Healthcare It News

JANUARY 29, 2023

Reduce Healthcare Inequities with Patient Engagement Technology Addressing healthcare inequities is no simple task. There are opportunities, though, to bridge gaps in healthcare by leveraging patient engagement technology.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

By necessity, the COVID-19 pandemic brought physicians into patients' living rooms virtually. RTM can empower patients toward better health and reduce extra in-person visits, making it easier and less costly for people, such as those in rural areas, to receive care. Given that nearly half of adults in the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 15, 2024

In addition to providing many crucial health services, they are the traffic cop to all the other forms of healthcare throughout a health system. 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.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2023

Most in the healthcare industry would say provider organizations have an obligation to offer better care to underserved populations. The question is how. Dr. Graham Gardner is a cardiologist and CEO and cofounder of Kyruus, a patient scheduling and payments technology and services vendor.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 12, 2024

Contact center vendor Talkdesk is placing a big bet on generative AI, transforming its technologies and processes with the AI that exploded in popularity with the release of ChatGPT. Why did you turn to generative AI to bolster your technology? We also use genAI to help our support agents do their jobs better and more efficiently.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS A suite of electronics is enabling patients from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center facility and now Parkwest Medical Center with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, cellulitis and more to recuperate at home, according to a local WATE ABC6 report.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By Martin Jones Current and emerging medtech change how hospitals, clinics, and medical practices deliver care. Yet, healthcare organizations face workforce and security challenges – ones that must be met while also appeasing the growing demands from patients.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2024

All care delivered through UpDoc's artificial intelligence-based remote patient providers would be prescribed by physicians or clinical pharmacists who oversee the platform, the company said in an announcement on Friday.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Institute, a network of 16 treatment locations across Michigan and Ohio that is part of McLaren Health Care, is using artificial intelligence to elevate risk assessment and is surfacing high-risk breast cancer patients who would benefit from supplemental care and imagery.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including people on Medicare.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Telehealth is for everyone, and hospitals and health systems must construct a digital equity strategy to better serve patients in the digital and telehealth space to ensure all persons can use telehealth, contended Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health in Detroit.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2024

THE PROBLEM Patient portals facilitate efficient sharing of health information between patients, their families and healthcare providers. Yet, it's technically challenging to configure EHRs and patient portals to respect these privacy rights while also facilitating necessary information sharing.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 5, 2023

Lamm and peers at Stanford, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California at San Diego are part of a pilot project by electronic health records giant Epic, testing Epic's large language model AI capabilities to enhance the provider experience. What is the goal of this project?

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 20, 2023

are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. What is the state of remote patient monitoring in rural settings? What's the typical patient look like? Rural communities across the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 11, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS With the grant, disbursed as part of the USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, will be used to outfit Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital with new telehealth technologies as part of Geisinger's Virtual Nursing Program, which launched this past year.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 21, 2022

For example, many hospitals and health systems use automation to ease the burden of staffing shortages and effectively manage and triage patients at scale. One type of automation is chatbots and related technology that can automate the triage and symptom intake process, along with surfacing education and discharge materials.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

Dan Torrens, CEO of eHealth Technologies Patient data interoperability sounds like industry jargon, but it’s a vital piece of providing timely and accurate patient care. Relying on outdated record-sharing methods can delay the opportunity for patients to take advantage of life-altering care.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Providers are acknowledged for the time they spend connecting with patients outside of the office. With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education.

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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. How does all of this lead to improved patient outcomes?

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 7, 2023

How would you keep your organization afloat if more than half of your patients suddenly walked out the door and never returned? Bandwidth surveyed 1,500 Americans about their communication preferences as patients at various points of the care cycle. Or maybe you’re an administrator for a large regional healthcare system.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2024

At the University of California Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, faculty members are developing ways for artificial intelligence to help deliver better patient care and improved outcomes. In general terms, please describe openCHA and your goals for the technology.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are key to unlocking patient data and solving some of healthcare's most complex problems. Technology allows easier access to disparate data sources without compromising data privacy or integrity. Even as the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 20, 2022

Healthcare provider organizations and clinicians are fortunate that telehealth has gone mainstream as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Isn’t it a big figure for an average healthcare provider? Anyhow, the overall outcomes were clear, as the majority were taking MIPS reporting as a burden. How has MIPS 2023 Reporting gone? However, among those who have taken the utmost stress in this period were healthcare providers.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In 2019, Cleveland-based University Hospitals saw an opportunity to use automation and digital care technologies to improve patient engagement, clinical care and outcomes. The organization wanted to offer its patients tools and options that support their personal healthcare journeys in these ways.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Sixty percent of healthcare C-suite and clinical leaders see remote patient monitoring becoming a new standard of care over the next two years, according to a new study released today by WebCareHealth , a company that delivers solutions to remotely monitor patients managing chronic illnesses. What does this mean for patient outcomes?

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS AWS accelerators are technical, business and mentorship programs that help startups advance their digital solutions using the cloud, such as last year's AWS accelerator focusing on health equity. A "BedSense" App provides insights into the needs of memory care and nursing home residents. and EMEA.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 5, 2022

Luke's University Health Network realized it needed technology that could help expand care across its 14 hospitals throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey spanning both urban and rural areas. It also wanted to expand access to care whenever patients needed it, which St. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 24, 2024

Anna McCowan, Software Manager at Keysight Technologies AI is impacting every aspect of our lives, and the healthcare industry is no exception. From cost reduction to improved disease detection to personalized medicine, there are a wealth of benefits that the technology is unlocking, including supercharging digital twins.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 16, 2024

serving more than eight million patients across six states in the Southwest. Allowing the digital layer to be available to patients with mild and moderate depression and anxiety allows care teams to have a new type of tool to provide care in this population, he said.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

They erected field hospitals in parking lots and converted nonclinical spaces into auxiliary ICUs to provide care to sick patients. Physicians turned to virtual visits to continue providing care. In a turbulent environment, a host of ingenious solutions surfaced to help bolster the healthcare system itself.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

Among the challenges of chronic disease management is the lack of interoperability between different medical records and inability to communicate effectively between patients and their physicians and social workers. "Without a high level of interoperability, it's just hard to achieve those outcomes."

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Healthcare Success

JANUARY 2, 2024

Now that the holidays have drawn to a close, it’s time to return to your 2024 marketing plan and make adjustments that ensure your business is taking advantage of the latest trends in healthcare marketing to reach patients and HCPs more effectively and make a lasting impression. This helps improve click-through and conversion rates.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Before the widespread adoption of telemedicine technology, there were several problems that hindered the delivery of healthcare services for most healthcare organizations. Many people lacked convenient access to medical care and providers, making it difficult for them to receive the care they needed.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Companies in a variety of industries are leveraging conversational artificial intelligence to better serve customers and support employees. Some healthcare provider organizations are using conversational AI to help caregivers and patients. Medical triaging and patient support.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2022

The question is: How will hospitals provide more robust, timely and cost-efficient care moving forward? Some health systems are beginning to reconfigure care models to proactively care for patients with chronic conditions and illnesses, and a key component of this is implementing remote patient monitoring services.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Post-acute technology company WellSky, for instance, has partnered with Google Cloud to leverage its artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Vertex AI. The partnership also includes Google Cloud’s secure cloud technologies, advanced data analytics tools and machine learning capabilities. The encounters take 90 minutes,” Dolisy said. “If

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