Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Telemedicine has had an interesting history. During what may be seen as the utopian period for telemedicine – the COVID-19 pandemic – telemedicine lived its gilded age. Sage Growth Partners, a healthcare consulting firm, has set out to determine whether telemedicine, a high-growth technology, is here to stay.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2023

Eric Bacon, President at AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc The adoption of virtual health has increased dramatically since March 2020, with 150 million telehealth claims in less than two years. The hybrid experience allows a primary care doctor to consult with specialists a thousand miles away and provide in-person, cross-care to local patients.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., telemedicine, minute clinics, and other walk-in services), healthcare consumers are more empowered than ever before to find healthcare organizations that meet (or exceed) their expectations—and to help prevent others from making the same mistake. .

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2022

Behavioural Health and Telemedicine: The Behavioural Health subsector was down 18.4% Telemedicine leader Teladoc tumbled 54% in the quarter as the pandemic continues to subside and patients are no longer sheltering in place, electing instead to partake in in-person visits. The proposed changes would reduce the conversion factor by 4.4%

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

"FCC funding we received has enabled us to purchase five telemedicine carts from Amwell, allowing an offsite provider to control the camera's pan/tilt/zoom features and access a digital stethoscope." "iPads with a Zoom video link provided patient-to-provider and provider-to-provider connections," he continued.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 26, 2022

Digital health options like telemedicine and online pharmacies existed before the pandemic. Telemedicine and online pharma have their merits. Quality and consistency of care are just as important. Rather than set up another telemedicine visit, they are more likely to skip treatment altogether. We weren’t prepared.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

This accounts for about 34 percent of total health care spending. Integrated care could potentially save an estimated $38 billion to $68 billion annually. In this study, researchers evaluated the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) program in Rhode Island for its effect on health care use and costs.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 22, 2023

As a result, urgent care centers across the country are now facing a new challenge: the degradation of their scope of care – a serious threat to the future of the on-demand care industry. Monte is a CPA and holds a BS in Accounting from Indiana State University Kelly School of Business.

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Health Advances

MARCH 9, 2023

Maulik Majmudar , Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Biofourmis , a digital therapeutics company focused on personalized care, spoke aptly to the current state of the US healthcare system. trillion annually, accounting for more than 17% of its GDP. [1] In other professions, shifting tasks downward is a common practice.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Michael Gorton, CEO of Recuro Health Telemedicine has helped improve the quality of life of patients in every corner of the world and has been successfully utilized to provide convenient care to people with limited or no access to health services. It has been a remarkable journey for the innovators who pioneered telemedicine.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

health care financing regime of volume-based payment didn’t fare well as millions of patients postponed or cancelled procedures and visits for fear of contracting the virus in the halls, offices and clinics of hospitals and doctor’s offices. Driving efficiency and accountability. In other words, the U.S. Crowe LLC estimated that U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

We can point to other events, too, continuing to re-shape consumer-facing healthcare, including the companies whose logos I’ve assembled for you here, All of these will impact health consumers’ access to and understanding of various health care services and products, across peoples’ healthcare journeys.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

Nearly $278 million of the $364 million in the FY2024 budget is targeted to expanding certified community behavioral health centers; $72 million is for mental health care and facilities in educational settings, $20 million for telemedicine infrastructure, and $10 million to implement employee wellness supports to address stress and burnout.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 10, 2024

Meanwhile, nearly 74% of Americans seeking help turn to their primary care physician rather than a mental health professional. But in the primary care setting, depression is often overlooked, with misdiagnosis occurring in approximately 50% of cases. The financial burden of depression on U.S. What are they?

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

This is a bipartisan bill recently passed in Congress that allows citizens with high-deductible health plans and health savings accounts access to telehealth and other remote care services permanently, without having to meet their minimum deductible first.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 13, 2023

This, among other policy shifts, has a direct impact on healthcare provider organizations and telemedicine companies delivering care virtually. But there are many issues to be aware of here, beyond remote prescribing, that require foresight and creativity on the parts of provider organizations and virtual care companies.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The last charge shows that one-half of providers grew telehealth appointments and decreased face-to-face appointments.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 30, 2022

population is over the age of 65, but they account for nearly one-third of healthcare spending, much of which is going into specialty care. Telemedicine has allowed specialists to deliver care for some patients who might otherwise have difficulty in accessing care. Roughly 16% of the U.S.

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Sheppard Health Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Telemedicine and Mental Health. After around a year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may come as no surprise that telemedicine led funding activity, accounting for almost 30% of the funding raised in the first half of 2021 (roughly $4.2 Overall, 359 startups were funded. billion, Mobile Health Apps with $1.6

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Vie Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He’s also the host of the Virtual Shift, Re-imagining the Delivery of Care. Lisa Miller (01:57): You’re doing some great work on the telehealth and telemedicine part of healthcare, and I’m just gonna jump right in and have a discussion. So, let’s get started. Tom Foley (01:55): Thank you. I appreciate it.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

These forced 3 in 5 workers to reduce contributions to savings accounts, especially among Millennials. Government Accountability Office (GAO) just looked at behavioral health and COVID-19 , identifying higher-risk populations and how Federal relief funding is trying to address these health citizens.

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Health Dialog

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

When a sudden healthcare issue arises, patients aren’t always sure where to seek care. Scheduling an appointment with their primary care provider may take too long. Medicaid accounted for almost one third of callers (32%) while Medicare patients use the service the least (21%). Who typically calls a nurse line and why?

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