Health Populi

MAY 29, 2018

Trust has become a key currency in provider/patient/supplier relationships: 94% of health executives say treating customers as partners is important to gain trust, according to the Digital Health Tech Vision 2018 from Accenture. Finally, the Internet of Thinking rounds out Accenture’s five themes in the 2018 Health Tech Vision.

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Health Populi

MARCH 7, 2018

As I wrote here in April 2017, telehealth and virtual healthcare are mainstreaming. This week at the 2018 annual HIMSS conference, telehealth is playing a mainstream role in discussions about right-sizing and right-placing healthcare. adults 18 years of age and over between October 2017 and January 2018 for this survey.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Drug Enforcement Agency and Health and Human Services announced the Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications, preventing some patients from losing access to their telehealth-prescribed medications.

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Clocktree

MARCH 9, 2018

According to a 2018 survey conducted by Ernst and Young, more than 50% of 2500 consumers are already using the telemedicine technology available to them through their healthcare providers. However most of these patients do not have access to all the telehealth options they are hoping for.

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Clocktree

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Last Wednesday in Tallahassee, Florida, a senate committee unanimously approved a bill on telehealth , focused on permitting doctors and healthcare providers using telehealth technology to provide healthcare directly to patients.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As the CVS + Aetna merger crosses its last regulatory hurdle at the close of 2018, we enter 2019 facing a fast-growing and -morphing retail health landscape. Walmart, already a major force in retail health through its pharmacies, retail clinics, health and beauty aisles, and groceries, is growing in telehealth.

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2022

The full report speaks to medical spending and utilization trends for preventive care, telehealth, and behavioral health. The second bar chart illustrates the per member/per month (PMPM) spend for commercially insured workers, showing growth of over 7% from 2018 to 2019, and nearly 7% drop from 2019 to 2020 in the first year of the pandemic.

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Clocktree

JANUARY 5, 2018

2017 was a ground breaking year for the world of telehealth. More than 60% of all healthcare institutions in the US have implemented telehealth technology into their care systems. 2017 continued the forward movement of the telehealth sector, and 2018 is expected to be another year of great progress.

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MARCH 10, 2021

NowRx is expanding into telehealth, the digital retail pharmacy and prescription delivery company announced Wednesday. NowRx Telehealth will enable provider-patient, app-based interactions, in addition to same-hour or same-day prescription medication deliveries, according to the company. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 24, 2025

The DEA has had a responsibility to create a telehealth prescribing registry under the 2018 Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, known as the SUPPORT Act. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access Regulation Care Public Policy Kennedy, Jr.,

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MAY 1, 2020

Epic Systems has tapped San Francisco-based communications tech startup Twilio to provide the video-communication backend for Epic’s new telehealth platform. million more to aid COVID-19 telehealth deployment as part of its $200 million aid program for qualifying providers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

A large-scale study recently published in The Journal of Climate Change and Health found that an increase in telehealth use in the Pacific Northwest corresponded to a dramatic decrease in transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. From 2010 to 2018, emissions from the U.S. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

As part of addressing that disparity, researchers from California recently presented an abstract at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology Virtual Scientific Program suggesting that telehealth can contribute to improving cancer care for patients in rural areas. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 26, 2019

employers are tightening their focus on mental and behavioral health, addressing workers’ chronic conditions, emphasizing women’s health, and allocating more resources to digital and telehealth investments, we learn from Optum’s Ten Years of Health and Well-Being at Work: Learning from our past and reimagining the future.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 5, 2018

Both Teladoc and American Well picked up smaller telehealth firms to shore up parts of their offerings, and the world of enterprise telemedicine also saw a merger, the InTouch Health-Reach Health deal. But that deal was just the capstone on a busy quarter with 15 digital health mergers and acquisitions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To the surprise of no one, the new AMA Physician Practice Benchmark Survey , finds a major uptick in use of telehealth since before the pandemic: 70.3% in September 2018. These differing specialties are also using telehealth in different ways. used telehealth to manage patients with chronic disease, 50.4% ON THE RECORD.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. In 2018, consumers’ tracking of at least one health metric crossed over from an analog method to digital tracking, illustrated in the line chart.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Plus, tips for pitching a startup and deals from Northwell, Brigham and Women's.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

"Our experience during the pandemic was that telehealth meant our member psychiatrists were able to treat more patients, which was critical as we faced a mental health crisis,” said APA CEO and Medical Director Dr. Saul Levin in a statement. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2025

