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How UPMC's virtual-first healthcare model works

Healthcare It News

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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Modernizing Behavioral Health Systems: A Resource for States

NASHP

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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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization: Comprehensive Approaches and Cross-Cutting Tools

NASHP

In addition to expanding Medicaid, North Carolina’s FY2024 budget allocates over $835 million for mental health and substance abuse investments under Medicaid. They focus on crucial areas such as managed care contracting, achieving coverage parity, and enhancing workforce capacity to improve both quality and access to care.

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Commonwealth Care Alliance shares key lessons from its robust telehealth program

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With offerings in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan and California, it delivers comprehensive, integrated and person-centered care by coordinating the services of local staff, provider partners and community organizations. Telemedicine has grown to become an important part of delivering on CCA's mission.

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Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Services: Opportunities at the State and Federal Level

NASHP

States play an essential role in providing and overseeing behavioral health care, and many states have longstanding strategies to increase access to high quality, behavioral health interventions. But the system remains fragmented and strained under the twin crises of mental illness and escalating overdose deaths.

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4 Hurdles On The Road to Hybrid Healthcare – Digital Transformation

HIT Consultant

“To improve patient outcomes, we have to involve a patient’s family and significant others in their care, because it must extend beyond the four walls of the hospital,” says Dr. Reetu Singh, senior medical director, clinical documentation integrity at AdventHealth. And that’s the future – this is what patients want. healthcare system.