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EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network compared patient messaging among ambulatory physicians before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding they were mostly documenting visits and not messaging patients. Outside of PSHs, their time spent documenting in the EHR increased from 4.29

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Telemedicine helps SSM Health triple volume of psychiatric care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Unlike many other specialties, behavioral health rarely requires physical examination – making it perhaps the purest, most perfect use case for telemedicine services," said Chris DiGiusto, vice president of ambulatory services at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon.

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Telehealth, hybrid care adding to physicians' EHR workload

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While telehealth alone doesn't appear to add significantly to a primary care physician's workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary and EHR work, new research shows. "However, telemedicine also levies new costs on clinicians.

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Clinicians have spent even more time in the EHR during COVID-19 – is telehealth to blame?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By July 2020, clinicians were spending consistently more time in the EHR than before COVID-19. "An obvious potential driver of this finding is that many clinicians delivered care virtually via telemedicine, including both phone and video visits," observed researchers. minutes of EHR active-use time.

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The Value of Interoperability in Telemedicine

AMD Telemedicine

To better understand the critical role interoperability plays in telemedicine, we spoke with Tom Foley, the Vice President of Growth at AMD Global Telemedicine. He also touched on the current demand for integrated telehealth solutions and how AMD has specifically adapted to the healthcare landscape with its telemedicine offerings.

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Athenahealth launches new EHR-embedded telehealth tool

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" By directly integrating video conferencing within the athenaOne EHR, the company says it hopes to streamline patient and provider experience. " Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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How one physician practice was transformed by EHR-embedded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“We also needed to be able to conduct patient visits while simultaneously documenting the encounter, without disruption to our workflow,” he explained. But then his EHR vendor, athenahealth, recently launched athenaTelehealth. There are many vendors of telemedicine technologies and services on the market today.

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