HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2022

What You Should Know: – For people who have used virtual primary care, the vast majority of them (94%) are satisfied with their experience, and nearly four in five (79%) say it has allowed them to take charge of their health. Virtual Primary Care Helping People Take Charge of Their Health.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What You Should Know: Concert Health , a leading behavioral health medical group, today announced a collaboration with Mass General Brigham , an integrated academic health care system, to expand behavioral health services delivered through primary care.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2024

What You Should Know: – Elation Health , a provider of clinical-first technology for primary care, has announced a major expansion of its partnership with Surescripts , the nation’s leading health information network. Reduced Administrative Burden: Eliminates time spent chasing pharmacy benefits information.

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Health Care Leader News

JULY 1, 2022

In May, the chief executives of all 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) signed a letter to NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard endorsing the recommendations set out by Dr Claire Fuller, a GP and chief executive of the Surrey Heartlands ICS, in her recent Government commissioned review into the future of primary care.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Healthcare providers—particularly primary care providers—can serve as the first line of defense in catching mental health issues. Alerts in the EHR can prompt care coordinators or other office staff to reach out and stay on top of how the patient is feeling. Now is the time to act.

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Health Care Leader News

JULY 1, 2022

In May, the chief executives of all 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) signed a letter to NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard endorsing the recommendations set out by Dr Claire Fuller, a GP and chief executive of the Surrey Heartlands ICS, in her recent Government commissioned review into the future of primary care.

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Health Care Leader News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Dr Mark Davies, chief medical officer for IBM and Watson Health EMEA, discusses how primary care can use technology to help recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. While great progress was made in the summer, there is still a backlog of non-Covid care created by the first wave. Primary care is ‘open for business’….

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Kaufman Hall analyzed 100 health care organizations in this year’s consumerism survey to assess their readiness to embrace consumer-centric strategies, understand how the industry prioritizes these approaches, evaluate their progress toward responding to them, and identifying best practices.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The increase in telehealth adoption by physicians and patients alike continues to allow UPMC to develop new digital health tools that offer greater access to high-quality care from the comfort of their own home. UPMC launched a virtual-first, full-service primary care clinic offering a complete spectrum of care to patients aged 18 and above.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 12, 2024

Concurrently, the healthcare workforce is facing significant attrition; approximately 20% of doctors are planning to leave the profession and more than 170,000 healthcare workers departed their roles in 2021, according to JAMA. How can hospitals and health systems use LLMs to ease clinician workload?

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 6, 2024

THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Memorial launched telehealth for all its primary care and specialty centers, and today conducts about 100,000 virtual visits per year.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2023

Tech-enabled home healthcare provider Speedoc has tied up with Parkway Shenton, the primary care arm of IHH Healthcare Singapore, to expand care options for patients. The company continues to seek collaborations with both private and public healthcare providers to expand its mobile home care model.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Signify Health providers spend 2.5 times longer with a patient in the home than providers in average primary care office visits, according to the company. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Amazon, meanwhile, was reported a bidder for Signify Health. Email: afox@himss.org.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A recent study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research found telehealth is nearly as effective as in-person primary care visits when it comes to addressing patient needs. The height of the pandemic and the years that followed proved that telehealth not only works, but it’s here to stay as a primary care source.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The value-based care model is gaining momentum in the healthcare industry, and it is not hard to see why. After all, value-based care – which rewards healthcare providers with incentives based on the quality of care they provide to patients – has been shown to improve healthcare outcomes and reduces costs for patients.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2024

Spanish-speaking healthcare providers are available for scheduled visits on weekdays from 7 a.m. Translators are also available 24/7 for on-demand care if a Spanish-speaking provider isn’t accessible. Spanish-speaking patients aged 3 and above can now opt for a Spanish-language app. and weekends from 8 a.m.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 8, 2023

What You Should Know: A new report released by TytoCare , a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, revealed insights into how health plans and organizations can drive virtual care engagement. Time and cost savings are the top drivers for virtual healthcare adoption.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2024

– 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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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2024

