Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2022

In 2018, Scottsdale Physician Group in Scottsdale, Arizona, saw a need that simply was not being met. Some patients were not getting the medical care they needed, when they needed, because of a variety of issues. “It is precisely these patients who are consuming the healthcare dollar at an increasing rate.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to sit down with Angie Wilson, Tribal Health Director at RSTHC while she was attending the 2024 NextGen User Group Meeting (#NextGenUGM24). We wanted to find out more about their use of NextGen’s EHR and how the announcement from CMS will affect how they deliver care.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

We’ll see dozens of vendors with AI-baked into offerings that speak to population health, especially as value-based care continues to be demanded by certain payers and health plan benefit designs. diabetes, obesity, blood pressure).

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

Five years ago, in 2016, the W2O Group said that, “Relevance is reputation.” ” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. Keep an eye on the “S” in ESG for health care, along with E and G.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The report explores the healthcare market moves for seven major players in retail and tech including Amazon, Apple, CVS Health, Google, UnitedHealth Group (exploring both Optum and UnitedHealthcare), Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Walmart. “By 2030, nontraditional players could own as much as 30% of the primary care market.”

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

The report dives into the stakeholder groups, offering market maps with examples of companies and innovators in each innovation space, from digital front doors like Dexcare, Phreesia and Doctor.com, scheduling access via Symplr, ZocDoc and DocASAP, and digital diagnosis and triage from Gyant and K Health, et.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2024

Primary care is a critical part of the US healthcare system, essential for improving clinical outcomes and reducing costs, with over a billion visits annually to primary and urgent care facilities. K Health is the only company that has developed peer-reviewed, clinical-grade AI for primary care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2025

Check out our community’s Value-Based Care , Social Determinants of Health , and Behavioral Health predictions: Luke Hansen, MD, MHS, Chief Medical Officer at Arcadia In 2025 and beyond, specialists will play a larger role in advancing value-based care (VBC).

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Digital Health Global

DECEMBER 13, 2023

AI scribe tools use speech recognition and natural language processing to capture and transcribe conversations between a physician and a patient during clinical encounters. This survey was conducted from 229 independent primary care clinicians who are current Elation Health customers.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

While there are barriers preventing health systems and care providers from adopting consumer-focused measures for patient experience, those who have deployed these metrics can provide solid role models for advancing consumer-centered care.

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Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2024

Patients’ willingness to share their personal health information is eroding, varying by age group and race/ethnicity along with the kind of organizations folks would share with. The most likely services consumers would use via telehealth versus in-person care are to refill prescriptions, the #1 preferred virtual care service.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Suki helps clinicians across specialties and settings save time on clinical documentation so they can redirect time to other aspects of patient care. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur County Memorial Hospital ), healthcare technology companies ( MEDITECH , Amwell ), and group purchasing organizations ( Premier , omo ).

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2022

In this Health Populi post, I’ll discuss the research group’s assessment of CPG shifts of consumer packaged goods through my lens on health/care, everywhere — especially, in this case, the home. IRI has been tracking COVID-19’s impact on CPG and retail since the emergence of the coronavirus.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This new capital will help extend the company’s market leadership and momentum, by adding partnerships with more provider groups, growing payer coverage, servicing new employer partners, and expanding into Medicare populations beginning in 2025. Oshi has partnered with innovative benefit leaders from employers such as Dayforce , Koch Inc.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 12, 2023

TALON will distribute a solution to its clients that embeds Recuro’s integrated approach to Virtual Primary Care (VPC). By guiding employees towards virtual care and helping them avoid unnecessary doctor consultations, urgent care visits, and emergency room trips, VPC significantly reduces and diverts more costs.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 8, 2025

Telehealth eliminates many of the geographical and logistical barriers that prevent patients from receiving timely care. For individuals in rural or underserved areas, telehealth provides a lifeline, connecting them to specialists and primary care providers who may otherwise be out of reach.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2022

with a client group in the past several months has had a line item on the agenda to brainstorm the impact and opportunity of care-at-home, hospital-to-home, or Care Everywhere. Virtually every closed-door meeting I have had in the U.S. The authors of the essay are part of Kearney’s Health Practice team.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2021

