Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, began developing a virtual care strategy in October 2019 – well before COVID-19 struck – with the hope of leveraging the technology as a tool to support patient care and the organizational strategy, rather than as a stand-alone strategy in and of itself. Staffing a 24/7 platform.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

To further complicate matters, as healthcare consumers continue to prioritize patient experience, physicians are leaving private practices for hospitals and larger medical groups at an alarming rate. According to Avalere Health , nearly three in four doctors work for a hospital, health system, or corporate entity today.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 29, 2024

The company now provides a range of health care services to patients in their homes — aiming to prevent costly hospitalizations and emergency room visits. Initially known for in-home urgent care, DispatchHealth has expanded its services over the years, most recently launching a dedicated hospital-at-home program.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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. First, Urgent Care Telehealth: Of the patients seen in urgent care, about 15% make return visits.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

I’d interviewed Roy at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January to catch up on consumer health developments, and the March meeting was going to cover Philips’ innovations on the hospital and acute care side of the business, as well as to learn more about Roy’s new role as head of Connected Care.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Enhancing Healthcare Excellence: Bridges’ Integrated Care Approach with Highmark Bridges’ dedication to excellence has earned recognition from various national and independent organizations, such as HealthGrades, The Leapfrog Group, Quantros CareChex, IBM Watson 100 Top Hospitals, and U.S.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

" The pandemic also further reduced access to routine care leading to an increase in preventable complications due to chronic conditions, including emergency room visits, hospitalizations and overall healthcare costs, she added. " PROPOSAL.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Why It Matters According to Deloitte , since 2018, consumers’ usage of virtual health has increased across all ages, and almost two-thirds of consumers would utilize virtual care visits for preventive health. Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

When you have the payer and the provider together, you’re also able to invest in the clinical value-based side of it, for example, to decrease hospitalizations,” he said during the panel discussion. You’re able to invest in that and actually see the benefit from a total cost of care reduction, on the payer side of it.”

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Patient satisfaction, convenience, quality care, and brand loyalty are core to their business models.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2022

"WVU Medicine's approach aimed to meet the needs of low-acuity patients with disease exposure concerns, and reducing and preventing overcrowding in emergency departments, urgent care clinics and general care clinics while also giving the reassurance and advice that patients require. McAllister, WVU Medicine.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

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. In fact, the contrary is true.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2022

. – Pregnant women were excluded from COVID-19 mRNA vaccine clinical trials, so this new study fills a significant knowledge gap, providing strong evidence that vaccinating women who are or might become pregnant protects against hospitalization for the disease during pregnancy. Fairbanks School of Public Health.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“We’re working on additional expansions, likely to come in 2024, that will bring us into Washington, and a couple other states out in the Pacific Northwest,” Mike Stuart, chief growth officer at WellBe, told Home Health Care News. In many rural areas, you’re seeing hospital closures. We’re excited to get started in Oregon.”

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It presents state examples and key considerations for state officials via an organizing framework broken down by major components of the delivery system (from primary care to community-based and home-based services and supports) and reflecting essential principles for a modern system.

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Home Health Care

JULY 13, 2023

While hospital at home is becoming more common in the U.S., there are some who still believe that cancer is too severe a condition to care for in the home. Despite that, there are a number of cancer care at home programs and pilots in place right now, many of which are seeing success. Huntsman at Home has seen strong results.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For ongoing management of health and wellness needs, members also receive a personalized care plan that includes reminders for follow-ups and action items. In addition, select in-network lab and other preferred in-network services will be delivered for a $0 co-pay when referred by a virtual care provider.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 31, 2023

Free-standing surgery centers, ER, urgent care, primary care, imaging centers and so on, are monitoring large healthcare systems looking for ways to extract the most profitable arms and business from them. By consolidating vendors, hospital systems can improve efficiency and interoperability while also increasing savings.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

As we start at this fairly nascent moment in the hospital-to-home movement and migration in the U.S., consumers found that only 5% of people had received in-home healthcare in the past year, while 89% of people received care at a doctor’s office or hospital/medical facility, in-person.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As the healthcare industry continues to embrace new technologies, remote patient monitoring (RPM) is becoming established as a way to help chronic patients remain in their homes with health supervision to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and visits to the emergency department, urgent care facility, or physician’s office.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

The green shades illustrate that consumers are “comfortable” receiving care via virtual providers and telehealth platforms, moreso than via any other care on-ramp — much more than hospitals, ERs, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care clinics, or walk-in clinics. health care system.

