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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

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At Children's Mercy, telemedicine boosts access to highly sought-after subspecialists

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The high demand for pediatric specialty providers and the constraints many families face regarding transportation, time off from work and school, and finances, made it obvious that traditional models of outreach healthcare were not sustainable," said Morgan Waller, director of telemedicine business and operations at Children's Mercy.

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Telehealth can improve cancer care in rural areas

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The hospital is located off an interstate highway and is 30 miles from Reno, Nevada, and 100 miles from Sacramento, California," Heifetz and his coauthors explained in a paper published in 2011. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Australia ends support for 128 telehealth items

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A study published in October in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare pointed out from a survey that Australian patients prefer telehealth via phone than through videoconferencing, probably due to technical difficulties associated with the latter.

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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News sat down with this digital health investor to talk about digital health investment trends during the pandemic and where he sees funding trending in 2022 and beyond. Telemedicine, remote patient monitoring and digital front door technologies that once were fringe, became mainstream. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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NewYork-Presbyterian launches Hauser Institute for Health Innovation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Hausers have given more than $50 million to NewYork-Presbyterian in support of the hospital’s innovation programs in health information technology and telemedicine since 2011. "Hauser investment in telemedicine is allowing NewYork-Presbyterian to develop a fully integrated emergency care and urgent care ecosystem.

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Health Care Portals: Looking Beyond the Patients’ Horizon

Healthcare IT Today

The idea is similar to the open source SMART Platform , which I have covered several times starting in 2011. Taking a Step Back and Looking Outward The litany of technologies cited in this article confirm what healthcare reformers have long insisted: Currently available technology can transform health care.