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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

Healthcare It News

You contend virtual primary care can amplify value in several ways. First you suggest it can provide high-touch care coordination for preventive care, chronic condition management and mental health services. You further say virtual primary care can improve access to care and improve the patient experience.

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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

It is well-established that longer patient wait times negatively impact patient satisfaction , specifically regarding patient confidence (in the provider) and perceived quality of care. With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g.,

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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

The retail health landscape continues to grow, now with GNC Health offering a new program featuring telehealth and “curated set” of 40+ generic prescription drugs commonly used in urgent care settings. in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s.

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Virtua Health offers lessons in creating a Digital Transformation Office, Part 2

Healthcare It News

The six virtual care programs are as follows. First, Urgent Care Telehealth. "By engaging with the patient in a warm handoff via a chatbot prior to discharge as part of the discharge process, the social worker is able to identify and address any barriers to follow-up. Three combined telehealth programs ?

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Humana Executive: Data, Analytics Key to a Home-Focused Health Care System

Home Health Care

“Thanks to the careful and judicious parsing of population-level data, frequently aided by machine learning, … it’s become possible for providers to offer personalized care strategies for each individual patient,” Cox wrote. Home health care providers’ offerings had to grow during the COVID-19 crisis for them to survive.

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Seeking Patient Engagement to Sustain Telehealth Flexibilities into the Future

NASHP

While others are requiring providers maintain office space to meet with patients in-person so that all care isn’t shifted to the virtual setting. The following are some of the key themes that were shared from that discussion: Telehealth allows for culturally appropriate care from safe settings.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

Across all three medical conditions studied, videoconferencing, in particular, garnered relatively rave reviews among patients using the platform for the first time. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, note how patients’ trust and belief in the healthcare ecosystem has grown — and especially for health care providers.