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The Benefits of Telepsychiatry During Provider Shortages

Iris Telehealth

America’s provider shortage continues to grow, and people across the country are feeling the strain. Between the greater demand for treatment, limited residency spots, and a decrease in stigma around mental health treatment, there’s a clear need for effective patient care and more providers. By the numbers, the behavioral health provider shortage impacts 129 million Americans , with over three-quarters of U.S. counties experiencing a severe lack of mental health prescribers or non-prescrib

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Clinicians Don’t Feel Prepared For Greater Technology Use

Healthcare IT Today

New research on the future of clinical practice suggests that being technology savvy will be more critical than ever over the next decade — but that the majority of clinicians still don’t feel prepared. While I could have written this headline ten years ago, the problem seems to be a lot worse at this point […].

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Mobile app-based health studies hampered by low participant engagement, retention rates

Mobi Health News

In one large-scale study, mean engagement with the app lasted only 4.1 days.

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How Health Gets Built – The Building H Index Thinking Health-By-Design

Health Populi

“It’s hard to be healthy in the U.S. today.” That is the underlying premise and reason for The Building H Index. Health happens outside of doctors’ offices and hospital operating rooms. Health is made in our homes, in our communities, in our daily lives as we go about working, playing, learning, and praying. Too often, in those daily life-flows, making a healthy decision is harder than defaulting to a less-healthy one.

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The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings

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.

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With telehealth, Behavioral Nutrition sees many more patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Behavioral Nutrition is a holistic eating disorder outpatient clinic that treats adolescents and adults using behavioral therapy and nutritional counseling. The clinic has five locations spread out among Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Florida, New Jersey and Texas. THE PROBLEM. The provider organization had four main challenges: The clinical team was looking to provide convenient nutritional support to patients who needed help but were deterred from scheduling a session due to being located sever

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Contributed: The opportunities and challenges for remote patient monitoring

Mobi Health News

Dr. Liz Kwo outlines the landscape of the RPM space.

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Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

Health Populi

Four in five U.S. physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. This report provides insightful context for the upcoming annual ATA Conference for 2022 , being held in-person in Boston kicking off May 1st.

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AMA survey: Majority of physicians say telehealth enables more comprehensive quality care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A survey conducted by the American Medical Association found that the vast majority of physician respondents say they're currently using telehealth – and many of those reporting a decrease say they're providing a mix of virtual and in-person care. The survey, which was conducted online in late 2021, explored the variations in telehealth use among 2,232 physicians.

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A Look at the Behavioral Health Network, TPN.health

Healthcare IT Today

Behavioral Health is in an interesting space since it’s suffered through many stigmas and missed out on many reimbursement and stimulus efforts that have been available to medical care. That seems like it’s starting to change as many realize the importance of treating mental health and overcoming the past stigmas. However, behavioral health still suffers […].

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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.

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Oura taps Tom Hale as CEO and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Also: Mental health-focused Spring Health hires Todd Hill from Headspace Health, Teladoc Health appoints Dr. Vidya Raman-Tangella as chief medical officer and WellSky appoints Dale Zurbay chief growth officer.

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Goal Setting for Mental Health Patients

TheraNest

Setting goals is common no matter someone’s background, history, or plan for their future. Everyone has things they want to accomplish. Goals help people identify where they see themselves ending up so that they can determine the best path to get there. If someone has a primary goal of buying a house in 5 years, then they might set smaller, secondary goals of saving a certain amount of money every month to have the money they would need for a down payment.

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How a single COVID-19 telehealth grant will help one provider for years to come

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

From the time Burrell Behavioral Health in Springfield, Missouri, received initial reports of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching the surrounding areas, clients and staff members became concerned about their physical health and wellbeing. THE PROBLEM. Out of fear of getting sick, many isolated themselves and did not leave their homes. Burrell team members wanted to be able to work remotely and reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19.

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LifePoint Health to Lead Investment in Specialist TeleMed

Healthcare IT Today

Investment in independently operated specialty clinical workforce and technology platform will accelerate Specialist TeleMed’s growth, improve access to critical healthcare services for communities across the country, and expand LifePoint’s diversified healthcare network LifePoint Health and Specialist TeleMed (STeM) have announced that an affiliate of LifePoint Health will lead an investment in STeM.

