Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

As MedStar Health launched its telehealth response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of the health system’s caregivers first rose to the challenge of meeting a historic surge in demand for the existing MedStar eVisit urgent care, on-demand telehealth offering.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Department of Veterans Affairs and retail giant Walmart have opened the latest location as part of a joint effort help Vets in rural areas get better access to medical services, the first location for a new telehealth pilot program. million video telehealth encounters with more than 490,000 Veterans last year. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

Telehealth and remote health monitoring, virtually “seeing” and treatment patients in lower cost settings (such as the home) is one key strategy for value-based care. How else might we leverage technology to reduce costs per patient? diabetes, obesity, blood pressure).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2020

Portugal is making big leaps in telehealth development with the newly introduced National Strategic Telehealth Plan (PENTS), the first document in the National Health System in Portugal and one of the first of its kind in the world. “Many of our telehealth services are local. More than 10.6

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2018

Note the last line of that matrix, population with health care coverage: the U.S. It’s important to realize that this statistic is based on data from 2016 at a historic high, when the Affordable Care Act was in full implementation]. The report hints at the different (read: lesser) emphasis on primary care in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

The program aims to improve the cancer diagnostic process in telemedicine-enabled primary care settings by strengthening safety culture and helping practices to close the loop on care transitions and other vulnerable processes along the cancer diagnostic pathway. Dr. Hardeep Singh is principal investigator.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The top-line theme of the report is that, “The $260 billion primary care market is dominated by traditional providers in a fee-for-service arrangement, but that is changing rapidly,” the report begins. “By 2030, nontraditional players could own as much as 30% of the primary care market.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2022

One Health, based in Hardin, Montana, is a family of Federally Qualified Health Centers that provides integrated primary care to rural and frontier communities in Montana and Wyoming. "We used the Lean Six Sigma framework to optimize our telehealth workflows." " Sarah Compton, One Health.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

As patients-as-consumers experienced physical distancing from their traditional health care providers starting in March 2020, more people took to ecommerce, contactless payments, and social connections on Zoom and Facetime — across the generations. healthcare system.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2018

The outlier is Nevada, the only one of 49 states where the rate of suicides fell from 1999 to 2016. Nearly 45,000 Americans age 10 or older died by suicide in 2016. Suicide rates are rising in nearly every U.S. state, as the map shows. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Citing Concert Health, a digital behavioral health medical group that integrates remote behavioral health clinicians into existing primary care practices, AMA said that coordinated digital services improved access to behavioral healthcare for patients at small, rural and larger medical practices. THE LARGER TREND.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2018

The top-line of this national health scorecard is that “deaths of despair” are surging, due to suicide, alcohol, opioids, and other drugs whose use has grown by 50% since 2005 to 2016. The top row illustrates that the ACA covered a lot of people with health insurances between 2012 and 2016.

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Enzyme Health

JULY 3, 2019

Recent patient surveys shed light on who is using telemedicine, why they are using it, and how benefits and barriers to telehealth use are rapidly shifting as adoption grows. We’ve compiled the latest information about what telehealth patients look like in 2019, and their makeup might surprise you. Benefits of Telemedicine to Patients.

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American Well

JANUARY 24, 2016

Welcome to the the first edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today for 2016! For those new to this feature, we share the telehealth industry’s hottest news, events, legislation, insight and more. 2016 is already shaping up to be another BIG year in the world of Telehealth and Telemedicine. Partnerships Can Mitigate Costs.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

February 2016. Each month Avizia shares some of the latest news from the telehealth industry, including research, events, legislation, insight and more. 5 Factors Driving Telehealth to Top $1 Billion by 2018. Read more about these 5 factors driving 24/7 care through telehealth. Telemedicine Today. Consumer support.

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American Well

JUNE 23, 2016

Telemedicine Today: June 2016. Welcome to the June 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! Closing the Telehealth Gap. A new study conducted by Avizia and Modern Healthcare surveyed healthcare executives to better understand their organization’s current telehealth practices—and plans for the future. Get the Report.

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American Well

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Welcome to the October 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! In 2015, nearly 20 million people received some form of telehealth care. There is no substitute for primary care physicians, but in the appropriate cases telemedicine is exactly what is needed. 12 Statistics on the Thriving Telehealth Market.

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American Well

APRIL 26, 2016

Welcome to the April 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today newsletter! In case you missed them, here are a few updates from Avizia: Avizia is among the 10 Most Promising Telemedicine Solution Providers of 2016. Dr. Sandra Mattos, a pediatric cardiologist, is leveraging the power of telehealth to help thousands of babies.

