Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

Patient experience and access, along with provider efficiency, were areas Baptist wanted to improve – to ensure the virtual tools it had were helping to meet its overall goals around care delivery, and to ensure it was providing innovative quality care to meet community needs. THE PROBLEM. " Dr. Brett A. MARKETPLACE.

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KevinMD

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

After attending the first telehealth awareness week hosted by the American Telemedicine Association, I’ve become aware that there are more possibilities to improve clinical operations and patient experience with telehealth. Read more…. What if technology can help doctors make more accurate clinical decisions?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In 2013, Cincinnati Children's Hospital wanted to establish a Center for Telehealth. At the time, the interest in video visits and other forms of telehealth was growing, and the provider organization had a few clinical programs already up and running. THE PROBLEM. This hybrid workflow was also a remaining challenge. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

Feature More than ever before, healthcare organizations are working harder to prioritize the patient experience. Mere "patient engagement" isn't enough anymore. Health IT and racial justice: Expanding access, ending disparities, empowering communities. Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years. The office.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2024

Telehealth is for everyone, and hospitals and health systems must construct a digital equity strategy to better serve patients in the digital and telehealth space to ensure all persons can use telehealth, contended Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health in Detroit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2021

Blayney and Tina Hernandez-Boussard saw firsthand how the use of telehealth shot up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid growth in care, they said in an article published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , has also inspired discussions on the best way to use telemedicine for disease management.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with Virginia Telehealth Network's Mara Servaites, executive director, and Robin Cummings, special projects director, to dig into the results and find out the status of telemedicine in the state. These are just some of the impressive results from the new survey. Why do you think this is?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff. Mobile health technologies, such as nudges, self-scheduling, and asynchronous communication, empower patients to modify their behaviors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic brought telemedicine technology and services to a mainstream audience – like it or not. As it turned out, studies have shown that a great many patients and providers like the flexibility that telemedicine affords. She contends that telehealth is far more than a pandemic trend.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 3, 2023

Horizon Health Services, a behavioral health provider in New York, in November 2019 deployed telemedicine technology with the goal of meeting the demands of patients and the ever-changing world of technology. That accelerated the use of telehealth for Horizon and the world. And Horizon’s telehealth maturity evolved.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey needed to optimize care and capacity: Reimbursement gets tighter every year while patient demand grows. The practice aims to improve access for necessary in-person care and procedures while offering patients complementary proven interventions ideally suited for telemedicine.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. In May 2019, 14% of older patients’ health care providers offered telehealth visits, growing to 62% in June 2020 during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

A new report from CB Insights found that global telehealth investment rose for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q2 of 2021 – with teletherapy deals representing a substantial share. Retail giants in the United States appear to be betting big on telehealth, even amidst looming uncertainty about its regulatory future.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2021

The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of primary care. Dr. Josh Emdur is chief medical officer at SteadyMD, a virtual primary care provider that also powers telehealth for digital health companies and employers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2020

As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight and helping healthcare provider organizations and caregivers better respond to the needs of Americans who have contracted the virus and Americans who need to touch base with their providers on the status of their health.

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AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 31, 2023

When it comes to clinical telemedicine , there are two general categories that most “sharing” technologies tend to fall into: live real-time and store-and-forward technologies. Real-time telemedicine technologies, as you might have guessed, are more immediate.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 19, 2024

Executive Summary: The future of telemedicine is expected to be bright, with a significant impact on healthcare delivery. Here are some key trends to watch: Increased Integration: Telemedicine is likely to become seamlessly integrated into standard healthcare practices. Focus on data privacy and security will be paramount.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 17, 2023

Together, telehealth consults and an array of emerging digital health tools are helping streamline access to care and improve the patient experience for oncology and other specialty care. One place where that's proving true is The Clinic at Cleveland Clinic , that health system's joint telemedicine venture with Amell.

