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NYC Health + Hospitals keeps patients out of ER with virtual urgent care

Healthcare It News

Once the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the health system needed to be able to treat the surge of patients with urgent care needs virtually so they could keep them safely at home and away from the overwhelmed emergency care system. NYC H+H patients would then be scheduled for same- or next-day clinic-based infusion therapy."

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare It News

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. But so many organizations had no telemedicine programs, and thus technology, in place. And it did the trick.

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For El Camino Hospital, the pandemic was a springboard into broad virtual care

Healthcare It News

"Instead, we were able to leverage our relationship to stand up a 24-hour urgent care offering through our virtual provider within days. "Under the proposed plan, patients would download an app on their smartphone or other digital device and use it to request a virtual visit," Muro explained. MARKETPLACE.

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4 Hurdles On The Road to Hybrid Healthcare – Digital Transformation

HIT Consultant

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. has a shortage of primary care clinicians, which means it can be difficult to get an appointment. For instance, the U.S.

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6 Key Healthcare Trends Emerging from the Pandemic

Health Care Success

Integrating urgent care and ambulatory surgery centers is another strategic growth initiative we see to expand into critical communities and ultimately build a fully integrated care system. Virtual Healthcare. Integrated Care and Consumerization. Employee Wellbeing & Physician Burnout.

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Patients armed with telehealth tools help Baptist Health deliver better care

Healthcare It News

While there is quite a bit that can be gleaned by a video visit with observation and asking the patient to perform particular tests, the Baptist team was looking for a technology that would provide more. PROPOSAL Baptist Health found telemedicine technology vendor TytoCare. "And the vendor plans on adding AI to their tool.

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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

Health Populi

But the tagline begs the supply side question: “Can the health care system deliver?” ” For a decade or longer, we’ve noted the slow uptake of telehealth and digital health tools among healthcare providers.

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