By addressing language barriers, expanding digital access, and simplifying technology, healthcare providers can ensure equitable access to quality virtual care for all patients, regardless of their English proficiency. . – This study highlights the importance of designing inclusive telehealth solutions.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2024

What You Should Know: – HealthArc , a virtual healthcare company secures $5M in funding led by ScOp Venture Capital to transform healthcare through its advanced care management platform. Chronic Care Management: Provides ongoing support for patients with chronic conditions.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Early in the pandemic, the company launched mental health and primary care service lines. Healthcare IT News sat down with Baird to discuss the company's unique brand of telehealth and how she and her team have developed the technology for a winning endeavor. First we launched primary care.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

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. ” As we saw during the pandemic, delaying care can have dire results, and virtual-first all but solves the issue.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

"Through telehealth, patients have been able to access medical care from their own homes, avoiding potential exposure to the virus," Manzie noted. Telehealth technology can help with a variety of healthcare-related issues, Manzie spelled out, including: Improving access to care for individuals in remote or underserved areas.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 26, 2023

And what kinds of outcomes can healthcare provider organizations expect? To answer these questions, Healthcare IT News sat down with Zack Tisch, senior vice president of innovation and life sciences at Pivot Point Consulting, a Vaco Company. And what kinds of outcomes can healthcare provider organizations expect?

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Color Health will provide no-cost genetic counseling services to All of Us participants and their family members and healthcare providers to discuss and interpret their results, according to the announcement. based genomics efforts grounded in primary care at that time. It was one of the largest U.S.-based

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs. Others rely on virtual primary care platforms, often through an app, as their pathway to healthcare services instead of going to an in-person primary care physician.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Strengthening Focus on Chronic Conditions Founded in 2020, Verustat brings valuable expertise in primary care and cardiology, areas plagued by prevalent chronic conditions like hypertension, obesity, and diabetes. billion by 2027.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 2, 2023

The Strengthening Medicare Task Force , which was formed to identify the most pressing investments needed in Australia's primary care sector, r ecently suggested modernising the "clunky" MHR, among other recommendations it forwarded to the government.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2023

What You Should Know: AdvancedMD , a provider of cloud-based healthcare software for independent medical, mental health, and physical therapy practices, announced today the results of a mental health survey of healthcare providers employed at ambulatory practices.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a chronic shortage of mental healthcare providers in rural areas, there is a significant lack of access to this much-needed care for those who reside there. What is the problem with rural and partially rural areas and so few mental healthcare providers? How did this problem develop?

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2024

What You Should Know: Advocare LLC, a 750-provider multi-specialty group practice based in New Jersey with the largest number of pediatric providers in the state, today announced a partnership with Fort Health, a virtual pediatric behavioral healthcare company built with the Child Mind Institute, to expand services delivered through primary care.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2022

What You Should Know: – UCSF Health , and women’s healthcare provider Tia announced a partnership to transform women’s healthcare in the Bay Area — while also demonstrating a model for how a traditional health system and an upstart can work together to improve health outcomes and experiences for 51% of the population.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2023

. – The deal — which includes opening multiple clinics throughout LA — will also feature one of the most tightly knit clinical and technical integrations between two independent healthcare providers. Tia will partner with Cedars-Sinai to open additional clinics this year in Pasadena, Studio City and Culver City.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 30, 2024

What You Should Know: – Innovaccer, a leading healthcare technology company, today announced its collaboration with Kaiser Permanente, America’s leading healthcare provider and nonprofit health plan. – Kaiser Permanente will implement Innovaccer’s Healthcare AI Platform to support value-based care initiatives.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The addition of Pentavere’s data abstraction and structuring capabilities will broaden HEALWELL’s therapeutic and disease indication spectrum offered to WELL’s healthcare providers, the company said in its announcement Wednesday.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2022

Prior to joining Transcarent, Mr. Bridges served as President of Curai Health, a virtual primary care company using AI and machine learning to improve the effectiveness of physicians and healthcare provider organizations. Peter Bridges Bio/Background.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Thankfully, more patients are embracing technology-based programs that provide education and engagement to help improve diabetes outcomes, such as better understanding the importance of regular blood glucose monitoring and how to interpret key metrics like hemoglobin A1c.

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