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. " Dr. Ari D.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Senior living and nursing homes have long lagged in delivering broadband access though that is likely to change. For those older adults who own the right devices to obtain access, have Internet connectivity, they may need assistance in getting started with use of remote care technologies. Device access. Training access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2023

According to Jacqueline de Leeuw, CNIO at Radboud University Medical Centre, the health system has more than 200 "digital nurses" and the motto: "HIMSS 7-up"

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technologically. Here, we summarize 8 reasons why you should consider telehealth to be part of the holistic health practice of your hospital.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2019

percent, nearly half of the state’s Medicare average, by introducing telehealth services. The non-profit also recently expanded its telehealth services through a partnership with Northwest Ohio Accountable Care Organization, and Ohio Living claimed 80 percent of patients enrolled would recommend the program to a family member or friend.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What is the status and future of remote care technologies? As the research interviews for the 2020 report “Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults” wind down, a few themes become apparent. It triggered ingenuity of senior care organizations and vendors ; and it energized innovators and prospective investors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

Browse the education sessions scheduled for the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo in New Orleans next month, and you'll notice that many of them are geared toward elderly patients, home-based care and aging in place. We've been talking about it for decades, after all. ATA was founded way back in 1993.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing. The lack of tenured nurses creates a risk to quality outcomes. Many experts believe that is the future of telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Michael Gorton is founder and CEO of Recuro Health, a virtual care company that offers Digital Medical Home, which enables members in all 50 states to virtually access comprehensive healthcare services, including virtual primary and urgent care, behavioral health, at-home lab testing, genomics testing, as well as a suite of supplemental benefits.

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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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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Telehealth in 2019.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Telehealth and virtual care, with its natural distancing, could be one such measure. "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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

And while telehealth, a key component of this, has received much of the focus and spend, RPM has been gaining traction since the beginning of the pandemic. Q: What is the connection between telehealth and RPM, and how can the combination of these technologies make healthcare more streamlined and efficient? Then COVID-19 hit.

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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. Telehealth services will remain to replace or supplement in person visits likely throughout 2024. Augmenting homecare staff shortages, startup LifeGuard supports remote monitoring with an overseeing nurse.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2023

Telehealth services can offer healthcare providers the opportunity and the capability to reach broader populations, clearly – and they can serve as disease prevention tools for these populations, contended Gary Hamilton, CEO of InteliChart, vendor of a patient engagement platform. Please elaborate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

In the post-COVID landscape, the need for telehealth is more talked about than ever. But up until recently, a reliable remote care platform that delivers the confidence of hospital-grade care has been virtually nonexistent. Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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. Please expand on this.

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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. THE LARGER TREND.

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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. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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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. Telehealth surged nationwide during the pandemic as lockdowns forced the entire country to stay inside their homes. Rural communities across the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2022

"Telehealth quickly became a prominent means of contact precaution across our inpatient care settings. "With everyone scrambling for mobile video solutions, Caregility rose to the challenge and equipped us with one hundred of their new APS250 mobile telehealth carts," he continued. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Enzyme Health

JULY 3, 2019

Recent patient surveys shed light on who is using telemedicine, why they are using it, and how benefits and barriers to telehealth use are rapidly shifting as adoption grows. We’ve compiled the latest information about what telehealth patients look like in 2019, and their makeup might surprise you. Benefits of Telemedicine to Patients.

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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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AMD Telemedicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

If their delays are rooted in hesitations around implementation challenges, however, it’s understandable — we’re already in a time of increased burnout among doctors and nurses, and no one wants to add more to their already full plates. But to make the most of these benefits, staff must be on-board with telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

And now healthcare providers are exploring and expanding new use cases and applications for a wide array of technologies that can enable patients to receive care outside of the proverbial four walls. of remote patient monitoring patients comply with.

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GlobalMed

MAY 27, 2020

A primary factor in this crisis is the lack of access to health care. In remote Zimbabwe villages healthcare may be limited to a monthly visit from a nurse whose job it is to see as many patients as possible in a single day. To receive needed care, many must travel great distances from their remote villages to Anchorage.

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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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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

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

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. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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care innovations

JANUARY 30, 2019

Each year, telehealth and remote care services are gaining wider acceptance, and a big part of that popularity is patient demand. When considering patient demand for telehealth, it’s important to remember that a big part of that popularity comes from convenience. The Benefits of Bring-Your-Own-Device Telehealth Services.

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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. Could the 2020 catastrophe be the catalyst to boost tech use up to 90% among all older adult segments, at home or in senior living, propelling adoption of telehealth forward for older adults?

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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

JANUARY 9, 2023

The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy found telehealth use during the initial COVID-19 peak increased from less than 1% of visits to 80%. Generally speaking, what are the multistate caregiver licensing challenges health systems and telemedicine companies face?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2022

The remote patient monitoring efforts were meant to supply support to over-stretched inpatient units by creating a means to provide care for acute patients in their home, thereby reducing length of stay while aiding in managing chronic illnesses and disease. The charge became to expand it quickly.

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