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Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

the use of telehealth services tripled in the past year, as healthcare providers limited patients from in-person visits for care and patients sought to avoid exposure to the coronavirus in medical settings. One-half of patients accessed a local physician’s practice service in the second quarter of 2020. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

With the sudden easing of restrictions by the government and equally sudden reimbursement from payers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s very clear telemedicine has never been more used or more vital. Hospitals and health systems have gone from dozens to thousands of telehealth visits per week.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making waves across various industries, and telehealth/telemedicine is no exception. Telemedicine has gained traction in recent years providing healthcare services remotely, allowing patients to receive quality care without being physically present at a healthcare facility.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Telemedicine took a huge leap forward during the pandemic as more providers and patients embraced remote delivery of healthcare services. We interviewed him to discuss the intersection of telemedicine and AI. Q. What is the problem in telemedicine that you think Al is especially suited to address?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 1, 2024

"Our urgent care centers' wait times and, hence, patient experience can be greatly impacted by these unpredictable ebbs and flows in patients presenting," said Dr. Brett A. " "Where else could you receive a healthcare service with a wait time of only six minutes, especially as a walk-in patient?"

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

Accountable Care Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Workflow More than ever, the system selected to provide telemedicine services must provide added controls to overcome factors that are outside the control of the provider. Telemedicine has added factors in care delivery.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. Thanks to new regulations from the government and subsequent new rules from commercial payers, telemedicine services are being reimbursed. Moore is all for telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2022

Serving predominantly rural communities, many of Geisinger's patients experience barriers to getting the care they need. For example, transportation to and from appointments is a challenge patients may face, especially those living in remote areas that have long drives to their appointments. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 1, 2022

Propelled into mainstream use by the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine is becoming standard practice for many healthcare providers. Telemedicine’s technological pain points. Telemedicine’s technological pain points. While telemedicine has undoubtedly come a long way, it still has significant limitations.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth was a “bright spot in the ‘new normal,’” according to a report from J.D. Power, Telehealth Patient Satisfaction Surges During Pandemic but Barriers to Access Persist. Power assessed two categories of telehealth vendors: direct-to-consumer (DTC) and payer-provided.

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KevinMD

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

After attending the first telehealth awareness week hosted by the American Telemedicine Association, I’ve become aware that there are more possibilities to improve clinical operations and patient experience with telehealth. Read more…. What if technology can help doctors make more accurate clinical decisions?

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power and BDO illustrate some mis-alignment between the demand and supply side of telehealth.

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Health System CIO

APRIL 24, 2020

Providing quality care during a telemedicine encounter is about much more than just the technical aspects, says CT Lin, MD, who offers advice on how to more effectively communicate and build relationships with patients virtually.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

It became clear that continuity of care for large patient cohorts required reliable communication channels and decision-support systems. “During the novel coronavirus pandemic, telemedicine facilitates workflows, freeing up local healthcare capacities. Changing the economics of health and the new patient-journey.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In 2018, it made strategic moves to more easily meet the needs of its patients and communities by investing in telehealth. With every visit, the organization's team evaluates whether patients are best served by a virtual or an in-person appointment. THE PROBLEM. Then COVID-19 emerged. " PROPOSAL.

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Ortholive

JANUARY 3, 2020

Patient convenience is now the number one factor when choosing a clinical provider. This makes telemedicine an increasingly attractive offering as providers seek to grow their practices. It’s not that patients don’t prefer the face-to-face visit, but the wait times to make those appointments are on the rise.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Providing a great patient experience is slowly shifting from a differentiator to a survival tactic. In a world where reimbursements are tied to patient experience and where online ratings can impact patient volume, practices can’t afford not to focus on experience.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. Congress to address telehealth right now? has known how to deliver.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

"Virtual care required a recast in strategy to address interoperability, patient experience, provider experience and cost," said Gerard Frunzi, director of virtual care at Centura Health. Centura Health was awarded just over $997,000 in grant funds from the FCC for telemedicine. MARKETPLACE.

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