care innovations

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A new report published in McKnight's Long Term Care News explores the connection between remote care and skilled nursing facilities, and how the application of the former can contribute to the success of the latter. This, in turn, enables care teams “to work together to track decline or progress,” Li notes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Lots of talk about remote care technologies -- but will the 2020 crisis convert to actual technology change? So much has changed in recent months as a result of Covid-19 -- startling changes that previously were incremental. Consider the components of technology to deliver remote care. What will be the priority?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Remote care clinicians have also broadened the treatments they offer, to include COVID-19 and other acute and chronic conditions, according to officials at the Salt Lake City-based health system. Patients and family agree to have phones nearby at all times, so tele-nurses and technicians can reach out to validate new alerts.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

"In the initial surge we had a bunch of nurses who were really experienced … who couldn't go to the bedside because they had preexisting conditions or were caregivers," he continued. Still, Tsur stressed, remote care and telemedicine are things that are technical possibilities.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

A number of companies popped into my inbox in the past week with announcements of a period of free access to remote care/engagement technologies – including and in alphabetical order CareCentrix , CareTree , Ergo , Eversound , Outpatient , Ready Responders , VitalTech , and NurseCaller. But nursing homes, specifically?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The dream of reimbursement for remote care became a reality during the pandemic. Augmenting homecare staff shortages, startup LifeGuard supports remote monitoring with an overseeing nurse. Dispatch Health’s in-home urgent care is now available nationwide. In-home healthcare services will persist and expand.

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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

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With more than 110 years of continuous operation, the organization has grown to 13 locations offering independent, residential and assisted living; Tapestries Memory Care; respite; rehabilitation; long-term care; Bridges Hospice and Palliative Care; affordable senior housing; and live-in and in-home personal care through HomeWorks.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

integrates ChatGPT into its care app. " As integrated, ChatGPT, an AI-powered conversational platform, is used to enhance the caregiving experience for nurses and residents. Learn more at Essence Smart Care. Learn more at Cordio. Data is collected by the system, analyzed and managed by a dedicated portal.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

.” Incredible Health’s 2023 State of US Nursing Report found that 80% of nurses plan to remain in the healthcare industry until retirement – though an even greater number, 84%, worry that the industry isn’t doing enough to address poor pay, understaffing, and burnout.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

Murthy’s warning to the industry was that unless significant steps are taken to reduce the crisis of stress, exhaustion and burnout among physicians, nurses and other clinicians, the nation’s health will suffer through worsening of access to care and quality of care due to lack of resources.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In other company news, Phreesia renewed its contract with CMMI through 2029 to support the kidney care alternative payment model. Remote care vendor Brook Health is collaboration with Linus Health , which enables early detection of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, to create same-day, home-based treatment plans.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. Another factor pushing RPM adoption is the ongoing nursing and clinical provider shortages. Rural communities across the U.S. over a 30-day period.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

One of the most impactful experiences of my career was working with our hospice nurses during the height of COVID. Our hospice nurses overcome this uncomfortableness daily. Hospice nurses showed up every day just so their patients, some of them carrying a highly infectious disease, were comfortable in their final days.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Along with telehealth, remote patient monitoring programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic because federal rules gave providers the flexibility to use RPM for the duration of the public health emergency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 5, 2021

"The addition of MEND as our ambulatory telehealth vendor allowed Legacy Health to meet the needs of our patients, providing a safe environment for care delivery for our providers and staff," said Dr. Steven Seres, telehealth medical director at Legacy Health. "Work-streams were developed based on roles in the organization.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2021

Once the enquiry is received, the attending nurse or medical officer will provide advice or make recommendations to consult a specialist at Sunway Medical Center. And we pride the credibility of our Telemedicine Services as all medical or clinical enquiries will be attended by a certified nurse or medical officer. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 12, 2021