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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

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Labcorp partners for at-home sample collection

Mobi Health News

The collection by Getlabs will cost users a convenience fee starting at $25.

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Tell Me Your Story: How Narrative Medicine Fosters Trust

Society for Participatory Medicine

Curled up on her hospital gurney but unable to sleep, the middle-aged Latinx female trauma patient sighed, “I am tired of being tired.” Before daybreak, “Rosa” (not her real name) had arrived at work to open her New York restaurant but was interrupted by an intruder who attempted to rob and assault her. She fought off her attacker and was brought to the ED by ambulance.

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Study of 40.7M adults finds telehealth comparable for chronic conditions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A study of 40.7 million commercially insured adults in the United States who sought care via telehealth found contrasting patterns of follow-up care between those with chronic conditions and those with acute clinical conditions. The research, which was published this week in JAMA Network Open , assessed outcomes of care two weeks after patients' initial ambulatory encounters.

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Driving Effective Patient Onboarding in Remote Patient Monitoring Programs

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ryan Clark, VP of Client Solutions at Optimize Health. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has the power to fundamentally change how healthcare providers care for and engage with patients. RPM provides a unique opportunity to collect, monitor, and trend data on a daily basis, so you are no longer limited […].

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

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.

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Endoscopic AI maker AI Medical Service scores $70M in Series C funding

Mobi Health News

It plans to develop an in-house cloud platform.

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Surging Gas Prices: How Remote Patient Monitoring Can Help Doctors and Patients Save Travel Costs?

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

The average price of a gallon of gasoline has increased by more than 10% in the last weeks, prompting some customers to reconsider their spending habits. This is also a very essential factor for healthcare practitioners and patients, especially for those who live in rural locations. The good news is that one of the key advantages of Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring is that it allows patients, their caregivers, and health-care professionals to avoid traveling.

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Mobile app-based health studies hampered by low participant engagement, retention rates

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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The Consumer-Priced Device That Brought Surgery Within Reach

Healthcare IT Today

I like to highlight qualitative, disruptive change in my health IT articles. The REVEAL FGS binocular (Figure 1), which allows safer surgeries on brain tumors, meets that criterion on several levels. The binocular is easier to use than previous solutions to the problem and is radically adapted to surgeon’s workflows. And a quantitative change–as a […].

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The Role of Technology in Remote Patient Monitoring

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

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Women's health-focused startup Alpha Medical launches diabetes care program

Mobi Health News

The offering includes treatment and screening for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes.

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Q1 2022 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT (ARM) INSIGHTS

Corp Advisory Solutions

The post Q1 2022 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT (ARM) INSIGHTS appeared first on Corporate Advisory Solutions.

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Looking ahead to ATA 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) Challenges

Healthcare IT Today

Yesterday, we took a broad view of RPM (remote patient monitoring) including some of the pressures it faces and the reasons many healthcare organizations are embracing RPM. Today we want to look at some of the challenges that RPM still faces going forward and what it will take to overcome those challenges. As we partially […].

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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.

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Japanese startup Ubie brings AI symptom checker to the US

Mobi Health News

Its web-based platform also guides patients to access appropriate medical care.

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A new generation of ARM software, Smax Technologies SCollect

Corp Advisory Solutions

Ready for a different type of ARM software provider? The Smax Technology team strives to be just that, pulling from their combined experience across all levels of the industry to build ARM software that give you all the features you need with the simplicity you crave. Learn more about the new ARM software technology. The post A new generation of ARM software, Smax Technologies SCollect appeared first on Corporate Advisory Solutions.

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Providence spins off DexCare, which orchestrates capacity and digital health demand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Renton, Washington-based Providence knew healthcare was becoming more consumer-driven and believed that meant digital needed to play a role in how care was accessed and delivered. THE PROBLEM. But, like many health systems, Providence needed to dramatically evolve its digital capabilities to not just meet but exceed customers' expectations of accessing care where and when they needed it.