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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

Healthcare It News

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. In addition to providing many crucial health services, they are the traffic cop to all the other forms of healthcare throughout a health system. Please explain how, and the value virtual primary care adds here.

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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

The pandemic fast-tracked the growing notion of healthcare consumerism , spurring several changes in the healthcare industry. It is well-established that longer patient wait times negatively impact patient satisfaction , specifically regarding patient confidence (in the provider) and perceived quality of care.

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Virtua Health offers lessons in creating a Digital Transformation Office, Part 2

Healthcare It News

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. As a result, staff anticipate realizing higher quality of care outcomes in these two patient populations.

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Day 2 Notes from the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Sheppard Health Law

Sustainability of our healthcare system was an interesting topic at Day 2 of the 42 nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Paul Markovich, CEO of Blue Shield of California, expressed the concern that “[T]he status quo is an existential threat to our healthcare system.”

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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?

Health Populi

These and other important health consumer insights are revealed in the firm’s latest report, Waiting for Consumers – The Oliver Wyman 2018 Consumer Survey of US Healthcare. Once a patient enters that healthcare new front door of, say a retail clinic, one-third of these people told Oliver Wyman that it was a better experience.

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Digital front doors' advantages when meeting population health needs

Healthcare It News

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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Creating a Mental Health Crisis System

Icanotes

Existing mental health providers might not know how or have the resources to spend on community outreach, preventing them from increasing awareness about their services to people who need them. Some mental healthcare providers do not focus on creating a welcoming, compassionate and trauma-free environment.