Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So the organization had a solid foundation on which to build and improve its telehealth solution. "In 2016, we began exploring various telehealth workflows to meet those needs but hit many billing-related roadblocks due to the restrictive New York State and federal regulations. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

Telehealth 184

Telehealth Telemedicine Nursing EHR 184

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Government & Policy Population Health Telehealth The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is funding new efforts to help counties and municipalities build high-speed broadband networks. Here's what that could mean for telehealth, as more funding enables new opportunities for care.

Telehealth 153

Telehealth Hospital IT 153

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2024

To be located next to the downtown line of the Bedok North MRT station, the Eastern General Hospital (EGH) Campus comprises the Eastern General Hospital and Eastern Community Hospital. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Population and Public Health Patient Access Care

Telemedicine 196

Telemedicine Public Health Hospital IT Telehealth 196

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2021

Telehealth, remote patient monitoring, digital therapeutics, provider home visits, sharable medical records have "shown that care in the home can be at least equivalent to, if not better than, care offered in facilities. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access Care. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

Medicare 216

Medicare Telehealth Hospital IT Healthcare IT 216

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 5, 2024

NSW to trial body cameras in hospitals The state government of New South Wales is undertaking a 12-month trial of body-worn cameras in select public hospitals. According to a media statement, the trial seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of the technology in deterring and de-escalating violent incidents in hospitals.

EMR 187

EMR Interoperability Telemedicine Nursing 187

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This suggests that RPM is not only improving patient care but also potentially reducing healthcare costs associated with frequent hospitalizations. We've seen significant increases in beneficial outcomes and reductions in readmission rates since implementing RPM for our CHF patients.

Nursing 176

Nursing Health Data Hospital IT Healthcare IT 176

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 25, 2019

In a panel this past week at the HIMSS Connected Health Conference in Boston, Dr. John Halamka, international healthcare innovation professor at Harvard Medical School, and four other telehealth experts tried to arrive at a definition of just what telehealth is. "It's a tool. Just like the EHR is a tool.

Telehealth 102

Telehealth Primary Care Healthcare Innovation Community practice 102

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2023

This life-saving service connects patients with a network of specialist stroke doctors via video consultation, managed by Prince of Wales Hospital. The service has so far delivered treatment to over 3,000 stroke patients at 23 rural and regional hospitals in the state. It provides rapid 24/7 access to stroke diagnosis and treatment.

eHealth 185

eHealth Hospital IT Telehealth 185

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

What can be expected in healthcare and health IT now that the PHE has ended, and what does this mean for the future of telehealth? Further, what should CIOs and other health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems be doing to address new telemedicine challenges? What does the end of the PHE mean for the future of telemedicine?

Telemedicine 216

Telemedicine Medicare Telehealth Public Health 216

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A variety of factors have given rise to more focus on hospital-at-home – the pandemic, persistent staffing shortages, rising costs, patient complications, such as delirium – leading CMS to increase financial incentives to provide care at home without reducing quality or access. This is at the core of population health.

Nursing 183

Nursing Hospital IT Telehealth Mental health 183

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2024

While this growing connectivity does enable better patient monitoring within and beyond the hospital, it also raises cybersecurity risks, compromising patients' personal and medical data and disrupting treatment protocols and hospital operations.

Healthcare Cybersecurity 181

Healthcare Cybersecurity Remote care Medical Technology Public Health 181

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

National study gets federal grant to evaluate medication charting model involving EMRs A new federal government-funded project will involve pharmacists to validate a medication charting and deprescribing model in hospitals using EMRs. The CARe-MED study, which has received A$1.4

FHIR 177

FHIR EMR Life Science Interoperability 177

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

The quickly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency has warranted the growing use of telehealth and non-invasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate patient monitoring while reducing patient and healthcare provider contact and possible exposure to the virus. It also provides medication adherence tools. iRhythm Technologies.

