Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. For digital health startups to succeed in this space, they must get three factors right: cost, scale and quality.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2023

Rhys-Davies knows this so well, speaking out of his experience in caring for his wife until she succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease in 2010. On a different self-care front, check out this week’s news that WW (once known as Weight Watchers) acquired Sequence (aka Weekend Health). and Europe.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But did you know virtual health is making a big impact on inmate care? When you think of a typical telehealth visit, you might picture a patient at home communicating with a primary care provider or a patient and nurse in a long-term care facility coordinating care with a specialist. Improved Care.

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American Well

DECEMBER 7, 2015

You may have seen the news that Community Health Systems (CHS) is now partnering with American Well to make telehealth available to their patients for primary care video visits. Following health plans, health systems are the fastest growing sector of the telehealth adoption market. You may be wondering – why?

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American Well

JULY 25, 2016

Indeed, our recent Closing the Telehealth Gap research report – jointly produced by Avizia and Modern Healthcare – showed 7 2-percent of hospitals, 52-percent of physician practices and 36-percent of additional groups (like nursing homes and ambulatory centers) now use some form of telehealth.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

According to a University of North Carolina study, 113 have shuttered since 2010. Virtual visits can keep patients’ relatives connected to their loved ones’ care even when they’re across the country. Providers can refer patients to in-network providers for radiology, laboratory, primary care and other services.

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American Well

DECEMBER 7, 2015

You may have seen the news that Community Health Systems (CHS) is now partnering with American Well to make telehealth available to their patients for primary care video visits. Following health plans, health systems are the fastest growing sector of the telehealth adoption market. You may be wondering – why?

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Digital Health Global

MAY 22, 2024

Paul is an established leader within the digital healthcare industry, having co-founded Lemonaid Health, one of the first national direct-to-consumer telehealth apps in the US, and led the Company as CEO through to its acquisition by consumer genetics and research company, 23andMe, for $400 million in 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

The opposite can happen too easily, as the industry saw after the adoption of electronic health records in the 2010 decade. How well does the technology integrate into a surgical practice compared to a primary care setting?” The next article looks at some more criteria, less often considered, for adopting a technology.

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GlobalMed

MAY 31, 2019

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. Studies show that health data breaches have affected over 250 million Americans since 2010. That includes the storage of health records and care delivery. HIPAA and Telehealth Platforms.

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InTouch Health

OCTOBER 16, 2019

More Patients Can Turn to Telehealth When Local Hospitals Close Their Doors. All of these facilities stopped providing inpatient care, yet some still offer outpatient care, emergency care, urgent care, or primary care. The state of Texas alone has lost 20 rural hospitals since 2010.

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American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

CMS Issues New Telemedicine Guidelines and Approves Seven New Procedures in Move to Further Encourage Telehealth Initiatives. Are State Laws Holding Back Telehealth? Hear from a health law expert as he breaks down the variances in telehealth policy and looks at what the future holds. Dark Daily. ” Read More.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

B etween 2010 and 2017, the value of investments in digital health increased by 858 percent, and the number of financing deals in this sector increased by 412 percent; more than $41.5 Still other digital health startups focus on improving access to primary care via telehealth , virtual visits, and related mechanisms of accessing care.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

JANUARY 5, 2015

A 2010 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report on C hronic Care : Making the Case for Ongoing Care states that eighty-five percent of all health care spending was on people with chronic conditions. “ When a patient is having trouble managing his blood pressure, we ask him to schedule a follow -up visit.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Atlantic Health System, which employs over 16,000 team members across northern New Jersey, was included in Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For from 2010-17. Intermountain Healthcare has around 1,400 employed primary care and secondary care physicians at its 22 hospitals, 180-plus clinics and health plan.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

Some telehealth flexibilities that were allowed under the PHE are also staying in effect, at least until the end of 2024. Other notable consolidations include the finalization of tech-giant Amazon’s purchase of One Medical , a primary care network.

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