Healthcare It News

JUNE 6, 2022

El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California, is located near Silicon Valley, home to self-driving cars and robots that deliver food. Deborah Muro, CIO at El Camino Hospital, actually would receive calls from leaders of high-tech companies asking why the hospital had not adopted a tech-enabled care system. THE PROBLEM.

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Hospitals Urgent Care Patient Experience Telemedicine 257

HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2024

Joining the ranks of over 150,000 providers on the athenahealth network, ZoomCare aligns with hundreds of urgent care organizations conducting more than nine million encounters yearly. Streamlining operations and reducing denial rates emerged as critical factors in achieving scalability for the organization.

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Urgent Care Ambulatory Care Primary Care Patient Experience 105

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. The virtual-first primary care was launched in January of 2021 to a ten-county geography in central Pennsylvania.

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Primary Care Healthcare Telemedicine Urgent Care 237

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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Urgent Care Primary Care Prevention Integration 98

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs. Others rely on virtual primary care platforms, often through an app, as their pathway to healthcare services instead of going to an in-person primary care physician.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Integration Digital Care 98

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Implementation Timeline The enterprise-wide implementation will begin with care programs for colonoscopy procedures, specialty pharmacy, and congestive heart failure, with expansion to additional programs by the end of the year.

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Patient Experience Urgent Care Primary Care Integration 98

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Home care has become a crucial part of care plans for primary care providers (PCPs), according to a new value-based care report conducted by Humana (NYSE: HUM). On the primary care front, Humana’s CenterWell is one of the largest value-based primary care groups in the country.

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Home Care Medicare Primary Care Urgent Care 113

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

SteadyMD provides services for big tech giants like Amazon and for small primary and urgent care healthcare provider organizations. Moving forward, what do hospital and health system IT leaders need to know about telehealth companies like yours as the demand for virtual care increases?

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Urgent Care Primary Care Hospitals Doctors 225

Healthcare It News

JUNE 16, 2023

The new subscription-based telehealth program also expands the system's virtual care offerings. THE LARGER TREND With the onset of COVID-19, health systems have been looking to digital tools to improve patient engagement, clinical care and patient outcomes.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Nursing Patient Experience 200

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Horner will also assume the role of President of Amwell Medical Group (AMG), the company’s clinical partner and a nationwide network of virtual care clinicians exclusively on the Amwell platform. With a focus on holistic patient care, AMG integrates medical and behavioral health practices to deliver a unified approach to wellness.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Digital Care Integration 96

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. Staffing a 24/7 platform.

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Urgent Care Hospitals Accountability Telemedicine 314

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.

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Telemedicine Doctors Primary Care Urgent Care 290

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It is also a provider organization through its CenterWell arm, which includes home health care, pharmacy and primary care services. Operating as both payer and provider has allowed Humana to lean into value-based care, according to Dr. Andrew Agwunobi, the president of Humana’s home solutions business.

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Primary Care Urgent Care Hospitals Integration 108

Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

The retail health landscape continues to grow, now with GNC Health offering a new program featuring telehealth and “curated set” of 40+ generic prescription drugs commonly used in urgent care settings. in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s.

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Urgent Care Healthcare Primary Care Quality of Care 118

Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

To further complicate matters, as healthcare consumers continue to prioritize patient experience, physicians are leaving private practices for hospitals and larger medical groups at an alarming rate. According to Avalere Health , nearly three in four doctors work for a hospital, health system, or corporate entity today.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 15, 2023

Spanning more than 200 care sites across the state, the organization unifies hundreds of physicians, specialty and acute care hospitals, surgery centers, home care services, behavioral health and employer health services. "On our website, the technology powers our urgent care directory and care discovery experience.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Integration Population Health 215

HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Patient satisfaction, convenience, quality care, and brand loyalty are core to their business models.

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Healthcare Urgent Care Primary Care Patient Experience 111

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The cost of travel and long distances between healthcare providers and patients are commonly cited reasons for patients to delay or avoid medical care. The use of telehealth technology can improve healthcare access for Montanans living in rural and tribal communities by providing access to primary care and specialty services.

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Telemedicine Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Urgent Care 308

Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

. “Why is a real estate services company doing research into consumers’ views on health care?” See my Hot Points below, discussing my views on the morphing of health care real estate from Pill Hill and inpatient hospitals to the home and closer-to-home sites. ” you might ask. ” JLL polled 4,037 U.S.

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Urgent Care Life Sciences Prevention Hospitals 118

Home Health Care

MARCH 28, 2023

(Nasdaq: WBA) has been building out its health care delivery arm – which includes home-based care capabilities – for some time now, just like its retailer competitors. Pairing primary care and home-based care capabilities is a way to drive value-based care moving forward. There’s good reason for that.

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Primary Care Urgent Care Home Care Integration 92

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

"Although the statewide mandates have been lifted for care delivery, we still use telehealth as a solution for our patients who feel safer at home. The virtual care technology vendors Albert Einstein Medical Center currently uses include Teladoc, Doximity, EMOpti and Zoom. " PROPOSAL.

