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Telemedicine, enabled with responsible AI, can improve the patient experience

Healthcare It News

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the integration of virtual care has become pivotal in reshaping patient experiences. What aspects of a hospital's or health system's patient experience can telemedicine touch?

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Michigan Avenue Primary Care integrates EHR, telehealth and scheduling

Healthcare It News

For Michigan Avenue Primary Care in Chicago, the most pressing need near the beginning of the pandemic was to find a way to adopt telemedicine as the primary service model during the COVID-19 lockdown, especially for mental health patients who suddenly were shut off from in-person support. THE PROBLEM.

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Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

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The boost the pandemic gave telemedicine into the mainstream cannot be understated. But what's next for virtual care? And what about the blossoming trend of virtual-first hybrid care? Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic.

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Survey: 1 in 3 patients comfortable with AI-led primary care

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Nearly one-third (32%) of people already say they would be comfortable with artificial intelligence leading a primary care appointment, according to a new survey from Outbreaks Near Me – although fewer (25%) would be comfortable with AI-led therapy Twelve percent of adults in the U.S.

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LifeMD Integrates with Withings: GLP-1 Weight Loss with In-Home Monitoring

HIT Consultant

– With these devices, LifeMD is setting a new standard in virtual care by providing clinicians with near real-time and actionable patient data that can drive compliance, enhance clinical decision-making, encourage preventive healthcare, and, most importantly, improve long-term outcomes. .

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How UPMC's virtual-first healthcare model works

Healthcare It News

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. The virtual-first primary care was launched in January of 2021 to a ten-county geography in central Pennsylvania.

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Coping with Crises: Using Telemedicine to Deliver Effective Virtual Critical Care

HIT Consultant

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven that telemedicine is essential for keeping the healthcare system running during a crisis. How can virtual critical care keep improving to help providers manage future emergency events? Creating “virtual critical care wards” with telemedicine tools.