Connected Care, Healthcare IT and Primary Care

How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

I was scheduled to meet with Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader of Connected Care at Philips, at HIMSS in Orlando on 9th March 2020. This second graphic diagrams a patient journey map for the coronavirus, across the continuum of care settings from the community and home to primary care, emergency, hospital, and post-acute.

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CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 27, 2022

CVS on Thursday announced the launch of its new CVS Health Virtual Primary Care service. The new offering integrates patient engagement tools, telehealth, electronic health record data and more on a single platform that can connect consumers with clinicians at CVS or other providers. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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How telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2021

The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of primary care. How can virtual care enable this? Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

Primary Care

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MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. Raj Ratwani, PhD, vice president of scientific affairs for the MedStar Health Research Institute, and director of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare.

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Health Commons Project Completes Acquisition of OneHealthPort to Advance Healthcare Innovation and Access across Washington State

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

. “By bringing Washington’s HIE into our nonprofit network, we can empower more health and social care providers, public health agencies, and communities with the tools they need to deliver better, more connected care. We are excited to expand our capabilities to improve healthcare outcomes for all.”

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How the VA laid the groundwork for a pandemic-fueled telehealth spike

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

Many of those patients, however, face mobility hurdles and other challenges that can make it difficult to reach in-person care. "This was accomplished over several weeks early in the pandemic and without that, VA care teams may not have been able to maximize video use during this period of time." Twitter: @kjercich.

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Telehealth advocates ramp up pressure on elected officials

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 24, 2022

"This commonsense policy helped ensure that families could access vital telehealth services – including virtual primary care and behavioral health services – prior to having to meet their deductible," wrote the organizations. Chamber of Commerce and Healthcare IT News parent company HIMSS.

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United Methodist Communities has early successes with telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

” The other challenge United Methodist faced was facilitating specialty and primary care physician visits for residents. The lockdown and quarantine restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic put a significant burden on residents who required routine specialty and primary care. ” MARKETPLACE.

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MaineHealth turned a COVID-19 grant into a permanent telehealth program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

Similar to many health systems across the country, COVID-19 created an urgent need for MaineHealth to take care of patients at a distance to keep patients and care teams safe. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. THE PROBLEM.

Telehealth

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Mayo Clinic uses $1M in FCC funds for connected devices to expand telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

The Center for Connected Care at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is focused on the resourcing and diffusion of digital health solutions in partnership with the Mayo Clinic practice, extending Mayo Clinic’s knowledge and expertise and increasing patient access to clinical care, even at a distance. THE PROBLEM.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

A recent HIMSS Market Intelligence survey found that nearly one in two respondents between the ages of 18 and 56 preferred seeing their primary care provider via video after the COVID-19 pandemic. HIMSS is the parent company for Healthcare IT News.). " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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AWS announces healthcare workforce accelerator cohort

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

A practice-wide communications system that can help free up primary care reception staff. A virtual training platform that connects long-term care homes and hospitals with background-checked nurses and support workers. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Babblevoice.

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Rush, Ochsner Health System partner on telemedicine, Epic EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In addition to gaining access to Ochsner’s telemedicine capabilities, Rush’s hospitals and primary care clinics also will be able to tap into Ochsner’s billing practices and other support services. Nathan Eddy is a healthcare and technology freelancer based in Berlin. WHY IT MATTERS. Twitter: @dropdeaded209.

Telemedicine

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RPM reduces 30-day readmission rates by 50% at Lee Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences.

Patient Experience

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NYC elder care provider using FCC funds for telehealth, protecting seniors from COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

” Because residents will have the opportunity to receive primary care services in a safer environment through telehealth, Parker will contribute to public health goals of reducing the spread of COVID-19 while reducing excess burden on the hospital systems throughout New York City that may be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

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How telehealth can improve efficiency and increase revenue

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2022

"Healthcare providers must optimize their use of virtual care platforms and other technologies to deliver on these demands for convenience, self-service and efficiency." Healthcare providers should leverage telehealth to increase capacity. Furthermore, connecting care in this manner leads to higher patient adherence.

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Tablet-based RPM keeps TRU Community Care patients and caregivers happy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

SIP provides incentives for TRU Community Care facilities to provide interim care for patients who have historically high hospital utilization rates. The goal of SIP is to deliver intensive care coordination for patients to connect them with a primary care physician. Healthcare Everywhere, Every Day.