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Healthcare Associates

JANUARY 13, 2023

Your doctor may want you to stay in the hospital for IV antibiotics and monitoring. Preventing pericarditis. There is no specific way to prevent pericarditis. Pulmonary embolism: This is a serious condition where a blood clot prevents blood from getting from the heart to the lungs. Prompt treatment may save your life.

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Healthcare Associates

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

He comes to Healthcare Associates of Texas with a wealth of knowledge and experience in Primary care and Urgent care. Dr. Jason Varghese started volunteering in hospitals and clinics when he was young. That experience showed him the vital role primary care providers play in helping people.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 21, 2022

COVID-19 vaccination provides protection against serious illness and outcomes associated with COVID-19, including emergency department or urgent care visits, hospitalizations, and death. Discuss concerns and/or issues related to preparedness for and/or response to urgent public health threats.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 10, 2022

The fastest way to access healthcare in the United States isn’t through a primary care physician or urgent care or orchestrated referrals processes. Mandana Varahrami, Chief Product Officer, CipherHealth. It comes through three taps of a button: Nine, one, and one.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In the state of Pennsylvania, only urgent medical care was permitted for several months, which created an instant barrier to receiving routine, follow-up and preventive care. A transplant social worker can perform a virtual check-in with a patient on the waiting list for an organ.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

988 operates through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. These mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention lines must be able to take all calls, triage the calls to assess the additional needs, and coordinate connections to additional support based on the assessment of the team and the preferences of the caller.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2019

While Millennials were least likely to visit a doctor’s office in the past year, they had the most likelihood of making a visit to a mental health provider, to seek chiropractic care, urgent care, and acupuncture — all services delivered outside of traditional medical home settings.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

Invest in prevention and early intervention. Enhance and streamline system of care for children with complex needs and their families. Two states have pursued more innovative approaches and were highlighted in a NASHP report on increasing access to behavioral health care. Expand outpatient and community-based service array.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

Urgent care clinics or freestanding ERs, preferred by more Latinx patients. This relates to another key data point that illustrates patients’ shift to a health consumer mindset: their willingness to seek care in lower-cost settings based on costs. The post Post-Pandemic, U.S.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Among its home- and community-based care initiatives, Aetna is doubling down on the use of telehealth and leaning into the CVS HealthHUB network, which offers seniors a range of services, from preventative care all the way to acute care. Landmark Health is another Aetna home-based care partner. “I

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, if a home health agency has a specialty program that has proved to be exceptional at treating congestive heart failure and keeping patients from going back to hospital for treatments, those are quantifiable data points that MA payers want to see. That was done through reductions in ER visits and hospitalizations.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2021

While healthcare facilities are still dedicated to providing the best care to patients impacted by COVID-19, it is imperative that healthcare practices, especially those like skilled nursing facilities, take cybersecurity seriously to prevent data leaks, care disruption, financial setbacks, and more. About Avi Philipson.

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Etactics

MAY 11, 2023

Purpose of Revenue Codes Revenue Code Examples Intensive Care Unit Pharmacy Physical Therapy Emergency Room Clinic Medical Coding and Your Revenue Cycle Conclusion What is a Revenue Code? First developed for the Medicare system, revenue codes were soon adopted as a standard for hospital billing as well as in other healthcare settings.

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NASHP

MARCH 25, 2022

As of March 16, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that just one-third (33%) of children in this age group have received their first vaccine dose, with vaccination rates varying widely by state. COVID-19 vaccines have been available for children ages 5-11 since October 29, 2021. Partnerships.

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Vie Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In Episode 53 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience Jim Cagliostro is joined by Creston Tate, DO, Medical Director of WellSpan Health Urgent Care to discuss the challenges of hiring healthcare workers in the wake of ‘’The Great Resignation.’’. Demand for urgent care has intensified since 2020. Episode Introduction.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 4, 2022

“We take a thoughtful and targeted approach to our Medicare Advantage footprint – adding new markets where we have strong provider partnerships that will ensure our customers get quality care,” Abburi said. On its end, Humana is significantly expanding support for its two hospital-at-home models.

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