Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2024

Department of Agriculture Rural Development, which it will use to build out its virtual inpatient nursing program. "When we find innovative ways to build a work environment where nurses are engaged and working to the top of their skill set, our patients benefit too," she added.

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Health Populi

MAY 9, 2024

House Committee on Ways and Means passed six pieces of legislation that would bolster telehealth in the U.S. Being from Missouri, Chairman Smith is especially keen on the role virtual care and telehealth can play to expand access to the under-served in the U.S. The six pieces of telehealth policy cover: The Preserving Telehealth.

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Health Recovery Solutions

MAY 4, 2023

Nursing is an incredibly important profession that can greatly impact the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Nurses provide vital services in hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics, and other settings where they interact with and care for patients in need.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How telehealth helps prevent burnout among nurses Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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AMD Telemedicine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Increased workloads and health risks and the ever-changing dynamics in the workplace are making life more challenging for both nurses and physicians. With all that’s at stake for our healthcare staff members, nurse retention should become a focal point for those in charge of healthcare facilities. Reducing Burnout Among Nurses.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

The Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate, aims to enable more widespread use of telehealth in skilled nursing facilities. The critical value of telehealth is evident as the coronavirus spreads worldwide. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Nurses rank top in Americans’ minds for the seventeenth year-in-a-row, Gallup found in its annual survey of honesty and ethics in professions. Health Populi’s Hot Points: It cannot be overstated that nurses in America are the most beloved profession in and outside of the health care industry. health care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 11, 2023

To confront the problem, Lehigh Valley began using telehealth and telecommunications technologies to mobilize resources to optimize a patient’s waiting time – while reducing the number of patients leaving the ED without being seen. The tests included physicians, nurses, technicians, scribes, EKG techs, etc.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds significant association between the use of telehealth services and improved healthcare access and outcomes in communities negatively impacted by health disparities. How can increased telehealth services address and minimize this gap?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses that want to continue practicing but may not be able to practice at the bedside by extending their nursing careers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 12, 2021

In a recent study, researchers associated more favorable electronic health record usability scores with lower odds of burnout among nurses. Unfortunately, that study also found that nurses scored their EHR usability at an F – which seems to bode ill for workplace satisfaction in an already stressful environment.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 19, 2022

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in almost all industries, but it’s not hard to see just how much has changed in nursing. The article 5 Impressive Advancements in Nursing Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. "Nurses, more than any other healthcare staff, spend the most time with patients," said the unions in the statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2022

Healthcare provider organizations and clinicians are fortunate that telehealth has gone mainstream as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes. Please explain.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2022

Most healthcare professionals are well aware of the nurse shortage that America faces today. Joining Healthcare IT News to discuss this and more is April Kapu, DNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Talking points: What's at the heart of the nurse shortage today? Like what you hear?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2023

NSW ED nurses get VR stroke care training A virtual reality training programme for administering stroke care has been rolled out across New South Wales.

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Health Recovery Solutions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

I have been a nurse for over 45 years and have witnessed the myriad challenges facing our front line nurses. The relentless COVID pandemic may have accelerated the national nursing shortage, but the problem and the underlying issues have been growing for some time. Only now, the impact is more deeply felt.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

Some changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for telehealth items in Australia – including the termination of 128 items, amendment of 17 items, and the addition of two more items – have taken effect this week. Some healthcare leaders in the country have pointed out potential consequences of the MBS telehealth changes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2023

Teletriage nurses often face intense pressure as they work in fast-paced situations while assessing patients, employing critical thinking and delivering high-quality care. We interviewed Dean to get an in-depth look at nurse teletriage. What is a typical teletriage nurse call like? What contributes to pressure and burnout?

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 9, 2020

A telehealth VP describes the concerns and trends her team is hearing from an influx of worried patients.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. But telehealth has also emerged as a preferred channel for routine health care services, we learn from J.D. Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar. Similarities in cross-border community challenges. are lower than Spain (9.7)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2022

Joining Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich to talk about telehealth's capabilities now and in the future is Dr. Maulik Majmudar, chief medical officer at Biofourmis. The use cases of telehealth beyond synchronous video calls. Evidence for telehealth's longevity. Like what you hear? Can technology drive equity?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations. The pandemic made searching for a telehealth platform a higher priority."

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. The virtual nursing program is the latest step in a series of digital health innovation programs at Mary Washington Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2023

Nurses have been in high demand for years, and especially since the pandemic. As baby boomers continue to age, the demand for bedside nursing continues to increase. "We tried to build our model around the notion that each patient will now have two nurses coordinating their care."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS Eastman, who started the job on July 24, has deep expertise in both nursing and information technology, and UCI officials noted her "strong leadership skills and a forward-thinking vision that will shape the future of the technology infrastructure at UCI Health. Lefteris in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

nursing shortage has reached critical levels with the pandemic battle paired with an aging population. To serve its inpatient population and overcome the nursing shortage, St. The organization created and implemented one of the nation's first virtual nursing units to reduce the burden on bedside nurses and much more.

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Arizona Telemedicine Program

MARCH 27, 2019

Phase One: Using Simulation Labs to Teach Future Telehealth Providers. For 15 years, I was a home hospice nurse who went out on emergency nighttime visits to patients who were experiencing symptoms that terrified their family. I know I do not have to describe the explosion of telehealth during the last 15 years to readers of this blog.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

A South Florida-based academic medical center, Memorial operates six hospitals, including the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital; numerous primary, urgent and 24/7 care facilities; a health specialty center; and a nursing home. "Ensure the technology integrates seamlessly with your existing systems.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The degree to which nurse practitioners (NPs) can utilize the full extent of their education and training varies from state to state and practice to practice. According to the AANP , nurse practitioners’ independence varies depending on what state they choose to practice in. According to USAFacts , as of March 2021, 37% of the U.S.

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19 Labs

MAY 12, 2021

We're often asked why we're named 19Labs, and the reason is explained in this article The , 19Labs team would like to thank all nurses for their hard work this International Nurses Day. This seems like an odd question at first, but the answer is a lot closer to nursing than you might think. Empowering Nurses Through Telehealth.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Hospitals are overrun with patients, doctors and nurses are bogged down […] The article Bridging the Healthcare Gap: Revolutionizing American Healthcare with Telehealth and Home-Based Medical Technologies appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2021

Researchers from West Virginia University have set out to determine the optimal frequency of telehealth appointments for patients with chronic conditions. In a study published in E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks , the team reviewed other work concerning telehealth and chronic conditions. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Australian government has set aside A$106 million ($76 million) over four years to support what it calls "permanent" telehealth, which will ensure flexibility in healthcare delivery and continuous health consultations via phone or online. Around 89,000 providers are now using telehealth services. WHY IT MATTERS.

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AMD Telemedicine

AUGUST 2, 2023

Over the past decade, telehealth has become increasingly popular as a means to provide care to patients. However, the adoption of telehealth services has become more of a priority for healthcare providers since the onset of the pandemic. Deploying a telehealth solution doesn’t end after running an initial training session.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

A shortage of skilled nursing is disrupting care delivery nationwide. The workforce challenge not going away, and will require creative approaches, including virtual care, says Wendy Deibert, chief nursing officer at Caregility.

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