Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One big question in healthcare when it comes to the digital divide: How can people in these households get access to telemedicine ? Virtual care can be a game-changer for people in rural communities and healthcare deserts. Even in urban centers where there are shortages of specialists.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." " As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management. How exactly can telemedicine help solve each of these challenges?

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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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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

"By providing patients with an automated care navigation assistant when they feel more vulnerable, we have been able to qualify patients early and direct them to the right level of care: telemedicine, primary care and pediatrics, or the emergency room," he continued. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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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 6, 2024

"The focus of our session is how technology enables and enhances clinical workflows and patient experiences and outcomes, especially when applied to an emerging area of telemedicine like remote patient monitoring," he explained.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Before the widespread adoption of telemedicine technology, there were several problems that hindered the delivery of healthcare services for most healthcare organizations. THE PROBLEM One of the main problems was access to healthcare, particularly with working families and those with chronic conditions.

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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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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2023

Eric Bacon, President at AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc The adoption of virtual health has increased dramatically since March 2020, with 150 million telehealth claims in less than two years. Like other revolutionary innovations throughout history, healthcare innovation is necessitated by time — and unmet needs. As the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 17, 2023

As a healthcare services organization, it delivers and coordinates whole-person care that integrates primary care, acute care, behavioral health, and long-term services and supports, while addressing the social factors that impact health. Adrienne Mullen is senior director of virtual care at CCA.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 22, 2021

– The acquisition adds Lemonaid Health’s innovative telemedicine and prescription drug delivery services to 23andMe’s consumer business. Founded in 2013 by Co-Founders Ian Van Every and Paul Johnson, Lemonaid Health offers patients direct access to the care they need, from consultation through treatment nationally across the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This is especially important to NYC Health + Hospitals, given the diversity of its population and the need to provide care in more than 200 languages. There is a wide variety of telemedicine technology vendors on the health IT market today. The service was crucial in preserving New York City's emergency care system.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

"In some of our primary care locations, we have implemented the ability to connect with a specialist via a telehealth visit while the patient is already at the primary care office to avoid having to make multiple trips." "Both vendors are HIPAA-compliant and work with healthcare providers nationally.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program supports the efforts of health care providers to continue serving their patients by providing reimbursement for telecommunications services, information services, and connected devices necessary to enable telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Round 2 is a $249.95

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. Every telehealth grant proposal must address the issue – and money – of broadband connections between patients and the healthcare providers.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Telemedicine demands personalized care at scale for complex conditions, ramping up the move toward concierge care, and increasing access to the best medical expertise, The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic continues. It's clear that virtual care is now a permanent mode of healthcare access and delivery.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2022

In your hands-on experience working with healthcare provider organizations and IT, what changes have you observed in patient portals and telehealth visits since COVID-19 broke? We had to ensure seamless reporting to get results into the respective patient portals and out to their primary care physicians.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 6, 2022

"The app would allow them to select a physician or healthcare provider from a menu according to the provider's availability and then connect to that provider. "Care delivery options included urgent care, primary care, behavioral health services and chronic care management."

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Medical GPS

MAY 18, 2022

To thrive in today’s healthcare environment, primary care as well as specialty care physicians must implement and maintain strong patient engagement strategies. Patients are increasingly embracing solutions that facilitate the care experience. Telemedicine. From a recent AMA survey report. ” (7).

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Health Advances

MARCH 9, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted many disparities in the healthcare system, and inequitable access to care is viewed as a significant problem, with many populations disadvantaged by their social or economic status, geographic location, and environment. [2] In other professions, shifting tasks downward is a common practice.

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Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

By increasing access and data-sharing capabilities, interoperability standards provide a level of transparency necessary to effectively manage patient-centric care, improving the likelihood of better patient outcomes at lower costs. Shortage of primary care professionals, unequal access to care.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Virtual technology enables palliative care providers to overcome the barriers of in-person delivery— enabling anyone to receive treatment anytime, anywhere. Today, serious illnesses can be successfully managed within the community and at home thanks to virtual palliative care services.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 24, 2022

. – Leveraging the combined company’s provider customer base across ERP (legacy Oracle) and EHR (legacy Cerner) to drive new products and synergies. – Expansion of Millennium functionality in telemedicine, disease-specific management tools, RCM , HCM and diagnostics.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

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. The future of healthcare is most likely a hybrid model, where patients receive a mix of virtual and in-person care. healthcare system.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Walgreens and Pearl Health , a provider enablement company has announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the expansion of value-based care in collaboration with community-based primary care physicians.

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Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

By increasing access and data-sharing capabilities, interoperability standards provide a level of transparency necessary to effectively manage patient-centric care, improving the likelihood of better patient outcomes at lower costs. Shortage of primary care professionals, unequal access to care.

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Health Care Success

JUNE 9, 2021

Beyond the “usual suspect” service lines such as cardiovascular and orthopedics, one of the biggest trends in healthcare is a renewed focus on primary care. Integrated Care and Consumerization. Many efforts to improve healthcare provider lives and reduce burnout were essentially suspended during COVID.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2018

They said that the technologies that would have the largest disruptive impact would be telemedicine, artificial intelligence, interoperability, and data analytics. “Finally,” after 20 years… which is why I continue to keep Amara’s Law front-of mind when it comes to healthcare’s ability to change.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It is not enough to urge someone to see a primary care provider; we have to be certain they have transportation to get to the appointment and that their work schedule or other responsibilities and circumstances do not interfere, making it difficult or impossible to attend an in-person medical appointment.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

The expansion allows for people to start the cycle of primary care treatment and follow up on other treatment options that their doctor or primary provider has recommended for them, without having to worry about high costs, deductibles or transportation issues.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 27, 2023

"Seeing someone by video alone can certainly be enough in an isolated situation, but to provide that layer of quality, we sought out a way to deliver better care virtually," he added. PROPOSAL Baptist Health found telemedicine technology vendor TytoCare.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 13, 2023

This, among other policy shifts, has a direct impact on healthcare provider organizations and telemedicine companies delivering care virtually. But there are many issues to be aware of here, beyond remote prescribing, that require foresight and creativity on the parts of provider organizations and virtual care companies.

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Medical GPS

APRIL 15, 2021

Looking back at Jeff Bendix’s previously mentioned journal for Medical Economics, he explains one of the largest hurdles to finding the balance of virtual and in-person care is out of healthcare providers’ hands. The goal is for healthcare providers to be compensated for patient care regardless of the chosen modality.

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Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

the use of telehealth services tripled in the past year, as healthcare providers limited patients from in-person visits for care and patients sought to avoid exposure to the coronavirus in medical settings. In the U.S.,

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