The study found 81 percent of older adults reported using at least one form of DHT, including telehealth services (49%) and mobile health apps (44%). While younger participants in the 50 to 59 age range were more likely to adopt these tools than those aged 60 and older, gender also played a role, with women outpacing men in usage.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2018

At the bottom of the list for honesty and ethics in 2018, Gallup points to U.S. Whether in face-to-face health care, virtual/telehealth modes, or call centers, patients love and appreciate nurses. Congressional representatives, “Mad Men” and Women of advertising, telemarketers, and folks who sell autos.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 7, 2021

It's no secret, at this point, that telehealth rates exploded in response to the COVID-19 crisis. But a KLAS report published this week found that, while some telehealth technology vendors rose to the occasion, others have struggled to deliver. "COVID-19 revealed telehealth to be a sleeping giant. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2020

Louis Healthcare System announced this week that it has contracted with the telecommunications vendor Uniper Care for a pilot program providing veterans access to telehealth and social engagement services. A 2018 study found that loneliness is closely associated with depression and suicidal ideation among veterans in primary care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 1, 2021

By now, it's become a truism that telehealth use saw an enormous jump in 2020 , spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and enabled by the relaxation of federal regulations. What were some of the changes you saw at CareCloud during the pandemic when it came to telehealth? Did some specialties see a greater increase in numbers?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2021

Although telehealth has been shown to be successful ( in some ways ) in expanding access to care, those with disabilities have not always been included in that expansion. "Telehealth has been a known technology – but for IDD [providers] it's brand new," Delaney added. PHP sought to be an exception. Last year, 91.6%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2020

It then began its telehealth program using Agnes software, but recently switched to Tyto hardware and software. “To give a bit of background, in the fall of 2019, we began implementing telehealth in our schools,” said Brenda Reetz, CEO of Greene County General Hospital. To read this special report, click here.

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MARCH 15, 2021

"In enabling our organization to provide anytime/anywhere care to patients and operate more efficiently and cost-effectively, our initiation of a telehealth platform was an important part of the strategy to achieve these goals," said Hugh Jackson, service line administrator with clinical program development at Tanner Health System.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

Power has undertaken a survey on consumer satisfaction with 31 telehealth providers across 15 measures, which will be published in November 2019. In advance of the full report, the organization released a summary on telehealth access and satisfaction, which I’ll discuss in this post. Power polled 1,000 consumers in June 2019.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Digital connectivity can ameliorate social isolation and anxiety, bolster mental health, and access needed medical care via telehealth channels. The company notes the top three features and services that older people seek in a mobile phone are emergency notifications, voice assistance, and access to telehealth.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In 2018, it made strategic moves to more easily meet the needs of its patients and communities by investing in telehealth. Suddenly, City of Hope needed to rapidly scale its telehealth infrastructure to meet the needs of patients. THE PROBLEM. Then COVID-19 emerged. " PROPOSAL.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2018

consumers rank supermarkets, fast food chains, retailers, and banks as their top performing industries for experience according to the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings. The post What Would Healthcare Feel Like If It Acted Like Supermarkets – the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

As the COVID-19 crisis has made evident, telehealth can be a useful tool to help connect patients with services remotely. Throughout 2018 and 2019, Northwell Health piloted small-scale programs in partnership with the Gary and Mary West Health Institute Collaboration to bring medical services virtually to the homes of their patients.

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JULY 1, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission announced this week that it would be allocating more money to be disbursed to rural providers and help them establish the broadband connectivity necessary to implement telehealth and virtual care during the coronavirus crisis. WHY IT MATTERS. In addition, eligible providers must be non-profit or public.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A telehealth satisfaction study released this past week from the data analytics and consumer intelligence company J.D. Power found that even as telehealth adoption has spiked, pain points exist – especially among patients with higher-risk profiles. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 27, 2021

According to court documents, the defendants set up a telemedicine scheme in which one company, HealthRight, solicited insurance coverage information and prescriptions from consumers across the country from 2015 through 2018. Like Smith, Roix could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 19, 2022

Raichura, director of the center for telehealth at Geisinger. This telehealth expansion would feature in-home care, when feasible, and broadband access to help ensure care is delivered in a timely and safe manner. Between March 16, 2020, and March 20, 2022, it completed more than 784,000 telehealth visits. " Tejal A.

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AMD Telemedicine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

However, a groundbreaking telehealth program at Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center (EOMC), is changing the game for school-based healthcare in Oklahoma. O ur collaboration with AMD has been essential in making our school-based telehealth program effective. Its been a key factor in expanding healthcare access for our community.

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