Connected Health 217

Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR 217

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2024

Hospital IT was big 15 years ago around HITECH, of course. Those are three huge electronic health records companies. Is there something about health IT that lends itself to companies being private? Has momentum shifted to companies more on the digital health front vs. EHRs? What is the market looking at now?

Health IT 157

Health IT EHR Digital Health Interoperability 157

care innovations

MAY 30, 2018

Much has been written about the benefits of telehealth services like remote care within the healthcare system. By improving patient engagement and healthy behaviors, telehealth has the potential to help keep employees out of the hospital. How Telehealth Helps Meets the Unique Challenges of Employee Health Coverage.

Telehealth 45

Telehealth Remote care Leadership Medicare 45

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Plus, more and more robots are roaming the halls of hospitals. . — Brittany Partridge, MBA, FAMIA (@bspartridgeCIS) October 19, 2022. It kind of does seem like a scene out of a movie. It’s not that far fetched that these could go out on their own. What a world we live in! Have a great weekend!

Telehealth 63

Telehealth Hospital IT Health IT Healthcare IT 63

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2022

But if you look at a hospital, it's the place with the best resources for clinical care in our country, for example, the staff, providers, equipment and technology. Moving forward, care is going to be delivered in three ways: in high-quality facilities; online with telehealth capabilities; and in your living room.

Nursing 198

Nursing Primary Care Healthcare IT Hospital IT 198

Lloyd Price

JUNE 11, 2024

Exec Summary: Digital health direct-to-consumer (DTC) refers to healthcare products and services delivered directly to consumers online, bypassing traditional intermediaries like doctors or hospitals. DTC appeals to this desire with features like telehealth appointments and at-home services.

Digital Health 73

Digital Health mHealth Mental health Telehealth 73

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA. The cost of hospitalization of a Medicare patient, for example, is around $13,600. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care , healthcare , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health

Nursing 77

Nursing Medicare Remote care Interoperability 77

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Mayo Clinic Platform President Dr. John Halamka has said that he sees a healthcare future based around "virtualist centers in what were formerly known as hospitals. And Allina Health spinoff Inbound Health announced its plans to help other providers develop home-based acute care and skilled nursing models.

Nursing 147

Nursing Connected Health Medicare Hospital IT 147

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

With operations that span the US and EMEA, the company is experiencing record demand for its solutions from both private and public hospitals. Together, we’re driving the future of smarter and safer surgeries, making a meaningful impact on the world.” said Katrin Vatiska, Investment Partner at MTIP.

Health science 122

Health science Interoperability Hospital IT healthcare technology 122

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, hospitals are struggling valiantly to keep up with the influx of infected patients. Hospital IT departments, meanwhile, are undergoing stresses of their own as they work to support the rapidly escalating needs of clinicians.

Hospital IT 76

Hospital IT Health IT EMR EHR 76

Iris Telehealth

MAY 20, 2024

I was looking at different telehealth companies and Iris was one of the top companies that popped up. How does telehealth compare to in-person care? I’ve found that I am just as able to connect with patients via telehealth as I am in person. Why do you think telehealth is important to the future of mental healthcare?

Telehealth 52

Telehealth Mental health Hospital IT 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2024

" MEETING THE CHALLENGE TBRHSC automated the pre-op messaging for all surgeries across Northwestern Ontario surgical hospitals. They understand us and what we are trying to do."

Nursing 187

Nursing Health science Leadership Patient Experience 187

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 27, 2022

Providers need a health IT platform that supports needed customizations and telehealth integrations. Improving patient care and maximizing profitability requires visibility into the day-to-day management and actionable insights to inform decisions and improve daily operations.

