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Telehealth helps one hospital reduce ER overflow hours from 1,700 to 148

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Clinical leadership turned to telemedicine technology and services vendor SOC Telemed to help ensure patients have expeditious access to appropriate psychiatric consultation. Since launching tele-psychiatry, the emergency department has reduced length of stay for psychiatric patients by approximately 70%. ” RESULTS.

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Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. MEETING THE CHALLENGE Ultimately, it was the behavioral health leadership team that helped the IT team make progress – taking the leadership role in the development and management of the partnership.

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Mount Sinai-linked computer pads keep patients at home during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

I lead a weekly meeting with the vendor and our IT leadership to review new specifications, review use data and assess the need for further device modifications – constantly trying to make these devices more user-friendly, using patient and provider feedback.” Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare Data and Analytics – 2025 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on what will happen in the coming year and boy did they deliver. Significant spending in healthcare IT budgets and partnerships between healthcare and technology companies is likely on the horizon to support digital transformation efforts.

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Brightside Health Raises Strategic Series C, Welcomes Trip Hofer to Board of Directors

Healthcare IT Today

Brightside Health serves people with mild to severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, including those with elevated suicide risk, through precision psychiatry, clinically proven therapy, and Crisis Care. With this Series C funding, the organization’s leadership continues to chart plans for additional expansions.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Improving the quality of healthcare while lowering costs and increasing access in rural Pennsylvania counties is challenging, she said. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE.

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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Milam has served in leadership roles throughout his psychiatric career and spearheaded the telepsychiatry initiative at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, where he still serves as an associate professor. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT. Enterprise Taxonomy: