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

Healthcare It News

Once the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the health system needed to be able to treat the surge of patients with urgent care needs virtually so they could keep them safely at home and away from the overwhelmed emergency care system. NYC H+H patients would then be scheduled for same- or next-day clinic-based infusion therapy."

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An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program

Healthcare It News

"To ensure we offer the highest quality services to our recipients, AdventHealth went on a journey to provide telehealth services that can support the continuum of care, through COVID and beyond," she continued. " This alleviated the need for many follow-up appointments, while allowing transparency in the care plan progress.

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare It News

We were able to streamline our interpreter services process by integrating with our existing interpreting platform. For our next project to improve the experience for existing services, we are integrating our scheduling/registration and patient reminder systems with Zoom to create a more streamlined workflow for staff to schedule visits.

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Amenities Health Closes $10M to Modernize Health System Digital Front Doors

HIT Consultant

Today, many hospitals and provider groups offer online scheduling, but it is usually reserved for current patients and offered exclusively through the patient portal, which requires an existing account.

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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

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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The 3 A’s That Millennials Want From Healthcare: Affordability, Accessibility, Availability

Health Populi

While Millennials were least likely to visit a doctor’s office in the past year, they had the most likelihood of making a visit to a mental health provider, to seek chiropractic care, urgent care, and acupuncture — all services delivered outside of traditional medical home settings.

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Roundups: 22 Recent Strategic Digital Health Partnerships

HIT Consultant

strategic partnership with Medline to establish agility and scale, supply chain resiliency and enhanced clinical integration with the nurses and physicians who use Medline’s product. Advantus Health Partners forms a new 10-year, $2.9B Also, Virgin Pulse will provide Headspace offerings to its employees (approx. 2,000 people worldwide.)