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American Well

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Telemedicine Today: September 2016. Welcome to the (delayed) September 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! At this time, parents only pay for the medicine and any future follow up with their personal primary care physician. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Telehealth Program Slashes ER Wait Times. KBTX CBS 3.

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Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2021

Among the many health disparities the pandemic shined a light on were a few that converge, highly relevant to these scenarios: The lack of access to broadband connectivity negatively impact Black Americans ‘ ability to work from home, be educated at home, and receive telehealth from home. for decades.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. Permanently allow health centers and rural health clinics to provide telehealth services.

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InTouch Health

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The VA Recently Launched a New Telehealth Tablet Program to Increase Veterans’ Access to Care. To expand healthcare for veterans, the VA recently launched a new telehealth program, providing telehealth-enabled tablets to thousands of veterans across the country. The VA’s Telehealth Tablet Program.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Telehealth expands access to care. It’s practically a mantra at this point – the very real ability of remote communication technology to connect underserved populations to top-notch medical care. But what happens when certain populations can’t even get access to virtual care?

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American Well

APRIL 22, 2020

In part one of our interview with Intermountain Healthcare, we discussed the health system’s approach to telehealth interoperability from the perspective of the patient. Did you launch Connect Care with any type of electronic medical record (EMR) integration in place? What was the provider response?

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

As we do each year, the Amwell team has selected from a highly competitive field of clients those who stand out for their innovation and achievement in telehealth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system saw an unprecedented surge in virtual care. Cleveland Clinic continues to be a model of provider engagement.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

In 2016 at CES, I spoke with Ranndy about the company’s project #GoingforZero, a public health education campaign aiming for “zero” incidence of stroke. In a 2016 JAMA Cardiology , three medical doctors wrote about the promise of wearable tech devices for preventing and managing heart disease.

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American Well

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In 2014, Southwest Medical Associates, one of Nevada’s largest multi-specialty medical groups, partnered with American Well to launch its telehealth service, SMA NowClinic. In the newly released case study , we reveal how Southwest Medical enrolled more than 30,000 patients in its program and conducted more than 20,000 telehealth visits. .

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American Well

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In 2014, Southwest Medical Associates, one of Nevada’s largest multi-specialty medical groups, partnered with American Well to launch its telehealth service, SMA NowClinic. In the newly released case study , we reveal how Southwest Medical enrolled more than 30,000 patients in its program and conducted more than 20,000 telehealth visits. .

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2020

In Valencell’s recent survey of consumer wearable preferences , 55% of people said they’d like to monitor blood pressure, up from 46% in 2016 as shown in this bar chart from the study. One in two people would like to monitor stress and heart health, and 33% would like to monitor blood glucose levels.

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iSALUS Healthcare

MAY 16, 2018

One of the newest, most favored tools among busy, working patients is telehealth. Telehealth is one of the most used tools for providers looking to grow their patient base and increase patient engagement. Since telehealth is set up as a video stream visit, patients have better access to PCPs than ever before.

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American Well

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

American Well’s CEO Roy Schoenberg recently shared the perspective with HealthcareITNews that the stars are finally aligning for telehealth. Telehealth increasingly has become one of the ways physicians interact with patients,” said Schoenberg. We’ve witnessed this firsthand during some of our recent client telehealth launches.

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American Well

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

American Well’s CEO Roy Schoenberg recently shared the perspective with HealthcareITNews that the stars are finally aligning for telehealth. Telehealth increasingly has become one of the ways physicians interact with patients,” said Schoenberg. We’ve witnessed this firsthand during some of our recent client telehealth launches.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. Permanently allow health centers and rural health clinics to provide telehealth services.

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care innovations

APRIL 18, 2018

Demand for remote patient management services is skyrocketing among patients : A 2016 survey by the American Telemedicine Association revealed that, among those who aren’t currently using telehealth services, the majority of people still “thought telehealth would be more convenient, even though their provider did not offer virtual appointments.”.

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SteadyMD

APRIL 7, 2022

Josh Emdur, DO, a family medicine physician and Chief Medical Officer at SteadyMD, says the current primary care model of seeing patients every 10-15 minutes is one of the main reasons primary care clinicians are burning out at record pace. Burnout is possible in any care setting, including telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Coupled with primary care physicians spending a little more than 15 minutes with their patients, there isn’t enough time to discuss concerns or take a deep look at any test results. In fact, 30% of physicians are using remote monitoring devices in 2022, up from 12% in 2016 and nearly double from 2019.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 17, 2019

Lyn and Frances tested three assumptions that they believed linked housing and health: that housing contributes to health; that housing is not routinely included in health or social planning;’ and that the potential contribution of primary care is wasted.

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