critical role of effective brand communication in preventing M&A failures. And then another quote, A quote I found in another article could have been the McKinsey one or could have been another one was nothing is more important to the success of a merger than brand yet.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Members can develop a relationship and keep seeing the same Teladoc provider for their ongoing primary care needs if they choose. The physician they select can provide annual exams, preventive care, diagnosis and treatment for health concerns and management of chronic conditions. HCSC Virtual Primary Care Features.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 17, 2024

It will feature Riverside County’s first mental health urgent care center and crisis residential program specifically designed for children under 13. This will be a significant step forward in providing timely and comprehensive care for young people.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 8, 2025

During the last 50 years, we have built a health care system focused on facilities, primarily bringing patients to these locations to receive the care they need. Many see the home as an opportunity to create the seamless care continuum that is often discussed, though the current health care system is highly fragmented.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

The green shades illustrate that consumers are “comfortable” receiving care via virtual providers and telehealth platforms, moreso than via any other care on-ramp — much more than hospitals, ERs, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care clinics, or walk-in clinics.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“We’re working on additional expansions, likely to come in 2024, that will bring us into Washington, and a couple other states out in the Pacific Northwest,” Mike Stuart, chief growth officer at WellBe, told Home Health Care News. This leads to patients delaying much needed care. We’re excited to get started in Oregon.”

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For ongoing management of health and wellness needs, members also receive a personalized care plan that includes reminders for follow-ups and action items.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 29, 2024

DispatchHealth was founded in 2013 and started as a digital health care company that offered on-demand, on-site services at home. The company now provides a range of health care services to patients in their homes — aiming to prevent costly hospitalizations and emergency room visits.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

Urgent care clinics or freestanding ERs, preferred by more Latinx patients. This relates to another key data point that illustrates patients’ shift to a health consumer mindset: their willingness to seek care in lower-cost settings based on costs. The post Post-Pandemic, U.S.

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