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Combining virtual care and personal touch to help the underserved

Healthcare It News

Telemedicine, though, cannot directly provide services to address social determinants of health, services that still remain scattered and disparate. Healthcare IT News interviewed Greenleaf to talk about the intersection of these services and telemedicine. Can telemedicine help provide services to address social determinants of health?

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

Healthcare It News

It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations. At the time, Maimonides was not engaged in any telemedicine or other digital health initiatives. THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM. " Rob Cimino, Maimonides Medical Center. And then March came." " PROPOSAL.

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Why a Focus on Behavioral Health is Key to Improving Quality Measures

HIT Consultant

The overarching goal of VBC is to improve the patient experience, improve population health, and reduce per capita health costs. Hospitals report the data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which uses that data to create the Overall Hospital Quality Star rating for each hospital.

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Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO)

Health Populi

Another 2 in 5 say they are leveraging the full capabilities of virtual care along the patient journey, as well as ensure security, privacy and compliance in their communication channels. Health Populi’s Hot Points: June 2021 is an auspicious month: first, it’s Pride Month!

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4 Hurdles On The Road to Hybrid Healthcare – Digital Transformation

HIT Consultant

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. Hybrid Healthcare Must Offer A Seamless Patient Experience. – Finally, estimates say U.S. The insurance side is jumping on board, too.

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

I’ll also weave in the latest insights from the ATA 2019 State of the States report updating legislative/regulatory telemedicine activity at the U.S. ” All 50 state Medicaid agencies have adopted some coverage for telehealth, with 10 states not advancing coverage since 2017. State level. For this research, J.D.

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Infrastructure Funding Will Improve Broadband Access for Telehealth & Combat Opioid Epidemic

HIT Consultant

As a result, about a third of the patients we see today live outside of a county where we have a physical office – prior to the pandemic that number was virtually zero. Patients with OUD face tremendous geographic barriers to receiving life-saving care: about half of all counties in the U.S. Create options for patients.