Five Ways Telehealth Is Better Than In-Person Care
Health System CIO
AUGUST 3, 2022
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Telehealth Utilization Rates Increase Again in May
Telebehavioral Health Institute
AUGUST 17, 2022
Judging from the numbers, telehealth is becoming increasingly popular across the country. National telehealth utilization rates among private insurers grew by 10.2% in May, signaling that telehealth utilization is a serious contender for mental health and serious pandemic interventions. According to the Fair Health statistics , May was the second running month in which telehealth utilization has increased substantially.
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How telemedicine can leverage the shrinking number of physicians
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 15, 2022
Physicians are burning out and leaving the front lines of healthcare in big numbers. The pandemic has aggravated this problem. Solutions to this critical problem are needed. Clinicians and other experts at telehealth technology and services companies across the country are raising their hands, saying they could be at least one part of the solution to physician burnout.
Study: Telehealth could increase physicians' after-hours work
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 19, 2022
Researchers found physicians who provided more care through telemedicine also increased their time spent on after-hours EHR-based clinical and administrative work.
The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings
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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.
Virtual Care and Mental Health Top of Mind for Employers’ Workplaces in 2023
Health Populi
AUGUST 29, 2022
The concept that all companies are “health care companies” takes on greater import in the wake of the pandemic. The 2023 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH) found that two in three large employers see their health and well-being strategy as an integral part of their overall workforce strategy.
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Immediate, accurate diagnosis is crucial to the future of equitable patient care
KevinMD
AUGUST 29, 2022
As the pandemic-stricken health systems recover from the unprecedented challenges that tested them for preparedness, agility, and health equity, the pandemic undoubtedly also nurtured rapid innovation in telehealth, vaccine manufacturing, and point-of-care diagnostics, which have streamlined and accelerated patients’ access to immediate care at the point of need.
Health and IT Literacy
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 16, 2022
Today I went with my son to tryouts for flag football. My son has always been active, but he’s never played in organized sports before. Needless to say, I went to the tryouts with a little trepidation for how he’d do. Many of the other kids had been playing already for a couple years. Would he understand what the coach was asking him to do?
Is Virtual Reality Mental Health Part of Your Practice-Building Plan Yet?
Telebehavioral Health Institute
AUGUST 17, 2022
Immersive 360-degree videos represent a recent development in virtual reality mental health, whereby users can utilize digitally simulated realities similar to the real world (Slater & Sanchez, 2016 ). These viable technologies hold much promise but, to date, have not been widely adopted in mental health settings. The article below summarizes the findings of lead researcher Ionescu and colleagues in their 2021 systematic review of immersive 360-degree videos using virtual reality headsets to
4 Growing Trends In Healthcare Technology
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 19, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare innovation relies on expanding base knowledge as it improves technology designed to provide specific solutions in the healthcare field. Add to the many challenges facing healthcare and coming out of a once-in-a-century pandemic that […].
Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.
Climate Change Is Not Good for Health and Living Things
Health Populi
AUGUST 10, 2022
There is an image from my childhood, drawn by Lorraine Schneider, which reads “War is not healthy for children and other living things.” As I read through a paper published this week on climate change’s contribution to the burden of chronic disease, I couldn’t help but conjure up Lorraine’s observation from my little girl memory bank.
Study: Symptom checkers' diagnostic, triage accuracy is low
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 29, 2022
A review of studies published in npj Digital Medicine found diagnostic and triage accuracy varied but was generally low, raising concerns about using symptom checkers as patient-facing tools.
AI-powered telehealth improves PT care at Essen Health Care
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 1, 2022
Essen Health Care, a medical group in New York City, has a Center of Excellence for Pain with physical therapy, pain specialists, neurology and orthopedic specialists. It serves patients with acute and chronic issues in need of physical therapy. In addition, it serves many elderly house call patients, due to pandemic restrictions, who have functionally deteriorated due to a lack of physical activity.
Using Data-Driven Fintech Tools to Tackle the Healthcare Affordability Crisis
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 18, 2022
The following is a guest article by Chiranjib Gupta, Chief Risk Officer at PayZen. We are witnessing a healthcare affordability crisis in America. Reading the headlines, it doesn’t take long to encounter some horror story of medical costs running rampant: an uninsured woman saddled with bills in the tens of thousands for a complicated birth, a life-saving medication costing a patient hundreds of dollars per vial, the list goes on.
From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
CENSUS: Senior care growth means tech change will be mandatory
Aging in Place Technology Watch
AUGUST 11, 2022
The Census knows the growth and potential explosion of care needs and older adults. Consider their newly published document explaining the industries to those who may still not see what’s happening.” Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly saw a 34.4% increase in revenue from 2013 to 2020. Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.
JAMA Article Shows Telehealth Slowed Opioid Overdoses During Pandemic
Continue Education Journal
AUGUST 31, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 31, 2022 – The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action issued the following statement in response to today’s publication of a study authored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This study, published online in JAMA Psychiatry (doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry. 2022.2284), examined the impact of telehealth services for substance use disorder treatment and the p
Hacking Health Care, Your Top Health-Tech Summer Read
Health Populi
AUGUST 14, 2022
“Tom Lawry reminds us that the health care industry can shift from glacial to warp speed when it needs to. Given the right tools, we can evolve from health systems to systems of health, baked with Responsible Intelligence to do good while embedded with respect, inclusion, and transparency. Health citizens deserve Tom’s vision to emerge,” I wrote in a quote on the back of Tom’s new book, Hacking Health Care: How AI and the Intelligence Revolution Will Reboot an Ailing Syst
Amazon Care to shut down at the end of 2022
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 24, 2022
Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, said the telehealth service was "not a complete enough offering for the large enterprise customers we have been targeting, and wasn’t going to work long-term.
Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide
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Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.
Former Amazon medical officer examines Surgeon General's clinician burnout warning
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 19, 2022
The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural and organizational causes – including excessive workloads, administrative burden and lack of organizational support. The potential fallout of this trajectory is alarming: The advisory cites the Association of American Medical Colleges’ estimate on clinician demand outpacing supply, with an anticipated shortage between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians predicted by 2033.
The Biggest Challenge to Lowering Costs in Healthcare
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 9, 2022
In all of my conversations, people know that I often go back to one basic principle: Follow the Money. It’s amazing how often that explains various behaviors, market dynamics, or trying to understand the why of something that seems unexplainable. However, in healthcare I find this is often dramatically more complicated than people realize. The number of people and organizations that profit off the dysfunction of healthcare is troubling to say the least.
New technologies may mitigate fall risk – and just in time
Aging in Place Technology Watch
AUGUST 31, 2022
The stats on death from falls are startling – especially for the 65+. Death rates are rising, projected to be 7 up to deaths per hour for the 65+ by 2030. And that falls are the leading cause of injury death among the 65+. Did you know that the majority of hip fractures are from falling, usually sideways ? Did you know that medical costs from falls was $50 billion in were projected to be $52 billion in 2020?
Case Study: How Arizona Hospital Association Took Their COVID Telehealth Concept from Zero to Post-Launch
VSee
AUGUST 17, 2022
Background Project Goals: Bringing COVID-19 Palliative Care Into the Home “People want to be at home. They don’t want to go to the hospital.” That was the goal of the The Arizona Palliative Care Telehealth Program for COVID-19: to treat people where they’re at through telehealth and to keep them out of the hospital. The.
Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
The More Chronic Conditions, the More Likely a Patient Will Have Medical Debt
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2022
There is a direct association between a person’s health status and patient outcomes and their financial health, quantified in original research published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers from the University of Michigan (my alma mater) Medical School and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation analyzed two years of commercial insurance claims data generated between January 2019 and January 2021, linking to commercial credit data from January 2021 for patients enrolled
Australian telehealth startup Coviu launches in the US
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 2, 2022
It also plans to double its headcount over the next 12 months.
MaineGeneral hits congestive heart failure readmission rate of 0% using RPM
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 23, 2022
MaineGeneral Health in Augusta had high, rising readmission rates for congestive heart failure. In January 2020, the organization launched a remote patient monitoring pilot, working with vendor Health Recovery Solutions to monitor CHF patients after discharge from the hospital. THE PROBLEM. Upon discharge, patients often need support to understand their symptoms and warning signs after returning home.
CommonWell, MEDITECH, TEFCA, and QHINs
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 18, 2022
The topic of TEFCA and QHINs has been an extremely important one in the world of healthcare IT and particularly when it comes to healthcare interoperability. In many ways, it’s setting the national infrastructure for healthcare interoperability going forward. So, we should be paying attention. As we continue to learn about how the industry is responding to TEFCA and which organizations are planning to apply to be a QHIN, we thought it would be valuable to sit down with CommonWell and a C
How 3 Urgent Cares Tackled Key Metrics For Accelerated Growth
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Considering the growth of your clinic? It’s difficult to advance any business today without using technology — but what will truly enhance your daily operations? How successful are other urgent care centers with these solutions? This article offers a glimpse into real-world technology experiences from urgent care centers like yours. Discover how various solutions can boost your growth potential and see firsthand how effective they are.
Over the counter hearing aids – an absurdly long time in coming
Aging in Place Technology Watch
AUGUST 17, 2022
Yesterday was a big day that should have happened several years ago. Finally. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of hearing aids for those with mild-to-moderate hearing loss. Consider that this was first proposed in 2017! Consider the hearing aid ecosystem that has grown over many years to involve audiologists, a shrinking number of hearing aid makers – only five control 90% of the market!
How To Reduce No-Shows In Healthcare Immediately
Mend
AUGUST 9, 2022
If you’re wondering how to reduce no-shows, you’re not alone. No-shows are one of the most frustrating parts of running a hospital or healthcare practice, with missed appointments resulting in wasted time and resources. But how can you reduce your no-show rate for good? What is it that makes patients no-show in the first place? And what exactly are the costs to your practice or organization?
Partnering Up in the Health Care Ecosystem to Drive Transformation – for Organizations and Health Consumers Alike
Health Populi
AUGUST 22, 2022
“Partnerships, including JVs and alliances with other healthcare organizations and with new entrants, are just one way to access new capabilities, unlock speed to market, and achieve capital, scale, and operational efficiencies” in health care transformations. “In an environment with continued competition for attractive assets and significant capital in play from institutional investors, these partnerships may also be the most accessible way for organizations to capture value i
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