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"The sustainable advancement of telehealth is one that removes inequalities in healthcare"

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Patient care is not about separate primary care, secondary care, hospital care. Telehealth can contribute to making data accessible to different care team members," concluded Helena Dominguez.

Telecare

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Carbon Health Secures Series D Investment to Drive Primary and Urgent Care Expansion

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Carbon Health , a hybrid healthcare company that combines expert care with proprietary technology for easy everyday health, announced today that it has received $100 million from CVS Health Ventures, CVS Health’s corporate venture capital platform, as part of an initial close of its Series D round.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The digital transformation in healthcare was elevated to a new level in 2020 as the industry had to rapidly roll out digital technologies like telehealth and help move the workforce to remote work, said Jimenez of Artesia General Hospital. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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UVA Health System expands telehealth offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In addition, an electronic consulting platform would enable primary care providers to seek advice from a specialist by sending a message through an electronic health record system. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, as Medicare now covers a broad range of virtual care models,” Rehuban continued.

Telehealth

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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This was made clear when we reached out to our lovely Healthcare IT Today community for their insights on RPM. For these programs to remain successful beyond acute needs, long-term buy-in from critical stakeholders, including healthcare providers, payors and most importantly, patients, is needed.

Patient Experience

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VillageMD Acquires Summit Health-CityMD, Creating one of the Largest Independent Provider Groups in the U.S.

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The combined company leverages VillageMD’s deep expertise in value-based care to support and accelerate the transition to more risk-based care and Summit Health-CityMD’s longstanding and deep expertise delivering multispecialty, connected care. We are incredibly excited about the potential of these combined companies.

Primary Care

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Leveraging Technology to Improve Referral Management in Home Health Care

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 27, 2022

The process begins when a patient is referred to a specialist home health provider by his or her primary care physician. As an industry, we need to continue to work toward a better, more connected care ecosystem that offers optimal outcomes both for today’s patients and for those of the future.

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A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

The Equality Health telehealth system for primary care practices is available for free to primary care practices in the extensive Equality Health network of independent primary care providers. Patients can securely connect online, including in low-bandwidth environments, using their cell phone or computer.

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FCC awards Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium $3.1M

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

million grant stems from the FCC's Connect Care Pilot Program , which is designed to help eligible provider organizations defray the costs of offering virtual care and study how the FCC's Universal Service Fund can help support the trend toward connected-care services. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

DocuSign, NextGen and Care Message were also used in order to have necessary documents signed, co-payments collected and appointment reminders sent. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE.

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Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2020

On the online Citizen Area (RSE Área do Cidadão), users can access their electronic health record (EHR), book an appointment with their primary care physician and check their vaccination card or vital testament. Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Insights are HIMSS Media publications.

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How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

We reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on the role technology can play in working towards health equity. Whether it is integrating Apple Watch data, shortening emergency department wait times or providing better concierge care, these interventions can be helpful, or even great. (We

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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " Rapidly standing up a call center.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Connected Health Pulse

How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Trending Sources

How telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician

MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Health Commons Project Completes Acquisition of OneHealthPort to Advance Healthcare Innovation and Access across Washington State

How the VA laid the groundwork for a pandemic-fueled telehealth spike

Telehealth advocates ramp up pressure on elected officials

United Methodist Communities has early successes with telehealth and RPM

MaineHealth turned a COVID-19 grant into a permanent telehealth program

Mayo Clinic uses $1M in FCC funds for connected devices to expand telehealth

CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

AWS announces healthcare workforce accelerator cohort

Rush, Ochsner Health System partner on telemedicine, Epic EHR

RPM reduces 30-day readmission rates by 50% at Lee Health

NYC elder care provider using FCC funds for telehealth, protecting seniors from COVID-19

How telehealth can improve efficiency and increase revenue

Tablet-based RPM keeps TRU Community Care patients and caregivers happy

"The sustainable advancement of telehealth is one that removes inequalities in healthcare"

Carbon Health Secures Series D Investment to Drive Primary and Urgent Care Expansion

Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

UVA Health System expands telehealth offerings

The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

VillageMD Acquires Summit Health-CityMD, Creating one of the Largest Independent Provider Groups in the U.S.

Leveraging Technology to Improve Referral Management in Home Health Care

A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19

FCC awards Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium $3.1M

AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity

CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

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