Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

They are not just a point of contact, they are the gateway to a healthcare facility, embodying its ethos and values from the first ‘hello.’ ’ Ensuring a positive patient experience is fundamental to the healthcare industry’s success. Patients today seek more than just medical expertise.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dr. Davis for an in-depth interview. The refinements to their DrChrono system have allowed the team at Source Healthcare to spend less time on administrative tasks and more time on improving patient experience. The company grew out of a gap that Dr. Davis saw in his own practice.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2024

The following is a guest article by Laura Templeton , Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Compassus There’s no denying that increased delivery of patient care in the home was accelerated by the pandemic. The upward trend continues today, driven by the growth of our aging population and the continued adoption of technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

This past year may very well have been the year the "new normal" was sealed for healthcare – one that includes a lot more telehealth, remote monitoring and other virtual care than ever before. Technology has became culturally accepted as an integral part of the patient experience as telemedicine gained popularity.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2022

For the 87th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about The Business of Giving Patients Control of Their Health Data. It’s easy to say that patients should have access to their data. ONC and other legislation have made it clear that patients have a right to their data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2024

In a field as personal and as important as healthcare, it is vital that we are giving our patients the best experience possible. But with how often healthcare changes, it can be tricky to stay up to date and know what to focus on. What patient experience technology do you think is moving the needle the most right now?

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 8, 2022

In fact, he talks about how things are different today than they have been in the past (Partial Spoiler Alert: One example is the EHR data is there to trigger actions). Plus, he shares some innovative examples of what their customers are doing with their technology and what he sees coming in the future. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The program connects qualifying veterans with iPads, helping 50,000 of them more easily take part in telehealth services and access other VA virtual healthcare services. Evans, chief officer in the VA's Office Of Connected Care, spoke with Healthcare IT News earlier this year. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 8, 2021

"As with anything with healthcare, as we're trying to make changes, it's tempting to try and bolt this onto existing healthcare strategies," said Jeff Fuller, vice president of analytics solutions at CipherHealth, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2024

Interoperability is game-changing not just in a clinical setting, but it holds tremendous potential for healthcare’s financial stakeholders as well. A seamless transfer of data in the revenue cycle process results in optimal reimbursement, reduced administrative costs, and fewer surprises for patients. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 14, 2021

Healthcare IT News interviewed McGillin to get him to explain his beliefs on the state of virtual care and where it is headed. Q: Is it possible virtual care technology will normalize access to leading health experts, for example, for second opinions? Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2024

While 65% of patients who need transportation assistance to improve their medication use may benefit from drone prescription delivery options, it could also help streamline healthcare for all patients, according to Zipline. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2021

"Developing clinical implementation knowledge for community dwelling individuals who experience [multiple chronic conditions] in relation to the effectiveness, cost, cost-effectiveness, and the patient experience will be crucial to realizing the promise and potential of telehealth," wrote researchers in the study.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2021

"It was important to us that the implementation of a telehealth/RPM program would provide the best patient experience," said Dr. Lance M. "As an organization, we are focused on the patient and provider experience, so a user-friendly platform was a necessity. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2022

What are workflows that showcase the potential of hybrid care delivery – in-person encounters and virtual sessions – in the future of healthcare? Healthcare IT News sat down with Mike Brandofino, CEO of Caregility, a vendor of telehealth technology and services, to get the answers to these important questions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2021

And physicians and patients alike discovered there were many things they could accomplish over a video connection. " Healthcare IT News sat down with Dr. Peter Antall, chief medical officer at Amwell, to discuss delivering primary care via telemedicine, and how it can help patients, cut costs and aid population health management.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Urgently Ortho in San Francisco, California, had an overarching goal: to create a tech-enabled orthopedic urgent care facility that provided a seamless patient experience using technology that could scale with leadership’s growth ambitions. ” Most hospital EHRs did not offer a great patient experience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2021

Mike Morgan is president of Updox, a vendor of a healthcare communication platform for in-person and virtual care. Healthcare IT News sat down with Morgan to glean his expertise on the subject of virtual care moving forward. An example is a form. One way is to have a patient complete a paper form.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In doing so, its work with telemedicine technology and services vendor Amwell helped the healthcare provider organization reimagine the delivery of oncology services. "We've also been able to integrate the platform with other systems we have in place to improve the patient experience," he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

