Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

Telehealth An occupational medicine physician offered his patients a poll with a single question. The world has turned upside down and, ironically, I am one of the providers who utilizes telehealth the most in my large organization. I estimate about 90% of my visits were telehealth visits during the first four months of the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 7, 2020

The 128-page update to AMA's Digital Health Implementation Playbook Series comes as telehealth adoption is increasing by leaps amid the coronavirus pandemic. AMA's playbook series offers 12-step processes to help with rollouts of various digital health tools. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 29, 2022

million commercially insured adults in the United States who sought care via telehealth found contrasting patterns of follow-up care between those with chronic conditions and those with acute clinical conditions. Many previous large studies of telehealth use have relied on Medicare data. A study of 40.7 WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2021

Q: You talk about the long-term health equity benefits of telehealth, including reaching more patients in remote regions without travel requirements. A: Last summer, I developed an all-Spanish cleft palate speech therapy graduate course for my students at Teacher's College, Columbia University. Can you elaborate?

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Health Populi

JULY 22, 2021

Today, one-half of the categories speak to more “medical”/clinical areas that are disease specific, addressing women’s health, medication adherence, and healthcare administration workflows.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2021

For years, Dr. Mariea Snell, a telehealth clinician at the Maven Clinic and assistant director of the Online Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Maryville University, worked in an inner-city public health clinic. Telehealth seemed to be a natural fit for my patients. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

It is affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine and its clinical faculty practice, Yale Medicine, which provides a depth and breadth of clinical expertise to support much of the health system's telemedicine programs and provides existing infrastructure that supports joint development of telehealth programs. The crisis sets in.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Telehealth revolutionized the way people receive healthcare since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been many benefits to greatly expanded telehealth. What should people look out for when choosing a telehealth provider? What should people look out for when choosing a telehealth provider?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

Lots of industry groups want to see the temporary government waivers enacted early on during the COVID-19 public health emergency – the ones enabling the vast expansion of telehealth and remote patient monitoring over the past four months – to be made permanent once the storm has subsided. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2020

But telehealth technologies do have certain limitations when it comes to treating patients during a pandemic. But hospitals are learning to adapt to telehealth during a pandemic. Critically, hospitals are quickly adopting telehealth to treat quarantined patients infected with COVID-19, he added. ” A telehealth surge.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The first chart illustrates the importance of CARES Act funding to keep hospitals financially afloat during the public health crisis through most of last year. The growth of telehealth for behavioral and mental health is shown in the last chart from the Commonwealth Fund’s research.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Radiology and radiologists play starring roles in our health care, with he core work flow of diagnostic imaging supporting prevention, disease detection, diagnosis, delivering and monitoring therapy, linking specialists to other providers in telehealth, and as a medium for teaching clinicians, patients and caregivers.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And of course, in their favored brick-and-mortar hospital, ambulatory care center, clinic, or doctor’s office. A new report from UPMC and KLAS further confirms the moving target of health care incumbents adding telehealth and investing in digitalization for traditional brick-and-mortar delivery sites.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

Telehealth consultations are CSC’s new normal. Since implementing the LANES workflows in March, within a matter of weeks, CSC reduced staff and patient time transitioning to telehealth visits by 30%. Another telehealth benefit to HIE participation is the newfound ability to reconcile medications.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2018

have pointed to the need for greater attention to social determinants of health, which requires greater spending on social care versus technology-based healthcare and sick care in the U.S., tomorrow having spent nearly three weeks getting smarter about health and healthcare in various parts of Europe. While many of us in the U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Deloitte calls out health consumers’ “craving” for empowerment and transparency, evidenced by the popularity of wearables and employee benefits that reward healthy behaviors. Deloitte also notes the growing use of telehealth and online appointment scheduling the enables access to services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

During a presentation this past Friday as part of HIMSS Global Health Equity Week, a public health expert from the UN offered his thoughts on some of the challenges and opportunities for worldwide digital health improvement. " The digital divide is not a new concept , of course.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

Feds, states take up nurse staffing The past four years have been especially tough on nurses, of course. On the federal level, both the House and Senate have introduced bills to amend the Public Health Services Act last year. " She noted that one telehealth nurse at St. Many nurses have a deep district of AI.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2023

Drug Enforcement Administration's stance on prescribing via telehealth has been evolving, with hints toward an appetite for lasting flexibilities. On another front, telepsychiatry keeps gaining ground in the post-public health emergency landscape.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2020

Using telehealth for psychiatry was an obvious solution, King stated. With the change to remote access of telehealth, a provider sees an average of 28 visits a week out of 40 slots. ’“ Since program inception, 89.47% of patients reported zero technical concerns during the course of their visit, she added.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Nearly all large companies are also worried about the long-term mental health impacts of the public health crisis. That includes employers, who of course play a huge role in their workers’ individual health, and in aggregate, the population health of their workforces.

