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

HIT Consultant

Since the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act in 2008, the U.S. healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services.

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17 HLTH 2022 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch

HIT Consultant

Access to care is a central focus for healthcare given several factors: a growing population being impacted with chronic conditions, increased resourcing constraints, and growing fatigue and workload among providers. hours/ day to serve their patients if they followed the national recommended guidelines for preventive and chronic care.

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Why Now is the Time to Double Down on Virtual Care

HIT Consultant

One national telehealth organization covering 2,000 hospitals and 81,000 doctors, for example, experienced an 86% decrease in time needed to complete the patient onboarding process, and 92% of providers said they expect to continue video visits post-pandemic. No time to rest. Reimagined approach.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Many patients in the U.S. The latest research notes that the volume of preventive screenings in the U.S. have not returned to pre-pandemic levels , which can result in later, more dire and more expensive diagnoses for patients and families, employers, communities, and the economy-at-large. Health care happens everywhere.

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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

TripleTree expects a “domino effect from virtual health adoption that will drive waves of demand across areas that complement virtual health and address other vulnerabilities exposed by COVID-19,” the report forecasts. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. In 2019, J.D.

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The 5 Key Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring

Twistle

Over the past year we’ve experienced the important role of telemedicine in monitoring and managing patient health and wellness. Adding remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology to a telehealth program increases access to care and enhances the quality of care delivery. trillion in annual health care costs.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

Furthermore, there is another COVID-19 “hangover” that’s a real epidemic within and post-pandemic: growing mental and behavioral health prevalence, which we increasingly acknowledge as a next-normal for U.S. population health burden. The post Post-Pandemic, U.S.