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The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home? The AMA Launches a Health at Home Framework

Health Populi

Note that this framework has been developed by the AMA, the largest professional organization of doctors. 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. An aging U.S.

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How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Healthcare It News

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. We have heard from doctors who say that thanks to virtual rounding, they get more done and see more patients by not having to walk miles through hospital hallways.

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How RPM can solve many patient and provider problems in rural areas

Healthcare It News

are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. Family members may have to take them to and from appointments or doctors may have to travel to their homes, which can become a burden on family and caretakers.

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Nursing Facilities  – A Medical Crisis in Need of a Prescription

HIT Consultant

Nursing facilities have evolved from rest homes to medical facilities over the last 20 years. Even with a shift to providing higher-intensity care in people’s homes, the demand for nursing facility-level care is slated to double. Telemedicine can help fix this problem. Seema Verma, former CMS Administrator.

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Telehealth with a technician in the home reduces spend by 22% for Scottsdale Physician Group

Healthcare It News

” This episodic cycle is expensive and the patient still does not get the care they actually need, which is frequent visits with high-quality providers that prevent the acute episodes. Traditional telemedicine has its place as a scalable and cost-efficient tool in a physician’s armamentarium, but it has limits, he contended.

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Vendor notebook: Virtual care options on Google Cloud, AR surgical imaging and more

Healthcare It News

Pager offers AI automation and integrated concierge services, including triage, telemedicine, e-prescriptions, appointment scheduling, after-care follow-up, care advocacy and customer service. "We have a serious problem in the U.S.

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The Clinician of the Future: A Partner for Health, Access, Collaboration, and Tech-Savviness

Health Populi

doctors and nurses alike, are considering leaving their current role in the next two to three years. That 1 in 2 clinicians is significantly greater than the global 37% of physicians and nurses thinking about leaving their roles in the next 3 years, according to the report Clinician of the Future 2023 from Elsevier.

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