A report released Wednesday from Vector Remote Care found that cardiology practices taking a patient-centric approach to remote cardiac monitoring report improved clinical and financial outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The digital care application, teamplay myCare Companion ‘Pandemic’ delivered by medical technology company Siemens Healthineers, allows clinicians to remotely prioritize and manage patients based on their clinical needs, and has the capability to be rolled out to any healthcare service across the country. HOW IT WORKS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The lack of tenured nurses creates a risk to quality outcomes. The numbers of nurses and doctors coming out of school are on the decline, and many want to work in larger cities where they can maximize the number of patients or disease states they can see. Connectivity is a challenge for some.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2019

" The other value proposition with the telemedicine vendor, in addition to the physician support they provided, was the nursing component of their service offering, he added. Have they been open to remote care team support? In fact, it was something he had not previously thought about. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2024

We interviewed Nissim to discuss diabetes treatment challenges, how RPM can help overcome some of these challenges, how AI can boost RPM technology when dealing with chronic illnesses, how adequately addressing diabetes can save taxpayers money, and what Nissim calls "the next generation of remote care."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

In addition, the group called for lasting changes to an array of process rules that enable nurse practitioners and physician assistants to practice atop their license, with remote supervision, while physicians are freed up to care for the most acute patients. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In early March, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of skilled nursing facilities restricted access to residents. These restrictions included, but were not limited to, essential care providers, such as neuropsychologists and psychologists. THE PROBLEM. Kalechstein, president and CEO of Executive Mental Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

A: At the beginning of the pandemic, HHS and CMS released an interim final rule to give providers more flexibility to furnish services using remote care technology for the duration of the public health emergency. Q: Who on the care team should be managing RPM (doctors versus nurses, case managers, etc.)?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

As the "Silver Tsunami" swells , with more than 75 million Baby Boomers set to avail themselves of their Medicare benefits and put strain on an already overstretched health system, telehealth and remote care technologies will be key to helping deliver appropriate care to these aging patients while keeping costs under control.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2022

"iObserver allows a remote care team to monitor up to 12 patients per screen, with two-way audio/video support, night vision and rapid-response bedside alerts. "With upwards of 50 in-person observations on any given day, our goal is to maximize our workforce through the use of remote patient monitoring," he added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2019

The face-to-face video conferencing allows our nurses to build relationships with patients and continually engage with them and educate them." "Patient engagement is critical to the management of chronic conditions. Nathan Eddy is a healthcare and technology freelancer based in Berlin. Email the writer: nathaneddy@gmail.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

But up until recently, a reliable remote care platform that delivers the confidence of hospital-grade care has been virtually nonexistent. Gain insights from nursing leadership on how telehealth can make a difference in the post-pandemic world and beyond.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

It’s where physicians, clinicians, nurses, and other healthcare staff work together to meet the patient’s needs. Care Coordination + Management – once patients are back at home (or if they’ve never been in-patients), care coordination and management from a digital perspective becomes extremely important.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

We spoke with HIMSS Senior Director, Health Information Systems Rob Havasy about the data management challenges posed by remote care delivery. Virtual care poses distinct privacy and security risk factors that must be managed, with new tools and data streams to safeguard and new responsibilities on both the patient and provider side.

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care innovations

APRIL 23, 2020

We who work in the RPM industry have always known the positive benefits of remote care; however, there were always barriers that prevented the acceptance of this model of care. If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it's that patients can indeed be cared for in their homes. A Greater Need for Self Management.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

Not much chance to mitigate the isolation from family in locked-down nursing homes or assisted living. At the same time, the isolation of residents from families and even from each other in locked down communities has created a business opportunity for telehealth and remote care technology firms – with a spike in interest and demand.

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Digital Health Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Depending on the program that’s being developed, we can provide unique content for education, or a direct connection to nursing staff for video visits, but all of it is integrated with the EMR so that care teams can also have a seamless experience and access to the data.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

For older adults, up next, a remote care technology ecosystem. What older adults need is a broad set of remote care capabilities that include but are not limited to voice access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Through COVID Watch – which has enrolled more than 5,000 patients since its launch in late March 2020, with a Spanish language version launched in May – patients receive text messages twice a day to check on their condition and enable contact with nurses who elevate to higher levels of care if need be.

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