Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

New Hampshire lawmakers held a hearing this week on a bill that would roll back provisions safeguarding telehealth coverage in the state. The bill, sponsored by three Republican state legislators, targets payment parity for telehealth services and would eliminate coverage for audio-only services. This past month, Massachusetts Gov.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. "The last year has shown us that telehealth works, it’s popular, and it’s here to stay," said Sen. A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. These factors shot telehealth and related technologies and services like connected health and remote patient monitoring through the stratosphere. Moore is all for telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2020

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory, reimbursement and technological changes have all helped trigger a massive and rapid expansion of telehealth accessibility. "Telehealth solutions need to be deployed in a culturally competent, equitable way to ensure they reach the communities that need the most support," he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The future potential of telehealth hinges on how it's reimbursed. The government has signaled its support for reimbursing some telehealth services, at least in the short term. "The government can play a very positive role in telehealth by establishing clear standards and clear reimbursement guidelines," said Selesnick.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. "Today we have the opportunity to consider how we can deploy telehealth to expand access to healthcare for everyone," said Sen. " Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. HELP Committee Chairman Sen.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Telehealth has helped achieve that goal. “Telehealth provides a convenient and completely safe interaction for both the counselor and the client,” said Derrick Sledge, a licensed professional counselor at Christian Counseling Associates. The vendor also offers integrated telehealth within the system. THE PROBLEM.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Older people are re-framing their personal images and definitions of aging, from continuing to work past typical retirement age, Skyping and texting with grandchildren, and traveling to destinations well beyond the “snowbird” locales of Florida and Arizona to more active and often charitable/volunteer situations in developing economies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This allowed us to change telehealth from what was 5% of services prior to the pandemic to 85% of services during." There has definitely been a change at Helio Health. So now with telehealth they can do their sessions and receive their care right in their home." " MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 22, 2019

Definitive Healthcare released results from its 2019 Outpatient Telehealth Study. The article Definitive Healthcare Survey: 2019 Outpatient Telehealth Adoption Remains Flat While Overall Adoption Remains Flat appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

You'll be talking about realizing value from telehealth programs. Identify key stakeholders who will be critical to overall success, and their definitions of "value." We spoke with Scott to get a sneak preview of this timely HIMSS25 session. How can this be done?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technologically. Here, we summarize 8 reasons why you should consider telehealth to be part of the holistic health practice of your hospital.

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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. For its first program, a direct-to-patient model, Northwell social worker care managers used Amwell telehealth technology to connect with patients via video.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

One of the big keys to the company's success has been telehealth. Melissa Baird, COO at Hims & Hers, leads a team of engineers that designed a telehealth experience that engages and connects patient care across its service lines, especially for stigmatized conditions. You are responsible for engineering at the company.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2025

PROPOSAL Chase began looking into telehealth vendor Avel eCare's emergency service line for the ED after one of the hospital's APPs came to Cyboron with a video about the technology and service and said they loved the idea of having someone live to help with questions. "The technology is easy to use," Cyboron noted.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2022

senators and representatives urged congressional leadership to safeguard Medicare telehealth services this past Friday. "Telehealth has been a critical tool during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that patients continue to receive the health care they need while keeping health care providers and patients safe," read the letter.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers. " Dr. Lisa R.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Rural Health Information Hub breaks down various definitions of frontier designations, but a common one is six or fewer people per square mile. All but one of One Health's clinic locations serve communities that meet the frontier definition. "We used the Lean Six Sigma framework to optimize our telehealth workflows."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Because the EHR and telehealth systems come from the same vendor, there was a clear and defined pathway for office workflows and patient access already well established, Perry said. “Watching the success the outpatient service lines were having, our emergency department was the next for telehealth expansion,” Herndon said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

For the last decade, Queen's Health Systems has been building telehealth services to meet these patient needs, beginning with hospital-based telemedicine and building out to direct-to-patient telehealth services. "Over the last five years, we built out clinic-to-clinic telemedicine and scheduled direct-to-patient telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

A telehealth service is an example of the healthcare services that have become available through the development and use of the digital health technologies. Telehealth services involve complex and evolving regulatory considerations and challenges in Japan. License and approval. "medical practice").

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Health Populi

JULY 22, 2021

Note that telehealth was not nearly the only digital health tool employed by consumers and clinicians during the pandemic; clinical trials leveraged connected devices, care team emails proliferated (part of telehealth, broadly defined), and disease management apps supported patients managing chronic conditions from home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Catapult Health, a Texas-based provider of preventive care, announced a new program for employers this week that offers home-based checkups via telehealth to employees and family members. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 10, 2025

Detailed records must be maintained for in-person evaluations, telehealth prescriptions and referrals. " On another note, telehealth encounters via electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) should have clear, clinical content that develops over the treatment period for several key reasons, Cohen said.

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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Telehealth in 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2020

These cases are then monitored using telehealth tools from tertiary care hospitals. The long-term outlook of telehealth in South Korea. One question posed by the participants of the webinar was regarding the permanence of government approved telehealth services in the country, especially post COVID-19.

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Mend

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Offering secure two-way messaging, telehealth, online scheduling, digital forms, and modern patient payment experiences all help to engage patients effectively in their long-term care. Increased access to care: The adoption of telehealth services can provide increased access to care for patients in rural or underserved areas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2022

A report released this week examines telehealth policies on a state-by-state basis in an attempt to highlight what authors see as best practices in terms of patient access and ease of providing care. On the other hand, they advise states not to require in-person visits before using telehealth or mandating payment parity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

"What this signifies is the consensus perspective on these issues from the perspective of the telehealth community," Kyle Zebley, ATA's senior vice president of public policy, told Healthcare IT News on Thursday. healthcare delivery system," Zebley said. healthcare system."

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals. Access to Telehealth Services Private Health Insurance Coverage for telehealth and other remote care services will vary by state and private insurance plans. Resources for other end-of-pandemic decisions are also provided.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 24, 2025

"We are equipped with high-definition cameras and integrated peripheral devices that allow the facilitation of comprehensive, remote examinations," Schlegel noted. WATCH NOW: Mount Sinai's new CDIO offers an inside look at her very full plate Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Workflow Patient Access Process

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 6, 2020

COVID-19 Telehealth Primer Introduction Telemedicine is now essential to assure patients receive uninterrupted medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic. To support clinicians during this COVID-19 pandemic, The Telebehavioral Health Institute offers this primer on telehealth. Telehealth Definition The definition of … Read more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2024

How exactly can telehealth improve these aspects of the patient experience? Telehealth can significantly improve various aspects of the patient experience – particularly for those with chronic diseases – by focusing on the three essential "E's" of healthcare: education, experience and empowerment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Auerswald argues that removing labor market barriers and technical barriers to entry are vital for realizing the benefits of in-home healthcare, including telehealth. Home healthcare, as Auerswald describes it, comprises medical house calls, health agency care, technologies such as remote patient-monitoring devices and telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2022

Telehealth has been operationally implemented within Intermountain Healthcare since 2015, with pilots running for several years prior. As a result, clinical services continued to consider telehealth delivery options and expand access for patients into rural locations. Embracing the telehealth opportunity.

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