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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. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients.

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ChatGPT's potential impact on preventative care and emergency visits

Healthcare It News

Many providers and patients are reporting the artificial intelligence helping with preventative care and preventing non-emergent emergency department visits. This technology also holds the potential to guide patients through the healthcare system, ensuring timely and appropriate care interventions.

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How AI can improve patient experience and patient engagement

Healthcare It News

Hospitals and health systems, especially larger ones, are using AI in myriad new ways – including leveraging it for improved patient experience, and for better patient engagement with the goal of reducing health inequities. How did you originally see AI being a fit for improving the patient experience?

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Netflix for Healthcare: Direct Primary Care & Shared Decision-Making

HIT Consultant

Jacob DeWitt, MD, U H SM Ambassador and Founder, Integrative Direct Primary Care In an era when healthcare costs continue to soar, a deviation from the status quo is becoming increasingly necessary. were compelled to forgo medical care in 2022 due to exorbitant costs.

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Membership Medicine: The Future of Primary Care?

HIT Consultant

VP, Strategic Solutions at Definitive Healthcare Primary care is at a tipping point. However, in the past, primary care delivery has been dictated by changes in payor-led reimbursement models. Amazon is also making moves to dominate physician markets, buying out primary care practice One Medical.

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SCAN Group Launches Home-Based Primary Care Arm ‘Welcome Health’

Home Health Care

SCAN Group has entered into the in-home senior primary care space with the launch of Welcome Health. Dr. Scott Weingarten will serve as CEO of the independent primary care medical group moving forward. Welcome Health will care for predominantly Medicare Advantage patients,” Weingarten told Home Health Care News.

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Cedars-Sinai Expands Virtual Healthcare for Children & Spanish Speakers

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Cedars-Sinai is expanding virtual healthcare for children and Spanish speakers in California through its mobile app Cedars-Sinai Connect, a fast-growing online option that allows patients to quickly access top healthcare professionals for acute, chronic and preventive care. and weekends from 8 a.m.