Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2020 and 2021 saw the mainstreaming of telehealth and the rise of remote patient monitoring. These changes to the healthcare landscape were helped partly by requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic and partly by the subsequent loosening of telemedicine reimbursement and licensure regulations by the government.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

believe the pandemic won’t be under control until sometime after June 1, 2021. The two impacts impact most physicians as a result of COVID-19 have been experiencing a reduction in income (55%) and increasing the use of telemedicine in the practice (52%). One-half of physicians in the U.S. On the payor front, large U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

"A primary health IT focus for 2021 must be empowering clinicians with solutions that deliver relief today," said Laureau. " In 2021, "it will be critical for hospitals and health systems to put policies and resources in place that make the safety and well-being of frontline workers a top priority," said Lang.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2021

The rapid growth in care, they said in an article published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , has also inspired discussions on the best way to use telemedicine for disease management. Components of an optimal model, they said, include: Support for secure multidisciplinary consults across the care team.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Waller, RN, says she and her team were well invested in telemedicine way before COVID-19 – and have not yet paused their journey to improve access to highly sought-after medical professionals via virtual care technology. You describe your telemedicine program as mature if not advanced.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A new report predicts that cybercriminals will use strategies honed in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis to wreak havoc in 2021. And, of course, COVID-19 vaccines are likely to play a major role in 2021's health and security landscape, with streamlined distribution at top of mind for many officials.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The article Six Digital Health Trends For 2021 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. When ‘grammars were posting pictures of themselves from a decade before, next to one from the present day? Now we’re seeing the “2020 Challenge” — […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 24, 2021

The Commonwealth Fund released an issue brief this week reviewing state actions to expand individual and group health insurance coverage of telemedicine between March 2020 and March 2021. It found that 22 states changed laws or policies during that time period to require more robust insurance coverage of telemedicine.

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MARCH 30, 2021

Still, the Homebody Economy will persist even post-COVID, with a growing realization that “home” has become a safe haven for many life-flows — with continued investments planned in 2021 for home renovations as well as luxury goods. User growth rates for both telemedicine segments are forecasted over 60%.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Both specialize in telemedicine. telemedicine sector, merger and acquisition trends for telemedicine, main financial backers and investment dynamics, and short-term and long-term valuation trends. telemedicine sector and where do they stand? What are the M&A trends for telemedicine going into 2024?

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2021

Before the pandemic, the dominant work-flow for telemedicine was for triage, primary care and pediatrics (think: your child registers a 105-degree fever on a Saturday night and the pediatrician’s office is closed). This graphic comes out of my current thinking about telehealth across the continuum of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 18, 2021

The article Hospitals Turn To Tech To Help With 2021 Nursing Shortage appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. One of the greatest health concerns of modern society is nursing shortages in different states across the world.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 29, 2021

Avera Health sells off telemedicine services unit to Aquiline Capital Partners. Thu, 07/29/2021 - 11:42.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Yoga classes, concerts and weddings were streamed via Zoom,” Fjord Trends 2021 from Accenture Interactive observes. Most of the 2021 Fjord Trends, listed in the first graphic shown here from the report, support health citizens’ self-care at home or closer-to-home.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In April 2020, telemedicine morphed into mainstream medical care as hospitals and physicians risk-managed exposure to infection by meeting with patients, virtually, when possible. Hy-Vee also introduced a Medicare Aisle into its grocery stores in August 2021. In 2020, 79% of U.S. Urologists, 87.2%. Psychiatrists, 83%.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 23, 2021

Also, a Taiwanese mobile health company sponsors the COVID-19 testing of the Tour de France 2021 winning team.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Doximity’s second report on telemedicine explores both physicians’ and patients’ views on virtual care, finding most doctors and health consumers on the same page of virtual care adoption. For the physicians’ profile, Doximity examined 180,000 doctors’ who billed Medicare for telemedicine claims between January 2020 and June 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

According to a report issued by the National Center of Health Statistics , the percentage of adults who used telemedicine in the past 12 months decreased by 6.9%. According to a 2021 study , 65% of U.S. As virtual care numbers come back to earth , the industry is adjusting. One recent study reported on telehealth trends in U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 26, 2021

some aspects of “digital transformation” seem not to have fully transformed American healthcare, we learn in HIMSS’s annual 2021 State of Healthcare Report. The study assessed payors’ perspectives in 2021, finding their top three concerned were increasing costs, quality of care, and the prospects for another pandemic.

