Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 7, 2020

“We developed a short list of telehealth solutions that could support the full spectrum of our needs – ambulatory, inpatient and direct-to-consumer,” said Jon Witenko, system director, virtual health and telemedicine, at Lee Health. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The study proposed that if telemedicine expansion indicates physicians spending more overall time in EHRs, health systems and policymakers may need to alter productivity expectations and their reimbursement policies. They found that physician time spent working in the EHR during patient scheduled hours increased from 4.53

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A natural complement to traditional telehealth, electronic-reported outcomes elevate at-home care by providing specificity and context to symptoms that allow clinicians to take precise action. These tools aim to minimize clinician burden, reduce their time spent within the EHR, and answer patients after hours.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In order to fulfill GHC’s mission of service to low-income individuals and families and continue to uphold values of being accessible, consistent and responsive to community needs, GHC’s senior management and board of directors made the decision to implement telehealth services. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2021

The practice was an early adopter of telehealth back in 2010, implementing it as a way to care for people unable to attend in-person sessions. Staff would have to juggle multiple windows between the EHR and the video call; it wasn't a smooth operation. At first, caregivers were using WebEx and Google Hangouts. " PROPOSAL.

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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. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. The eClinicalWorks telemedicine system was integrated directly into the EHR the primary care centers already were using.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2021

Telehealth helped to meet demand, but virtual care innovators are touting a hybrid care model, with an emphasis on asynchronous communication. Demand for behavioral health services outstripped supply at the height of COVID-19. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 10, 2020

Like other healthcare organizations, McLaren has had difficulty recruiting physician specialists to meet patients’ needs, particularly in the more rural areas of the state. The telehealth technology and services vendor McLaren used for the pre-COVID-19 period was InTouch. ” FCC funding for telehealth expansion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 27, 2020

One of the challenges Whole Life faced during the onset of the pandemic was access to a reputable and efficient telehealth system to continue care for patients. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. “Additionally, leveraging your EHR partner and solution can provide unexpected, helpful resources for any practice,” she concluded.

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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. The FCC's telehealth fund has awarded Queen's Health Systems nearly $1 million.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2020

Epic Systems has tapped San Francisco-based communications tech startup Twilio to provide the video-communication backend for Epic’s new telehealth platform. million more to aid COVID-19 telehealth deployment as part of its $200 million aid program for qualifying providers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Announced in a meeting with general practitioners led by the Chinese Medical Association, the said programme will be developed in partnership with major hospitals and the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations. It also facilitates referrals, hospital appointment bookings, nursing care, and post-discharge follow-ups.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 1, 2025

It explored multiple telehealth platforms, each offering a range of features. MEETING THE CHALLENGE For the telemedicine site, LifeBridge Health followed the same process it had used to set up new locations in the past. Beyond these primary challenges, the health system also encountered several technical obstacles.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2021

In other words, relying on telehealth to manage Type 2 diabetes and hypertension could heighten nurse workloads. The study relied on EHR data from a fairly small number of patients: 36 who used in-home monitoring, and 38 who received what researchers deemed "usual care."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2020

" When COVID-19 hit, telehealth suddenly went from a goal to a necessity, she explained. Azalea Health is a health IT vendor that offers an EHR and telehealth tech, and is offering clients free telehealth services for one year to fight the pandemic. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. " Jill Veach, MEBS Counseling.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Portland Community had not provided telehealth appointments prior to March. To address this problem, the health center started using telehealth. “Using Zoom, we were able to conduct HIPAA-compliant telehealth appointments during the first months of the pandemic,” said Ann Tucker, CEO of Portland Community Health Center.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 12, 2020

This required NYPCC to get set up on a telehealth platform and to enable all of its clinicians to work remotely. When the state of emergency was declared, NYPCC realized it was imperative that it pivot to a telehealth model that allowed the organization to continue providing the vital services its communities needed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

TriHealth providers preferred EHR integration, as it alleviates the operational burden for front office staff and healthcare providers conducting telehealth services. "During the peak of the pandemic, primary care telehealth visits accounted for more than 50% of our volume." MEETING THE CHALLENGE. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2021