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Health Recovery Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly and unequivocally affected businesses around the world.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2024

The medical effects of diabetes are significant, of course – affecting eyesight, circulation and even, in severe cases, requiring amputation. Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email him: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. But there are other implications too.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 12, 2019

There are other vendors with similar technologies on the health IT market today. For example, to help overcome the challenges it faced with directly observed therapy, the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services turned to a healthcare technology from Baltimore-based emocha Mobile Health. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 9, 2020

Prior to COVID-19 the regulatory environment made it difficult for providers to adopt a robust telehealth strategy. Chan School of Public Health noted that the pandemic highlighted longstanding health inequities in the United States. But now that we’re here, let’s not go back, we must stay the course.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Millions of Americans turned to live audio and video visits with healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Congress needs to make decisions that will permanently affect how Americans, in particular Medicare patients, may access these telehealth services on a permanent basis.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Privacy literacy, understanding HIPAA and the importance of personal health data security and control; and, of course, Foundational literacy – the reading, writing, and arithmetic basics that form traditional definitions of “literacy.”

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 21, 2022

The White House Office on National Drug Policy (ONDCP) supports permanent telehealth prescribing for people with Substance Use Disorders (SUD), according to the issued guidance “ Telehealth and Substance Use Disorder Services in the Era of Covid-19: Review and Recommendations ” published on June 22, 2022.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

Telehealth expanded dramatically in response to the COVID pandemic. Now that providers, patients, payers and public officials have seen the benefits, it is almost certain that telehealth will continue to play an increasingly important role in our healthcare delivery system. By Kim Stanger. IDAPA 24.31.01.055). 54-1733 2 ).

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

Telehealth expanded dramatically in response to the COVID pandemic. Now that providers, patients, payers and public officials have seen the benefits, it is almost certain that telehealth will continue to play an increasingly important role in our healthcare delivery system. By Kim Stanger. IDAPA 24.31.01.055). 54-1733 2 ).

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Lloyd Price

MARCH 21, 2020

But telehealth technologies do have certain limitations when it comes to treating patients during a pandemic. But hospitals are learning to adapt to telehealth during a pandemic. Critically, hospitals are quickly adopting telehealth to treat quarantined patients infected with COVID-19, he added. “In

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Clear Arch Health

APRIL 22, 2024

From reorienting to a more value-based care approach (propelled by remote patient monitoring and similar forms of telehealth/telemedicine), to embracing artificial intelligence (AI) with all its implications and promises for facilitating efficient and reliable patient care, innovations are rampant.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 26, 2023

California was the first state to codify telehealth practices 25 years ago. The state’s updated laws are relevant to clinicians everywhere because they are based on telehealth best practices and published competencies. Is It Better for Clinicians to Have Their State Remain Mute about Telehealth Laws? In a word, no.

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Beyond Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2021

Now that 15 months have passed, it is crystal clear that telehealth will continue to be a part of the new ecosystem to care for our patients. Will virtual visits be reimbursed after the public health emergency ends? We know that the public health emergency will end, but the virus will still be in our midst for many years.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

At the insistence of customers and prospects, technology offerings (beyond telehealth) will be required in all of these settings, especially at home -- and so as long-predicted , they must proliferate and improve. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ? ATA’s live event return to Boston.

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Connected Health Initiative

JUNE 24, 2020

In just a few short months, we made more progress in opening up Medicare and Medicaid to telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and other connected health solutions than in the previous decade. billion in 2018.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

California was the first state to codify telehealth practices 25 years ago. The state’s updated laws are relevant to clinicians everywhere because they are based on telehealth best practices and published competencies. Is It Better for Clinicians to Have Their State Remain Mute about Telehealth Laws? In a word, no.

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