A survey conducted on behalf of Kyruus, a patient-experience software vendor, found that the majority of consumers say they still prefer in-person care for long-term needs. Half of respondents said their primary care provider had offered virtual care visits during the pandemic. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By connecting patients with providers through a virtual-first experience, it is improving access, outcomes, satisfaction and the quality of life for patients and successfully helping providers meet today’s challenges in complex clinical and financial environments.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The response: A health plan is a comprehensive package of healthcare services and coverage that helps individuals or groups manage and finance their healthcare needs. Health plans are designed to provide a range of medical services, preventive care, and financial protection against the costs of healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has shown in no uncertain terms the value and criticality of having a digitised and connected healthcare ecosystem: one that enables easy access to near-real-data, supports the demands of virtual care, prioritises patient experience and protects patient data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

Similar to many health systems across the country, COVID-19 created an urgent need for MaineHealth to take care of patients at a distance to keep patients and care teams safe. THE PROBLEM. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2022

New data released by Medical Group Management Association ( MGMA ) shows that revenue from value-based contracts was only 5.5% in primary care, and 14.7% Value-Based Care. The VBC data was released as part of MGMA’s Data Report: Patient Access and Value-Based Outcomes Amid The Great Attrition. Denied Claims Double.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Live video calls were used by most people across all age groups assessed (18-34, 35-54, and 55+). Most of these live video calls were also done through a service offered by consumers’ health care providers (doctors/clinicians), followed by services offered by insurance companies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Additional services were implemented, across all venues of care, many of which focused on care in the convenience of the patient's own home. "For ambulatory services, primary care and specialty scheduled virtual visits were implemented and offered," Vice President of Clinical Informatics Tiffany Cross said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

Overnight, telemedicine became a necessity for providers to deliver clinical care during COVID-19. With telemedicine, healthcare providers could establish connections with a diverse array of patients from various economic backgrounds, age groups and locations. This allowed for triage and treatment of acute and chronic issues.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

What’s driving health care providers to tap into social networks, Volpp and Mohta believe, is the growing financial risk assumed by health systems. ” The post Building Trust and Truth in Patient Social Networks appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

Health care access is a challenge in rural and urban areas, cities and suburbs, and across more demographic groups than you might realize, as we see wait times grow for appointments, primary care shortages, and delays in screening plaguing health systems around the world.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2024

The health system's expansion into remote patient monitoring is meant to directly address two of these issues. Kooser, Providence Medical Group Family Medicine-Lacey "When we connected with Cadence, we saw an opportunity to implement RPM across our footprint," she added. " Dr. Kenneth W.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

Although most health care organizations and company leaders view the adoption of AI as promising, most Americans are concerned providers will adopt AI technologies too quickly rather than too slowly. adults would be uncomfortable if their health care provider relied on AI for their medical care, according to the Pew Research Group.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2023

THE PROBLEM The massive health system recently set three goals: Improve patient outcomes by monitoring and actively managing patients with chronic diseases, with a specific focus on remote medication titration to get more patients to guidelines. More than 80% of patients are using Cadence devices 16 days or more a month.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

Sean Lynch, Vice President of Clinical Operations at Curebase A major reason why health disparities exist in clinical trials today can be attributed to the burden traditional trial models place on participating patients. These practitioners ensure that all patients, regardless of socioeconomic status, receive the care they need.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2019

rural residents’ access to broadband at home continues to lag behind urban and suburban dwellers, the Pew Research Group noted in a May 2019 research note on Americans’ use of technology. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

Patients most frequently make visits for primary or preventive care, followed by seeing a specialist, and seeking urgent care, the first bar chart illustrates.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

$140 million in funding raised since November 2020 Wellvana Health announced today that it has closed an $84 million capital raise to drive innovation in value-based care enablement for independent primary care physicians, specialists, and health systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2022

Before the implementation, El Camino Hospital's work with Amwell was designed to offer a full-spectrum telehealth system that would support virtual, on-demand physician services across the continuum of care. It's a system that would provide 24/7 support for physicians, patients and business units using the Amwell Medical Group.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We then made the business case to pilot switching existing services over to Zoom, including all primary care practices. It has now been one year since primary care switched to Zoom. We have since transitioned all synchronous “virtual visit” telehealth services to Zoom.

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