As a result, it will pay off if healthcare can continue the expansion of telehealth started by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sustaining quality telehealth programs. "Telehealth will play a pivotal role in the healthcare delivery system. This, along with other technologies, will be used for clinical decision making.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

And telehealth, which had not played a significant role in patient care previously, was the clear solution.” The team quickly focused established communications channels with community providers – physician pod meetings, newsletters and more – on educating them in the use and reimbursement process for telehealth visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 15, 2025

"After evaluating several options, Iris Telehealth stood out for two key reasons: Its consistent track record of delivering on promises at other institutions and its willingness to grow alongside us in a true partnership that was relationship-focused rather than transactional.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Kennedy Krieger has had a small behavioral-telehealth program for military families for four years. The Center for Autism and Related Disorders program has provided limited telehealth services. We primarily use a HIPAA-compliant Zoom system along with our Epic EHR to conduct our telehealth operations,” she said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 13, 2020

“This solution was a good start and allowed for our doctors to deliver the beginnings of telehealth at Maple Knoll. But they were three separate systems that did not integrate with the EHR platform. “We gain access to launch telehealth sessions from within our EHR system and streamline billing.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2020

But when COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March, the system’s telehealth strategy took a sharp turn. Tight Epic EHR integration imperative. Atlanta-based Grady Health System has historically offered some telemedicine services to the community.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In 2013, Cincinnati Children's Hospital wanted to establish a Center for Telehealth. At the time, the interest in video visits and other forms of telehealth was growing, and the provider organization had a few clinical programs already up and running. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

My firm's work with health systems on their digital health and digital transformation programs suggests that while telehealth technologies have matured rapidly in the wake of the pandemic, the implementation of virtual care programs has been a struggle. But telehealth is much more. Who is my telehealth consumer?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 19, 2021

PBHG was facing not only the pandemic, but how it would continue to provide healthcare services to its clients without having the ability to meet face to face. New Jersey at that time did not allow telehealth services for healthcare. "As we moved forward, we faced multiple issues outside of the EHR," Pollen said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

"Pre-pandemic, we had occasional telemedicine visits that we arranged manually via Google Meet," Merok recalled. "Quickly, Yosi Health engineers were able to leverage our existing EHR integration into a new integration with a HIPAA-compliant telemedicine platform," he continued. " MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

Like many physician groups before the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center only used telehealth in a limited way. As the pandemic hit, and the group's physicians needed to leverage existing telehealth tools, staff identified significant room for improvement. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

"Modernizing telehealth policy to meet the moment" is one of lawmakers' most important responsibilities, said Rep. The hearing came on the heels of the reintroduction of the bipartisan Telehealth Modernization Act in both the House and the Senate, which would safeguard access to coverage after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2021

Bee Busy Wellness Center in Houston, Texas, like other health centers across the country, struggled with efforts to offer telehealth services to patients when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM. Bee Busy Wellness Center developed a proposal to address the dilemma. To read this special report, click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The tool enables clinicians to see an array of digital therapeutics and apps in the Cerner EHR, assess their cost and clinical value, and prescribe them for patients from within their workflows. " Earlier this year, Healthcare IT News Features Editor Bill Siwicki explored how UPMC is using Xealth with its Epic EHR platform.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In 2018, it made strategic moves to more easily meet the needs of its patients and communities by investing in telehealth. Suddenly, City of Hope needed to rapidly scale its telehealth infrastructure to meet the needs of patients. THE PROBLEM. Then COVID-19 emerged. " PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

"Then and now, the provider decides whether to accept telehealth as a service in their practice based on the clinician experience. Aligning new technology and features with the Epic EHR has created more effective telehealth care pathways, Frunzi explained. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. Click here to read the special report.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Watauga Medical Center is a Medicare five-star-rated hospital and wanted a telehealth company that could provide the same high quality of care. Watauga Medical Center, which is the main hospital, did not use Telehealth Solution's services until it was hit hard with COVID-19.?"They MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Before the COVID-19 pandemic began to ripple across the world, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center had only used telehealth in a limited capacity. But when the crisis made itself evident, explained HMFP Director of Telehealth??

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

"Additionally, most telehealth implementation historically was focused on addressing the needs of rural communities for specialty care, which is a very different context than ours." " The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the implementation of telehealth for St. John's started implementing telehealth services.

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