Healthcare It News

MARCH 6, 2024

A South Florida-based academic medical center, Memorial operates six hospitals, including the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital; numerous primary, urgent and 24/7 care facilities; a health specialty center; and a nursing home. Notably, the service was successfully launched just two months later, beginning on January 17, 2023.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

What You Should Know: – Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) announces it is expanding its virtual care portfolio by offering virtual primary care to some midsize and large employer groups in Illinois and Texas starting January 1, 2023. Virtual Primary Care Offering.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 25, 2021

urgent care clinics, announced their new EMR and PM operating system in direct response to the pivotal, pandemic-driven movement towards on-demand healthcare. has committed over $50 million in product and development to bring this new urgent care-focused EMR/PM to market in under two years. The company. The company.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 1, 2022

What You Should Know: – Hint Health , a direct primary care (DPC) provider raises $45M led by Banneker Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures , bringing the company’s total funding amount to $60M. To date, Hint Health is available nationally and powers over 2,400 DPC providers and 1,600 clinical locations across the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. visits per 100 member-years. ” The U.S.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

What You Should Know: – First Stop Health adds virtual primary care as a whole-person, digital-first service to address urgent, preventive and chronic care needs for members.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 30, 2023

With only a couple years under its belt since its launch, Patina Health – a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based home-focused primary care medical practice – has secured partnerships with multiple major health plans. Patina’s work with payers combines care coordination and primary care services for seniors.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A year of constantly shifting gears to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and meet patient needs further solidified the essential role urgent cares play during large-scale public health crises. Subsequently, the pandemic is continuing to change the way patients use and view urgent care.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2022

What You Should Know: – For people who have used virtual primary care, the vast majority of them (94%) are satisfied with their experience, and nearly four in five (79%) say it has allowed them to take charge of their health. Virtual Primary Care Helping People Take Charge of Their Health.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 26, 2023

The Chicago-based WellBe offers home-based medical care services, including integrated mobile urgent care, in six states: Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. WellBe Senior Medical has expanded its services to, now reaching more than 75,000 patients.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 25, 2021

Louis-based, concierge primary care practice that uses connected digital devices and an advanced video platform to bring doctors remotely to its CloudClinics today announced it has closed its oversubscribed $2.5M CloudClinics: Primary Care, Redefined. What You Should Know: – Rezilient Health , a St. seed funding.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2024

Joining the ranks of over 150,000 providers on the athenahealth network, ZoomCare aligns with hundreds of urgent care organizations conducting more than nine million encounters yearly. Streamlining operations and reducing denial rates emerged as critical factors in achieving scalability for the organization.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2021

bn , much of which went into niche applications like lab testing, medication adherence, and on-demand triage for urgent care. These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend. Fragmentation is a hallmark of the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What You Should Know: – Femtech company Alpha Medical, today announced it has raised $24M in Series B funding to expand its market share in women’s virtual primary care. Alpha Medical recognizes that women’s healthcare needs reshaping to include reproductive health, primary and urgent care, and mental health services.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

APRIL 12, 2024

This exodus is compounded by the fact that 85% of primary care physicians express a desire to devote more time to patient interactions, per a 2017 survey by Ipsos, yet an analysis by the Journal of General Internal Medicine showed that administrative tasks consume 55% of their workload.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Other health systems have built up their own virtual care provider strength but are unlikely to provide 24/7, comprehensive coverage. To get a perspective on the situation from a brand-new player, Healthcare IT News interviewed Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare and a primary care physician. as well as expanding functionality.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Early versions of the accreditation program will concentrate on primary care and urgent care. Future versions will expand to include opportunities for organizations to distinguish themselves in other virtual care areas, such as behavioral healthcare and acute, post-acute, or specialty care.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 21, 2023

By investing more in primary care and enabling access to more low-cost, best-of-breed providers for small business employees, this partnership reduces the physical and financial barriers to receiving mental health support for the whole family.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 8, 2022

. – As part of the partnership, Baptist Health will integrate TytoCare’s Home Smart Clinic solution into its current telehealth offering, enhancing the health system’s ability to diagnose and treat patients with in-depth, remote physical examinations during virtual visits, including urgent care video visits.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Many consumers seek virtual care when they have symptoms, or to fulfill specific care needs. Others rely on virtual primary care platforms, often through an app, as their pathway to healthcare services instead of going to an in-person primary care physician.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 8, 2023

What You Should Know: A new report released by TytoCare , a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, revealed insights into how health plans and organizations can drive virtual care engagement. Additionally, 81.4%

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Home care has become a crucial part of care plans for primary care providers (PCPs), according to a new value-based care report conducted by Humana (NYSE: HUM). On the primary care front, Humana’s CenterWell is one of the largest value-based primary care groups in the country.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Together, RhythmX AI and Sentara are building the next generation of hyper-personalized primary care for clinicians and patients. Our vision is to infuse personalized clinical intelligence into every visit and treatment so that physicians can deliver more personalized care while returning the joy of practice,” said Dr.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Implementation Timeline The enterprise-wide implementation will begin with care programs for colonoscopy procedures, specialty pharmacy, and congestive heart failure, with expansion to additional programs by the end of the year.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 10, 2023

Historically, virtual care technology was used for primary and urgent care; more recently, it has been deployed to support narrowly focused, condition-specific point solutions, or point-in-time solutions like second opinion. Accelerate access to leading physicians.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 16, 2023

The new subscription-based telehealth program also expands the system's virtual care offerings. ON THE RECORD "It’s important to provide much-needed primary care where it’s most convenient for our patients," said Chris LaCoe, vice president of virtual health at Penn State Health in a statement.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Furthermore, Dr. Horner will provide clinical oversight for AMG’s comprehensive virtual care offerings, spanning primary care, urgent care, behavioral health, and women’s health services.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 15, 2023

"Furthermore, an analysis of internal data showed a tremendous opportunity to meet consumers where they start their search for care and to optimize our experience to expand the markets and patients we serve. "On our website, the technology powers our urgent care directory and care discovery experience.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

But what's next for virtual care? And what about the blossoming trend of virtual-first hybrid care? Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

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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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Pharmacies, department stores, convenience stores, and technology companies are all shifting the standard of care toward retail or online centers that provide care at the same place you already shop for household supplies, groceries, or prescriptions.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

VillageMD – which has an at-home division, Village Medical at Home – is a primary care provider that has a home- and community-based focus. She noted that the deal adds complementary specialty and urgent care capabilities to VillageMD, and creates a multi-payer integrated provider platform.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Filling a Critical Gap in GI Care Demand for GI care is skyrocketing, with emergency departments (EDs) experiencing a significant increase in GI-related visits. Dealing with debilitating GI symptoms is already challenging, and navigating the healthcare system for the right care can add to that stress.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

SteadyMD provides services for big tech giants like Amazon and for small primary and urgent care healthcare provider organizations. I’m not just referring to primary care services either, but also specialized chronic condition and post-acute care that requires remote monitoring and integrated in-home services.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2023

Participating doctors, all of whom are licensed at the state level and have been vetted for providing quality care, can treat a wide range of health conditions, from flu and pinkeye to migraines and more, and may prescribe medication as needed.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It is also a provider organization through its CenterWell arm, which includes home health care, pharmacy and primary care services. Operating as both payer and provider has allowed Humana to lean into value-based care, according to Dr. Andrew Agwunobi, the president of Humana’s home solutions business. “You’re

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