Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The healthcare industry continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with innovation and grit. In a turbulent environment, a host of ingenious solutions surfaced to help bolster the healthcare system itself. Many organizations pivoted to allow nonessential workers to work remotely. Investing in patient-centric care.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

At the same time, however, relying on telemedicine had drawbacks, especially from a social perspective. Their interview subjects cited several positive effects of using telemedicine, including: The benefits of avoiding travel for the nursing home resident. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The partnership will see Bupa Arabia’s insured members being offered instant medical appointments with doctors “across more than 60 specialities”, as well as other digital health services via the platform. ” ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 21, 2022

“It is precisely these patients who are consuming the healthcare dollar at an increasing rate. “We did learn, however, that going to the patient’s home worked, so we searched for a solution that allowed us to do a real exam without sending a doctor to do it,” he continued. ” MARKETPLACE.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2022

Following the FDA ruling to authorize the emergency use of PAXLOVIDTM, Alpha providers are now able to prescribe COVID-19 treatment when appropriate, to a patient’s local pharmacy through their asynchronous telemedicine platform. Why It Matters. With the rapid transmission of the Omicron variant, cases have surged in recent weeks.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." The chronic care management segment of the market is experiencing a set of challenges not only prevalent but also significantly impactful in the broader healthcare landscape. But telehealth can help in a significant way.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 25, 2023

New healthcare technology innovations developed outside the box offer clinicians more tools, including cloud-based telehealth, remote lab testing for infections and enhanced imaging for surgical precision. Payer and healthcare systems that are Google Cloud Partners can now purchase and deploy Pager's connected care system.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

The pandemic fast-tracked the growing notion of healthcare consumerism , spurring several changes in the healthcare industry. 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.

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CiscoHealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

Follow along with our new blog series #HealthcareNow and #PublicSectorNow , where we’ll addresses healthcare innovation around the world and how to maintain business continuity in today’s health climate. . The post Georgia Department of Public Health: Keeping Doctors and Patients Connected appeared first on Cisco Blogs.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The disruption of the healthcare industry is continuing at a frenetic pace. Certainly, healthcare has been overdue for overhauls. Case in point: Some providers can’t even conceive of investing in the tools and programs to integrate patient medical records or ensure they have the right supplies.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We can save so much money and time that's going into healthcare if we take full advantage of the telehealth and telemedicine tools. Real-time telehealth are activities happening “right here and now,” often involving medical or healthcare professionals.

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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. Hopefully the Congress and state legislatures will act soon to ensure the temporary reimbursement expansions for telemedicine will continue after the public health emergency ends.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The healthcare organization drives toward a standard of care that focuses on personalized patient-physician relationships and quality-driven medical care. HIMSS is the parent organization of Healthcare IT News.). The platform is integrated with Smart Meter iGlucose, a cellular-enabled glucometer. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

First Stop Health® (FSH), a Chicago, IL-based virtual care provider in the areas of telemedicine (virtual urgent care) and virtual mental health, announced a significant expansion of virtual care for its clients and members throughout the U.S. “Patients throughout the U.S. were left without care options for routine and long-term issues.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 8, 2023

But they are also a long-standing challenge to healthcare organizations that can affect the patient's care quality, increase healthcare organization costs and present unnecessary reductions in overall patient access to healthcare appointments. UHP doctors will call the patients that missed their appointments themselves.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

"What’s more, the providers in healthcare clinics work in daunting circumstances," he continued. These healthcare professionals do amazing work with the resources they have, but they need more timely access to specialist expertise, which is not offered in most clinic settings and is frequently inaccessible to patients.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A lot of industries have been disrupted by 5G technology — the video game sector, the agriculture industry, and even healthcare. To meet expectations and further improve patient care, especially in centers like skilled nursing facilities, the widespread integration of 5G technology will be key. Increased Potential of Remote Surgery.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2023

say their healthcare providers currently use AI to help diagnose, treat or communicate with patients, but 66% expect AI to play a bigger role in healthcare in the next five years, the survey found. What do people expect from AI in healthcare? The first is trained and targeted AI for healthcare emerging on the market.

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Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP , the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2022

Patient portal use and telehealth visits have changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world, especially healthcare, upside down. In your hands-on experience working with healthcare provider organizations and IT, what changes have you observed in patient portals and telehealth visits since COVID-19 broke?

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. The ER doctor sends an email note via telehealth to the parents' home and later does a Zoom session to show huge X-ray files. When good enough … isn't. and 10 p.m.,

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 15, 2022

Feature More than ever before, healthcare organizations are working harder to prioritize the patient experience. News The future of healthcare: What 2022 could bring A look ahead at what the uptick in interest and usage of digital health will mean for the future of. Mere "patient engagement" isn't enough anymore.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

COVID-19 forced healthcare organizations to make a huge leap forward in their digital transformation roadmaps. Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients. The Case for Permanent Hybrid Healthcare.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

The healthcare landscape continues to shift as we emerge from an uncertain and continuously-evolving pandemic. These pharmacies also acted as trusted intermediaries between patients and doctors or hospital systems. Lindsay Dymowski, President — Centennial Pharmacy Services. A welcomed expanded role.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Alok Mandal, Head of Healthcare Consulting, Virtusa Massive disparities continue to plague healthcare in the United States. Health equity allows people to lead active and productive lives, reduces the healthcare burden on the government, and contributes to economic growth. It’s not just large-scale initiatives that will help.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

From the development of the EMR to the growth of telehealth, the digital environment for healthcare has evolved tremendously over the last few years. Though healthcare organizations have historically been slower to adopt cloud, we’re now seeing renewed interest. But first – why has healthcare lagged other industries in cloud adoption?

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2022

They serve as technology hubs and cutting-edge product showcases to connect engineers, contractors, integrators and executives in all facets of LG’s industry-leading technology. LG’s Newest Center Demonstrates Solutions for Medical Environments.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

For an industry that traditionally embraces change at a glacial pace, the pandemic has been a wake-up call for healthcare. Access also improved – a Johns Hopkins University study found that Medicare beneficiaries in poor neighborhoods increased their use of telemedicine during the pandemic. No time to rest.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As was the case with many healthcare organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a significant increase in telehealth visits for Phoenix Children’s Hospital – especially in outpatient clinics. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " said David A.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

AUGUST 26, 2021

New digital technologies have the potential to greatly improve our healthcare system on multiple fronts. Telemedicine allowed many patients to communicate with their doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic; during the height of the pandemic, 30% of all visits were televisits.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care. We are talking about omni-channel delivery, which integrates across communications channels based on patients’ preferences.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The New York State Health Home program is designed for the neediest Medicaid patients and aims to reduce overall healthcare costs by decreasing inpatient costs (and utilization) by addressing social determinants of health such as housing, transportation and food. "This will be led by innovation in healthcare technology.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

These include the use of online patient portals (for 57% of clinicians) along with digital devices and mobile apps that integrate with the EHR as well as health patients manage their health in self-care mode, shown in the bar chart labeled Figure 7. The post Post-Pandemic, U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Together, they will design a comprehensive package of technology and services to empower patients and support healthcare organizations as they operate their own chronic condition management programs. ROM is commercially available to healthcare institutions.

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Health Advances

JUNE 30, 2021

Internet Healthcare”) continues to draw attention with WeDoctor’s IPO announcement valued at $7B. Big Chinese players including Ping An Good Doctor and JD Health successfully went public in recent years, raising billions of dollars from the public market. Key Takeaways. Digital health in China (i.e.

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