Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

"We first started with pre- and post-discharge chats with the goal of preventing readmissions and helping patients better manage their care after leaving the hospital. Our goals for our chronic disease programs are more tightly linked to how we can prevent admissions in the first place."

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

According to Avalere Health , nearly three in four doctors work for a hospital, health system, or corporate entity today. With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., It’s important to note that these reviews aren’t limited to primary care physicians.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Why It Matters According to Deloitte , since 2018, consumers’ usage of virtual health has increased across all ages, and almost two-thirds of consumers would utilize virtual care visits for preventive health. Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The physician they select can provide annual exams, preventive care, diagnosis and treatment for health concerns and management of chronic conditions. The providers are available for phone or video primary care visits six days a week. They can write prescriptions and refer members to in-person care, when necessary.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Patient satisfaction, convenience, quality care, and brand loyalty are core to their business models.

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Healthcare Associates

JANUARY 13, 2023

There are a variety of serious health conditions that cause chest pain, and you should always talk to a doctor about new or worsening symptoms. You will need to see a doctor to confirm that you have pericarditis. Your primary care doctor may be able to diagnose and treat you, but they might send you to a heart specialist.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The enterprise health system created six distinct service lines supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The six virtual care programs are as follows. First, Urgent Care Telehealth. First, Urgent Care Telehealth: Of the patients seen in urgent care, about 15% make return visits.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

Sites included: “My” doctor’s office, favored by more people who were White or Asian, and those 45 years or older. Urgent care clinics or freestanding ERs, preferred by more Latinx patients. For example, over 70% of patients are willingness to use a video virtual care visit based on the claim cost of $78.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In the state of Pennsylvania, only urgent medical care was permitted for several months, which created an instant barrier to receiving routine, follow-up and preventive care. We continue to use this technology to offer this convenient option for patients.

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Healthcare Associates

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Jason Varghese Spotlight Article Jason Varghese , MD, is a Board-Certified Family Medicine doctor who treats patients of all ages, from newborn babies to 90+ years old. He comes to Healthcare Associates of Texas with a wealth of knowledge and experience in Primary care and Urgent care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Specialty care. Care coordination and continuity.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2022

What You Should Know: – New data from Carta Healthcare shows 83% of patients have had to provide the same health information or duplicate health information at a doctor’s office. 42% of Americans spend six minutes or more recounting past medical history at their doctor’s appointments due to a lack of integrated data processes.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 10, 2022

The fastest way to access healthcare in the United States isn’t through a primary care physician or urgent care or orchestrated referrals processes. Mandana Varahrami, Chief Product Officer, CipherHealth. It comes through three taps of a button: Nine, one, and one.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2019

While Millennials were least likely to visit a doctor’s office in the past year, they had the most likelihood of making a visit to a mental health provider, to seek chiropractic care, urgent care, and acupuncture — all services delivered outside of traditional medical home settings.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Even though a majority like/find virtual primary care appealing, people still have questions. Around three in ten Americans who have not used virtual primary care as a source of primary care (31%) believe that doctors need to see their problem in person to know what is wrong.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

But the consumer pressures, along with evidence-based self-service options for health – both for “care” and for wellness, fitness and prevention – bring us to this inflection point for virtual health. The design challenges, which are suggested in the third experience chart, are evident.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Connecting Members With Primary Care Doctors That Provide Longitudinal Care. HealthTap is a nationwide virtual primary care provider, delivering quality primary care affordably to all Americans, whether or not they have good insurance.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Most impressively, statistics-wise, was that visits to alternative venues like urgent care centers rose by 46.9%. The researchers pointed to several possible drivers to lower PCP visits including perceived visit needs, financial barriers like co-payments, and use of alternative sources of care. ” The U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

The green shades illustrate that consumers are “comfortable” receiving care via virtual providers and telehealth platforms, moreso than via any other care on-ramp — much more than hospitals, ERs, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care clinics, or walk-in clinics. health care system.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Telehealth is a very broad, umbrella term that encompasses any and all care that a doctor or clinician provides without an in-person office visit. – Urgent care issues like colds, coughs, and stomach aches. RPM can prevent possible deterioration in health between office visits. What is Telehealth?

