Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

Whether it's confusing, divergent policies, state by state, staffing shortages causing massive delays, or higher-than-ever demand for virtual care, health systems and startups need to find ways to lower administrative costs and shorten timelines. Telemedicine companies encounter these challenges more frequently than traditional providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2019

However, the health system's Winchester Medical Center hospital president Skip Phillips had previous experience with tele-ICU, specifically, telemedicine technology and services vendor Advanced ICU Care. Have they been open to remote care team support? MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2022

A research team from the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health is looking to implement telemedicine for managing chronic diseases in Pakistan to study whether it can be used by specialists in the cities to support health providers in rural communities. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sunway Medical Center, a private healthcare provider under Malaysia’s Sunway conglomerate company, has launched a Command Center for Telemedicine Services in early 2021, the private tertiary hospital recently announced. Even countries closer to home such as Indonesia and Thailand have adopted telemedicine to reach patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The American Telemedicine Association this week sent a letter to congressional leaders requesting that they continue allowing telehealth and remote care services to be treated as an excepted benefit. "The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the immense benefits of telehealth and remote care services.

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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. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. before the pandemic to 8.18

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

There were significant opportunities for both telephone and video visits to be captured through telemedicine. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2021

Current Health – the leading enterprise remote care management platform – today announced it has raised $43M in Series B financing. The round was led by Northpond Ventures, with additional financing from LRVHealth, OSF HealthCare, Section 32, Elements Health Ventures, and existing investors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

Earlier this month, after urging from the American Telemedicine Association, HIMSS and other groups , Congress voted to waive some restrictions for Medicare telehealth coverage as part of its new COVID-19 supplemental funding package. This bipartisan bill will help transform rural health care and improve lives." THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The survey is part of the Telehealth Impact Study prepared by the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Telehealth Workgroup, which includes the American Medical Association, American Telemedicine Association, Digital Medical Society, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, MassChallenge Health Tech, Mayo Clinic and MITRE Corporation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

"Through telemedicine, we pushed the frontlines to locations far from our hospitals and doctor's offices," said Mann. NYU Langone Health launched its telehealth initiative more than two years ago, but study co-author Dr. Paul Testa told Healthcare IT News that patient use skyrocketed in March. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. This first event featured healthcare leaders from across the country and took place in Nashville. What was the main message you heard at the conference?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 5, 2021

Legacy Health had an established telehealth program, which involves specialty-care services providing remote consultations to a variety of facilities. The health system had been using vendor Teladoc for its inpatient telemedicine platform. Adding ambulatory telemedicine. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Garfield Health Center, based in Monterey Park, California, did not have a telemedicine program in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. County, the health center reasoned that rolling out telemedicine, and thereby reducing foot traffic to the clinics, was the only way that it could safely continue to treat patients with non-acute needs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 17, 2020

” Initially, the other clinicians in Libby’s group practice were reluctant to use telemedicine, feeling that the personal and hands-on quality might be lost, something that is ingrained in the work values of most doctors. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology on the health IT marketplace today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services said it would temporarily extend telemedicine flexibilities for the prescription of certain controlled medications granted under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, which is set to expire on May 11. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. This past week, the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Once TriHealth made the decision to research telemedicine platforms, from its point of view there were three major components needed for any platform to be seriously considered. 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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Although it may seem counterintuitive, given the hands-on approach obstetricians and gynecologists often take with care, telemedicine can act as a bridge between vulnerable pregnant people and their providers without requiring as much in-person exposure. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2019

Speaking in rural Laurel Fork, Virginia, Carr announced that the new funding is meant to increase access to care to patients and veterans in remote areas such as Appalachia. "I think the FCC should support this new trend towards connected care, which is the healthcare equivalent of moving from Blockbuster to Netflix.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association was among several groups this week that submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. " "It's really an issue of not being able to survive if they're delivering care for free. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

He said that in January 2019 – more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated, in short order, an even bigger, more sustained and more widespread scaling up of virtual care services than could ever have been imagined two years ago. Naturally, the first focus was on exploring the new normal of telehealth and virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This year is likely to be another big one for telemedicine. The technology-enabled form of healthcare delivery has huge momentum coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cost-reducing and affordability aspects of virtual-first care also will influence payer adoption as a benefit covered by health plans and insurance.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

As we march towards more in-home and remote care, the need for digital innovation was at an all time high. It was vital to find alternate solutions to provide the care people needed. Not only in terms of remote care, but in order to optimize and expedite the workflow for the doctors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association announced a new partnership with the Daresbury, United Kingdom-based Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps this week that's aimed at giving patients access to safe, effective health apps. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

hospitals via telemedicine, has sued the U.S. Despite HHS instituting waivers making tele-ICU services payable under Medicare, RICU says it has been unable to expand its services to more hospitals – because the agency disallows payment for critical-care telemedicine if the physician is located outside the United States.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

Cadence has built a breakthrough remote care management platform that will deliver better care to people […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2022

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. remote care and monitoring). billion by 2026. 5G) and differentiated connectivity services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

19 Telehealth opportunities and remote care options can create a variety of these touchpoints in a personalized and case-specific way, ranging from an overview of patient consultations to implantable cardiac monitors. 20 Remote monitoring especially holds tremendous potential to profit from telehealth applications. References.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2021

Not only did staff manage acute visits, but at times they were able to do point-of-care testing for A1Cs, blood clotting or protime tests, and vaccinations for those who were not comfortable with going to the lab or coming into the office. She reviewed information and treated each patient, again with the advantage of remote care convenience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 11, 2021

"So having them on remote patient monitoring with remote care managers monitoring all of the readings was very helpful," he continued. " At Greene County, medical and behavioral health providers use the telemedicine technology. We should have 1,400 people with some remote patient monitoring going."

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

Quickly scale your telemedicine business using our clinician network - announcing Enzyme On Demand ! Blog Login Sign Up 9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry Enzyme Health Team March 27, 2019 In an industry that can feel isolating, it’s important to keep connected. Only 20% are listed here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

If Executive Mental Health was unable to deliver a solution that allowed its clinicians to provide care to patients, then likely more than 60% of its workforce would have been laid off. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

She predicts that a hybrid model can be successful for healthcare in the future – a blend of traditional in person healthcare services and telemedicine services like virtual/remote care.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2021

Vector Remote Care, a pioneering cardiac digital health provider, today announced it has closed a $12.5 The funding will be used to accelerate product, engineering, and patient engagement to support the rapidly growing demand for the company’s remote cardiac monitoring solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2023

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The 400-bed hospital joint venture by Ramsay Health Care Australia and Sime Darby Malaysia seeks to "revolutionise" healthcare delivery through its latest service called Connected Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Its competitor American Well has raised nearly $ 200 million to keep up with the "skyrocketing" demand for telemedicine, and Doctor on Demand collected $75 million for meeting the increased demand for its platform and services. In recent conversations with healthcare executives across the country, I hear the same story.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A frequently discussed consequence of the COVID-19 crisis is the uptick in reliance on telehealth, with both patients and clinicians pivoting quickly to virtual care in order to minimize in-person contact. " Summus is among a number of vendors and organizations that offer remote second-opinion services for patients and employers.

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