Health IT 144

Health IT Community practice EHR Telehealth 144

American Well

MARCH 7, 2017

Not surprisingly, the hospital of the future will require technology solutions like telehealth to meet growing patient demands for remote access to health information and providers. Hospital IT: Driving change. In today’s hospital, IT teams are in charge of driving innovation and making the technology decisions.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth Leadership Hospital IT Patient Experience 48

American Well

MARCH 7, 2017

Not surprisingly, the hospital of the future will require technology solutions like telehealth to meet growing patient demands for remote access to health information and providers. Hospital IT: Driving change. In today’s hospital, IT teams are in charge of driving innovation and making the technology decisions.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth Leadership Hospital IT Patient Experience 48

American Well

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Medical Design Technology interviews Mike Baird, CEO of Avizia, a complete telehealth platform provider. When we started Avizia, we saw multiple vendors in the marketplace that were creating parts to a solution and they would throw those parts over the fence to the hospital IT department and expect them to put it together. Sean Fenske.

Telemedicine 48

Telemedicine Nursing Telehealth Hospital IT 48

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

As an ambulatory surgery center, it has to be very intentional about collecting readmission data from the regional hospital. " Then there are lower readmission and infection rates.

Nursing 160

Nursing Patient Experience Pain management Remote care 160

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Joe Ganley, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs at athenahealth There is no shortage of potential regulations that could impact health IT and more importantly our customers, from how we regulate artificial intelligence, to privacy, to telehealth to TEFCA, to information blocking (HTI-1 Rule from ONC).

Healthcare IT 128

Healthcare IT Telemedicine Medicare EHR 128

Consumer eHealth Engagement

JANUARY 15, 2019

Eighteen months ago, we introduced this telehealth type of application to our oncology patients. ” Address Patient Needs with Right Resource: When patients are not in the Clinic or Hospital, it is important to understand what they need. Our palliative team is embedded within Oncology.

Patient Experience 53

Patient Experience Nursing Pain management Digital Health 53

Digital Health Today

JANUARY 7, 2022

UCM Health is a platform that serves not only as a “digital front door” but offers 24/7 telehealth treat, triage, and navigation service to lower costs and improve outcomes and the patient experience. . Lightning Round: What is a saying, quote or phrase that motivates you? That’s really the solution.

Digital Health 52

Digital Health Patient Experience Primary Care Nursing 52

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Louis, nestled among locust, elm and sweetgum trees, the Mercy Virtual Care Center has a lot in common with other hospitals. Most of Mercy’s telehealth and remote monitoring covers patients and hospitals inside the small Catholic hospital system, which has facilities in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

Nursing 32

Nursing EHR Telemedicine Remote care 32

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

These exceptional benefits landed the hospital on Best Companies AZ ‘s 100 Best Arizona Companies list for healthcare, and Phoenix Business Journal gave the hospital its HealthCare Leadership Award in 2017. The company offers a competitive benefits package including life insurance and telehealth visits. Pinehurst (N.C.)

Leadership 32

Leadership Nursing Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 32

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

We can agree that, The cost of eggs is too high AI can be both exciting and promising at the same time as concerning It s ucks to have your personal data cyberattacked and breached, and, Having access to telehealth is important. If wed been able to pick this up a week earlier, we could have prevented the acute admission to the hospital.

Telehealth 177

Telehealth Medicare Telemedicine Public Health 177

Lloyd Price

MARCH 2, 2025

Telehealths rise is another Yhprum triumph. Unlike Murphys Law, which might highlight medical errors or system failures (like a misdiagnosis or a crashed hospital IT system), Yhprums Law invites us to focus on instances where healthcare defies the odds, delivering positive outcomes against apparent dysfunction or slim chances.

healthcare technology 73

healthcare technology Mental health Leadership Telemedicine 73

Mend

JANUARY 18, 2021

Telehealth advocates aren’t impressed with the lack of support for connected health services in the latest pandemic relief package. We believe arbitrary restrictions on telehealth must be permanently removed to make way for a modernized and more accessible healthcare system.”. But those calls were largely ignored.

Telehealth 52

Telehealth Mental health Medicare Connected Care 52