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Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2021

bn , much of which went into niche applications like lab testing, medication adherence, and on-demand triage for urgent care. These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend. Fragmentation is a hallmark of the U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 8, 2018

At least 40% of people were concerned about possibly incurring expenses for catastrophic events, long-term care, end-of-life and chronic conditions. healthcare), emergency room, and urgent care. Ultimately, more care is not better care, as this classic New Yorker cartoon teaches us.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2023

This partnership will integrate Carrum Health’s value-based Centers of Excellence (COE) program into apree health’s industry-leading ecosystem partner network, allowing employers to provide their employees access to more affordable surgical and cancer care from the top 10% of doctors and providers across the country.

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Etactics

MAY 11, 2023

If a doctor provides procedure CPT-12001 in an operating room along with any other procedure, then the correct revenue code is 0360. This plays a huge role in streamlining your revenue cycle and prevents claim denials.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

In many countries and in peoples’ minds, the only “real” way to get proper treatment is to go to a doctor and, in some countries, head to a hospital or a specialist clinic. This will further Philips’ vision for Evolution of Care Settings from hospital to home and self-care modes.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Whether retail clinics, telehealth, or asynchronous physician visits via mobile health apps — consumers’ adoption of these sites, away from traditional brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices and ambulatory care clinics, has hovered around 10%, Oliver Wyman gauges in this report. This survey was conducted among 2,509 U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 21, 2019

At worksite clinics, 43% of employers offer physical exams and urgent care, 36% do annual preventive exams, and 11% offer chronic care management. To help bend their corporate healthcare cost curves, employers are nudging covered workers to lower-cost settings, both onsite and away from the workplace.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In collaboration with highly-qualified doctors and healthcare providers, we’ve built a digital health platform that is changing the way people talk about and receive the care they need.” beyond hospitals and bricks-and-mortar doctors’ offices. published on 30 September 2019. .”

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2018

As Walmart looks to add Humana’s health insurance business to its expanding health/care portfolio, the company is building a vertically integrated offering with many on-ramps and front doors to health and wellness.

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Primary Care Healthcare Urgent Care Medicare 54

Health Dialog

AUGUST 6, 2012

There once was a time when if you got sick, you’d call the family doctor. The doctor would take care of you quickly and coordinate any additional care that you needed. In those days, your family doctor was a “home base” for all your medical needs. . It’s a new way to organize how a primary care office works.

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Health Dialog

APRIL 1, 2020

Eventually, I started doing analytics work related to urgent care clinics, which is when I started getting interested in healthcare. My grandfather was a pharmacist and my father was a doctor, so I guess healthcare was always in my blood. That’s what led me to Health Dialog. What inspires you about a project like this?

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While consulting at the University of Texas Medical Branch on telemedicine for inmate care, Dr. Sanders met Dr. G. Byron Brooks, an electrical engineer and medical doctor. Telehealth Revolution Evolves to Virtual Care, Providing a Solution to Modern Healthcare Challenges The rest is history. Kilimanjaro.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the road to implementing effective pop health strategies is laden with challenges: monitoring chronic illness rates and preventing community transmission, triaging emergencies over routine health care circumstances, and executing preventive services all require providers to alter their traditional fee-for-service workflow.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2024

The main driver behind ER chaos and expense is a nationwide shortage of trained doctors and nurses. A single nurse often has to care for ten or more patients in the ED simultaneously, leading to treatment delays and deferred care.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 9, 2022

America spends half of what other developed countries spend on primary care, despite it being the single area of healthcare that has proven to deliver actual cost savings with better population health results. People stop seeking out primary care in the times when preventive, proactive care could make the most difference.

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NASHP

AUGUST 29, 2022

Will audio-only doctor visits and FaceTime video chatting continue to be reimbursed as if they are in-person service visits, and should they? Language was not reported as a barrier in accessing care and connecting with a provider from home offered significant benefits that encouraged regular care for prevention and chronic disease management.

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Primary Care Urgent Care Patient Experience Doctors 83

Vie Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Thomas is the Chief Growth Officer at GenieMD and host of The Virtual Shift: Reimagining the Delivery of Care. His expertise is virtual care. As Thomas asks, according to CDC data, patients only spend 15 hours in front of doctors in any given year, ‘’What happens to the other 8,745 hours?…

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Doctors Urgent Care Hospitals Telemedicine 52