Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2023

Telehealth services can offer healthcare providers the opportunity and the capability to reach broader populations, clearly – and they can serve as disease prevention tools for these populations, contended Gary Hamilton, CEO of InteliChart, vendor of a patient engagement platform. Please elaborate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By 2023, 65% of patients will have accessed care through a digital front door as healthcare providers look for better ways to improve access, engagements, and experiences across all services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2021

And as the system ramped up initiatives such as its telehealth platform, she says, those changes needed to be communicated to Northwell's tens of thousands employees. Overnight, says Mishra, Northwell's innovative and creative projects all had to go on pause in order to prioritize patient health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Telehealth and virtual care, with its natural distancing, could be one such measure. " Of course, if the need arises, the WHIC team will ask a patient to come for an in-person appointment. Telehealth is, as many advocates have said , complementary to in-office treatment, not a full replacement for it.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

Contributors include overwhelming workload, administrative burdens, lack of leadership support, limited workplace flexibility and autonomy, and of course, lack of human-centered technology. ” Truly taking advantage of the opportunities offered through virtual care requires providers to think more broadly than isolated telehealth visits.

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AMD Telemedicine

MARCH 23, 2023

Protecting Patients’ Access to Care and Coverage With Telehealth Telehealth has changed the face of the healthcare market. Through the use of electronic communication and information technologies, providers and organizations can deliver medical care from any distance — including halfway around the world if necessary.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy found telehealth use during the initial COVID-19 peak increased from less than 1% of visits to 80%. Of course, with that rapid growth comes more bureaucracy, a challenge that weighs heavily on these smaller providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 2, 2020

However, some forms of technology – particularly those that support telehealth services – are in hot demand as they prove their worth during the national pandemic, say experts who assess information technology adoption by the nation's healthcare providers.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

And this is important, says PwC’s Lina Shadid: “Looking forward, virtual care will become a necessity in multiple workflows of healthcare rather than a luxury. Of course, the amount of virtual care that can be practically and effectively delivered will vary by both subspecialty and diagnosis.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

In addition, telehealth usage has skyrocketed, with virtual doctor visits expected by Forrester Research to top 1 billion by years end. One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.” Next generation: What are the dimensions of remote care technology?

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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. How is what you call "the next generation of remote care" improving outcomes for this patient population? But there are other implications too.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2023

"A standard post-surgery care protocol requires patients to fill out piles of forms in person, take home large amounts of bulky, overwhelming educational materials, and participate in numerous sessions of costly outpatient or home-based physical therapy," he continued.

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Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This let patients and clinicians see the changes in the effects of medication over the course of a day or a week, not just based on self-reported history during a six-minute office visit. IoT doesn’t replace office visits, but “shines a light on the dark corner of the health care system” (i.e. everything that happens between visits).

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Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This let patients and clinicians see the changes in the effects of medication over the course of a day or a week, not just based on self-reported history during a six-minute office visit. IoT doesn’t replace office visits, but “shines a light on the dark corner of the health care system” (i.e. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This let patients and clinicians see the changes in the effects of medication over the course of a day or a week, not just based on self-reported history during a six-minute office visit. IoT doesn’t replace office visits, but “shines a light on the dark corner of the health care system” (i.e. everything that happens between visits).

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Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This let patients and clinicians see the changes in the effects of medication over the course of a day or a week, not just based on self-reported history during a six-minute office visit. IoT doesn’t replace office visits, but “shines a light on the dark corner of the health care system” (i.e. everything that happens between visits).

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Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This let patients and clinicians see the changes in the effects of medication over the course of a day or a week, not just based on self-reported history during a six-minute office visit. IoT doesn’t replace office visits, but “shines a light on the dark corner of the health care system” (i.e. everything that happens between visits).

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Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This let patients and clinicians see the changes in the effects of medication over the course of a day or a week, not just based on self-reported history during a six-minute office visit. IoT doesn’t replace office visits, but “shines a light on the dark corner of the health care system” (i.e. everything that happens between visits).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA. The cost of in-home care, according to Genworth Financial, averages around $5000. This is increasingly likely as a form of 24x7 remote care. or Addison Care from Electronic Caregiver. The solution, of course, relies on data sharing among the participating care providers.

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Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This let patients and clinicians see the changes in the effects of medication over the course of a day or a week, not just based on self-reported history during a six-minute office visit. IoT doesn’t replace office visits, but “shines a light on the dark corner of the health care system” (i.e. everything that happens between visits).

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Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This let patients and clinicians see the changes in the effects of medication over the course of a day or a week, not just based on self-reported history during a six-minute office visit. IoT doesn’t replace office visits, but “shines a light on the dark corner of the health care system” (i.e. everything that happens between visits).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

There are caveats, of course. The dream of reimbursement for remote care became a reality during the pandemic. Telehealth services will remain to replace or supplement in person visits likely throughout 2022, and Dispatch Health’s in-home urgent care is now available nationwide.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 31, 2023

The pandemic-induced necessity for social distancing and limited access to healthcare facilities led to a 29% increase in remote healthcare services among U.S. This shift mirrors the medical community, with 58% of providers viewing telehealth more favorably and 84% of physicians offering virtual visits.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

An added complication is that CISOs aren’t just trying to keep information away from adversaries who want to exchange privacy for profit, but also from accidental disclosure in the normal course of doing business.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. These laws are also important to HIPAA compliant telehealth programs, as they update protections for the digital age. HIPAA and Telehealth Platforms.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

The following is a guest article by Patrick Tarnowski, Chief Commercial Officer at OneStep As many as 91% of patients who could benefit from physical therapy (PT) do not access care, and of those who do, only 30% complete their course of care. There are numerous reasons why.

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

He had a lot of interesting things to say and, unlike so many other physicians, was aware of multiple system atrophy, the disease that killed my dad in 2012, so I decided to have him on for a podcast to describe how he is using off-the-shelf telehealth technology to expand access to care, improve patient satisfaction and reduce costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Cindy Gaines, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Lumeon Telehealth, digital communication, and remote patient monitoring rose to the forefront during the pandemic and are now well-established care delivery options. Let’s face it, the provider is not the one managing their diabetes or hypertension, the patient is.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

" The platform alerts the patient's care team when needed, prompting clinicians to check in with the patient about mobility issues, pain management or other concerns. "It helps to strengthen the patient/physician relationship, as all content and care protocols are prescribed and shaped by the patient's physicians.

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InTouch Health

APRIL 29, 2019

InTouch staff members attended, eager to tap into the latest news and information in regard to the telehealth industry. Tech Giants Are Targeting Telehealth Nate Gladwell, MHA, RN, Clinical Operations Officer at the University of Utah, discussed successful health system motives in direct-to-consumer (DTC) applications.

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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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In Hand Health

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Even as I write this, the momentum of telehealth is bulldozing its way through dated reimbursement policies. Over the past two months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun shifting its policies in favor of telemedicine and telehealth services. But where will those profits come from? PT is not far behind.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pace of innovation is accelerating, driven by older adult changing needs, shortage of care workers, investor interest and of course. The dream of reimbursement for remote care is a reality. In-home healthcare services will persist and expand.

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care innovations

AUGUST 22, 2018

Though some providers have already achieved extraordinary cost savings with RPM technology — for instance, the UMMC’s Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network , which is based on Care Innovations® Health Harmony RPM platform — some hospitals have still been reluctant to embrace the technology.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 16, 2019

That weekend, your mother’s nursing home lets you know she has a minor respiratory infection – and the on-site staff is virtually consulting with a remote specialist to treat it. That isn’t the world most of us live in, of course. 4 Benefits of Telemedicine for Older Patients.

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