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Quaternary Care Primary Care Rehabilitation Urgent Care 315

Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

As we start at this fairly nascent moment in the hospital-to-home movement and migration in the U.S., consumers found that only 5% of people had received in-home healthcare in the past year, while 89% of people received care at a doctor’s office or hospital/medical facility, in-person.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2021

– Ambetter Virtual Access is a new, innovative health plan that will support affordable and convenient access to licensed virtual primary care providers as well as access to specialists, mental health providers and a Care Team to assist with navigating the platform and in-network resources. Group Health at Teladoc Health.

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Primary Care Urgent Care Prevention Integration 97

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Enhancing Healthcare Excellence: Bridges’ Integrated Care Approach with Highmark Bridges’ dedication to excellence has earned recognition from various national and independent organizations, such as HealthGrades, The Leapfrog Group, Quantros CareChex, IBM Watson 100 Top Hospitals, and U.S.

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Urgent Care Hospice Care Integration Primary Care 52

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

I’d interviewed Roy at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January to catch up on consumer health developments, and the March meeting was going to cover Philips’ innovations on the hospital and acute care side of the business, as well as to learn more about Roy’s new role as head of Connected Care.

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Hospitals Urgent Care Prevention Primary Care 149

Healthcare It News

JULY 26, 2023

Healthcare information technologies like AI-driven decision support and patient outreach tools can enable hospitals and health systems to achieve improved outcomes through proactive, predictive patient oversight, some health IT experts contend. Why is proactive, predictive patient oversight important in today's healthcare industry?

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Life Sciences Primary Care Urgent Care Telemedicine 192

Home Health Care

AUGUST 9, 2023

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) pointed out Wednesday that only 1% of care in the U.S. Before brick-and-mortar hospitals and facilities became the center of the U.S. health care system, as much as 40% of care was delivered in the home. is delivered in the home.

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Home Care Urgent Care Hospice Care Primary Care 96

Healthcare Leadership

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Normally, these clinics provide a limited number of services compared to a regular primary care doctor’s office. In 2021, the National Center of Health Statistics published the results of a survey on the utilization of urgent care centers and retail care clinics. Screenings and monitoring. of women and 26.0%

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Urgent Care Healthcare Providers Primary Care Healthcare 98

Home Health Care

MAY 16, 2023

The Denver-based DispatchHealth is an in-home medical care provider that serves over 50 markets across the U.S. IncludedHealth, meanwhile, is managing some of the more chronic conditions of those patients or they’re answering the call for virtual urgent or primary care.

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Primary Care Urgent Care Home Care Nursing 95

HIT Consultant

MAY 12, 2023

Roundup summary of recent digital health strategic partnerships: HealthJoy, Teladoc Health Launch Virtual Primary Care HealthJoy , a benefits navigation platform that amplifies employer benefit strategies expands its partnership with Teladoc Health to introduce virtual primary care.

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Primary Care Urgent Care Integration Nursing 52

Home Health Care

MAY 19, 2023

Now, Humana is focused on accelerating value-based care and integrating all of its services that fall under the larger CenterWell brand, which includes home-based care, primary care and pharmacy services. We have partnered with organizations like Heal, which provides primary care at home.

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Primary Care Medicare Integration Urgent Care 87

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

According to her LinkedIn, the roles she held at Steward Health Care include: COO; EVP of operations; SVP of corporate operations; SVP and chief of staff; VP of operations and strategic initiatives, senior director of primary care and medical specialties; and director of practice operations.

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Urgent Care Hospice Care Accountability Accountable Care 104

HIT Consultant

MARCH 31, 2023

Larger health systems are continuing to be fragmented by smaller specialties, like Northwell Health, which reported their outpatient care volumes are continuing to rise. By consolidating vendors, hospital systems can improve efficiency and interoperability while also increasing savings.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Prevention Healthcare 97

Healthcare Success

APRIL 8, 2024

Hospitals and health systems can also achieve promotional success by packaging service lines (e.g., urgent care, acute care, primary care, ambulatory care, Telehealth, etc.)—especially especially if they offer something their competitors do not. patients, clinicians, staff, management, etc.)

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Patient Experience Ambulatory Care Urgent Care Doctors 273

Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2022

DispatchHealth has hired Dr. Reza Alavi as the new president to lead Advanced Care, the organization’s hospital substitution model. “I find DispatchHealth’s unique care model energizing,” Alavi said in a press release. Emcara Health was launched in 2021 and offers home-based advanced primary care for seniors.

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Home Care Primary Care Urgent Care Hospitals 96

Healthcare Associates

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

He comes to Healthcare Associates of Texas with a wealth of knowledge and experience in Primary care and Urgent care. Dr. Jason Varghese started volunteering in hospitals and clinics when he was young. That experience showed him the vital role primary care providers play in helping people.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Doctors Prevention 52

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The CenterWell brand includes the company’s range of payer-agnostic health care offerings, including senior-focused primary care. Humana and CenterWell have been bullish on value-based care and Medicare Advantage, Benoit said, mainly because that’s where they see the future of home health going.

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Primary Care Medicare Urgent Care Nursing 92