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How telehealth is starting to reshape primary care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At Columbia, South Carolina-based Prisma Health, "we’re on a journey pursuing aspects of digital health," said Dr. Mark Wess, the health system's vice president and chief health information executive. "The asynchronous virtual visit for primary care is one of those."

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New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops

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As the title of Kaufman Hall’s sixth annual report suggests, health care consumers are evolving — even if the traditional healthcare system hasn’t uniformly responded in lock step with more demanding patients.

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Retail disruptors face big strategy questions in 2023, says AHA

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WHY IT MATTERS With billions of dollars invested this past year, such as CVS Health's purchase of Signify Health , the AHA report highlights retail healthcare companies having grabbed significant market share in primary care, concierge medicine, virtual care and in-home medical services. One example is Amazon.

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Toward new telehealth strategies at the HIMSS24 Virtual Care Forum

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As healthcare organizations underwent a significant shift towards virtual care delivery during the pandemic, the need for seamless integration into the digital health ecosystem came to the fore. Other topics include telemedicine ROI timelines and patient education strategies for facilitating seamless adoption.

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3 in 4 U.S. Patients Say the Healthcare System is Broken — But Technology Can Help

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.” And this need for financial and clinical self-care are key drivers inspiring health consumers to welcome technology’s abilities to help people manage their care, shop for care based on quality and price, and self-care at home, among other strategies to reduce costs.

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Think Quintuple Aim This Week at #HIMSS25

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As HIMSS 2025, the largest annual conference on health information and innovation meets up in Las Vegas this week, we can peek into what’s on the organization’s CEO’s mind leading up to the meeting in this conversation between Hal Wolf, CEO of HIMSS, and Gil Bashe, Managing Director of FINN Partners.

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Experts showcase digital health solutions that help tackle COVID-19

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Sameer Pujari, WHO, said: “COVID-19 has highlighted the need for appropriate applications of digital health.” ” The WHO is about to launch its global strategy on digital health. “We could reduce mortality by more than 50%,” she said.