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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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4 Strategies for Urgent Care to Thrive During the Pandemic and Beyond

HIT Consultant

A year of constantly shifting gears to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and meet patient needs further solidified the essential role urgent cares play during large-scale public health crises. Subsequently, the pandemic is continuing to change the way patients use and view urgent care.

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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

It is well-established that longer patient wait times negatively impact patient satisfaction , specifically regarding patient confidence (in the provider) and perceived quality of care. Consumerism has shifted the healthcare paradigm from provider-driven to patient-driven healthcare decisions and patient experience.

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare It News

We then made the business case to pilot switching existing services over to Zoom, including all primary care practices. It has now been one year since primary care switched to Zoom. In December, our Express Care practices switched to Zoom for MaineGeneral’s virtual urgent care service, “eCare.”

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Roundups: 22 Recent Strategic Digital Health Partnerships

HIT Consultant

DrFirst’s MedHx with SmartSuite uses clinical-grade AI to automatically fill gaps in patient medication history records, relieving a burden for clinicians and creating a more accurate medication reconciliation process—one of The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals. healthcare spending.

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From Telemedicine to Complete Virtual Care and Beyond

HIT Consultant

Today, physicians, patients and payers benefit from virtual care options that can be scaled to provide users with access to a wide range of providers, healthcare services and diagnostics that enable remote monitoring and testing which is especially important for chronic condition management.

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eClinicalWorks to showcase EHR and patient engagement innovations at HIMSS23

Healthcare It News

Patients expect easy access to care. Healthcare organizations must streamline the pre- and post-visit experience for improved patient satisfaction. With healow, our customers already are improving the patient experience and seeing reduced costs. RPA also streamlines front-office operations.