Just as telehealth has never been more important, it’s never been more important for healthcare provider organizations to make sure their telemedicine technology is finely tuned, so that patients are getting the best distance care and the organizations are getting the most out of their tech investment. Virtual observation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2024

In this way, hospitals and health systems can save costs by reducing the strain on healthcare workers making personal visits while improving patient outcomes to help guarantee the CMS program's continuation. This optimizes resource allocation and reduces the burden on healthcare workers for frequent in-person visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. MEETING THE CHALLENGE At Providence, virtual care is being used to supplement or enhance care for patients. Click here to read the special report. " But technology is only one piece of this work.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2022

For example, Babylon Health offers a symptom checker and AI/ML driven diagnosis recommendations to patients. The current landscape for healthcare innovations involves two entities: on one hand, healthcare institutions engaged in their own digital transformation efforts and on the other, digital disruptors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

Previously, Memorial's providers observed that relying on a third-party vendor solely for on-demand urgent care resulted in an inconsistent patient experience and raised concerns about quality due to limited data sharing. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

However, if a healthcare organization doesn’t combine data across these systems, they can’t achieve the optimal patient experience that’s needed to create a welcoming digital front door. Many people reading this are probably wondering why a healthcare organization’s CRM doesn’t do this already.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The combined tech stack offers smooth patient experiences, more personalized care, and streamlined clinical workflows. They are a shining example of how mental health services can be delivered effectively at scale. Both companies point to their ongoing partnership and open lines of communication as key to their mutual success.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2022

Metadata from medical images and medical devices can be read alongside clinical information, yielding more powerful results when a provider or researcher searches and queries patient information, Microsoft said. Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare aims to enhance patient experiences and health team collaboration.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2022

“In the end, AMD’s solution allowed us to actually do a better job of gathering and trending important clinical data for each patient than we had when we sent physicians to the home,” Beckham said. “For example, the technology allowed us to take and store images of wounds so our providers could see changes over time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2021

Further, the pandemic has caused a massive impact on the healthcare industry, accelerating transformations and hospital design needed to address the medical priorities of their populations and respond effectively to emergencies such as epidemics and pandemics, he added. One example of this is telehealth. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

Healthcare IT News recently compiled a detailed listing of numerous telemedicine vendors. “The athenaTelehealth solution met the challenge we were facing by allowing us to initiate video conference calls with our patients to continue treatment and care,” Miller stated. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Reimer to discuss in detail these issues and programs, and additionally get some tips from him on one of his focus areas, information security preparedness. For example, we will provide student enrichment opportunities and cyber executive education to enhance the pipeline and attract world-class talent.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

"The pandemic also presented new access to care challenges and opportunities to rethink what blended digital and in-person care could look like if built around the patient experience," Karim said. Healthcare IT News has published a special report detailing many of the vendors and their products. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2023

Healthcare IT News spoke with Eadelman to discuss the state of virtual nursing and how healthcare provider organizations can benefit from these programs. In this approach, virtual nurses focus on overseeing higher-acuity patients for potential deterioration triggers, supporting novice nurses, and conducting virtual rounding.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The following is a guest article by Doug Bierbower, Vice President of Solutions Engineering at SOLiD Americas When delivering first-rate care, every aspect of the patient experience is critical. And in today’s always-connected 5G world, much of that experience depends on pervasive, secure mobile device connectivity.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

EverHealth , providers of end-to-end solutions for healthcare providers, believes that these practices need support from partners that can take on some of the administrative, operational, and financial tasks so they can continue to deliver care to patients. The small and medium practice market is unique. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Plus, he shares some examples of AI driven innovation including things like predictive AI along with the impact that they are having on healthcare. Then, we shift gears a little bit to learn from Jolly about some of the major cost trends in the healthcare industry. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2024

For example, within our own program, 38% of the diabetes diagnoses were newly diagnosed, and 25% of individuals diagnosed with hypertension were similarly newly diagnosed by their Teladoc primary care provider. These plans are growing in popularity as consumers increasingly demand and expect a virtual component to their healthcare.

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