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MARCH 2, 2021

But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking. The second chart focuses in on telemedicine adoption by channel, comparing six years of Rock Health’s consumer research. Watch this dynamic continue to play out in 2021 as we emerge from the public health crisis into 2022.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

To illustrate this, note that consumer-subscribers of subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD) grew by millions in 2021, with Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and AppleTV all expanding their membership rosters. Connected wellness and lifestyle services also grew in subscriber bases in 2021 in the U.S. That’s on average.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2022

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. New patient growth was solid, with 64% of the encounters new to HFHS (June 2021 to January 2022). Stevens offers five bits of telemedicine advice for her peers: "Integration is key. " MARKETPLACE. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

Trust in the technology industry has crashed to an all-time low based on the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. Most industries lost citizens’ trust between 2020 and 2021, most notably, Technology, dropping the greatest margin at 9 points. As Richard Edelman, CEO, concisely asserted , “Tech loses its halo.”

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

In 2020, KFF found that 89% of large companies offered a telemedicine benefit, compared with 82% in 2019 and 74% in 2018. “Spending in 2021 remains uncertain as employers and insurers continue to adapt to an evolving situation.

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AMD Telemedicine

JULY 7, 2022

This article was originally published in January 2021 but was updated in June 2022. How school-based telemedicine can help the healthcare system navigate the pandemic. How school-based telemedicine can assist. School-based telemedicine is considered one solution for facing these current health care challenges head-on.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2021

Q: What are a couple of the biggest technology product implementation challenges for healthcare CIOs in 2021, after a momentous 12 months? A: While the pandemic caused incredible disruption in healthcare, it also spurred adoption of new technologies to provide safe, secure care.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power 2021 U.S. Together, the two reports from J.D. Commercial Member Health Plan Study.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

A new report from CB Insights found that global telehealth investment rose for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q2 of 2021 – with teletherapy deals representing a substantial share. But it's not all rosy: Amwell competitor Teladoc reported a $133 million net loss this past quarter. ON THE RECORD.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2021

This week at the 2021 annual HIMSS conference, Philips is “making the case for moving to the cloud,” discussing the Philips HealthSuite, a cloud-based platform for connecting providers and patients, devices (and the data they generate), and care across the health care continuum.

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AUGUST 25, 2020

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. Four in ten older people who had experienced telehealth also said they would be interested in telehealth for mental health care in the future.

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APRIL 21, 2021

We must be mindful that hospitals, health systems and physicians quickly stood up and adopted virtual care, especially telemedicine programs, in March and April 2020. And with patients’ collective exposure to and experience with virtual care in 2020, demand for these services is persisting in and beyond 2021. In 2019, J.D.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

and post-pandemic job growth in 2021, the cost of health insurance premiums rose faster than either the price of goods or wages. That family health plan premium reached $22,221, an increase of 22% since 2016, we learn in the annual report from Kaiser Family Foundation, 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey.

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eVisit

DECEMBER 28, 2021

To help you evaluate the now and the next, we compiled a list of the top four healthcare trends we saw accelerating the industry in 2021. The end of the year is a great time to take a step back and asses the state of play in healthcare.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital health tools and virtual health care; looking past the pandemic, the American Telemedicine Association is envisioning that care will be omni-channel just as other aspects of consumers’ lives are, whether shopping, banking, or now for people in school, education.

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MAY 17, 2022

Thanks to the team at Rock Health, we know more about these gaps explained in their report, Startup innovation for underserved groups: 2021 digital health consumer adoption insights, published this week. The report examines three areas of digital health adoption: Live video telemedicine. adults 18 and over in August 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

Telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health is seeing utilization rates among Medicare Advantage members up 54% for virtual urgent care services and up 635% for virtual mental health services when compared to 2019. Are you seeing many Medicare Advantage plans offer virtual services?

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