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Patients increasingly trusting of remote care technology, says new report

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Confidence in remote care technology is gaining traction in the United States, with a survey finding 56 percent of Americans currently monitor their health with at least one digital data collection tool. Nathan Eddy is a healthcare and technology freelancer based in Berlin. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

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times longer with a patient in the home than providers in average primary care office visits, according to the company. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models."

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How Legacy Health expanded from inpatient to ambulatory telehealth

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Additional equipment would be needed to increase the number of specialty care services and expected potential volumes, she recalled. "In addition to our hospital-based services, Legacy operates primary care and specialty care clinics, which were not consistently equipped to provide care remotely," said Wakashige.

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TriHealth switches to Zoom for pandemic, sees 3,650% increase in telehealth use

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The final component – and the one most important to TriHealth – was that the platform had to be easy to use for both healthcare providers and patients. Technology that is difficult to use can create a critical barrier to adoption and, in the case of remote care, simply would not work, the health system felt.

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Telehealth boosts continuity of care, patient-provider relationships at Ellis Medicine

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Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. Primary care and bariatrics were the first to successfully conduct video visits while behavioral health increased its telephone visits substantially. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE.

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EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

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While the telehealth waiver has been extended for two years in the 2022 Omnibus , the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 allows citizens with high-deductible health plans and health savings accounts access to telehealth and other remote care services permanently, without having to meet their minimum deductible first.

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Microsoft unveils Azure IoT Connector for FHIR, to help with RPM security

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And, presuming some pressing regulatory questions are sorted out on a go-forward basis, RPM and home-based care seems set to continue to expand, with all the challenges and opportunities that entails. This month, we look at lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic on how data is put to work informing patient care decisions and population health.

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