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Envisioning the delivery of true primary care telehealth

KevinMD

AUGUST 6, 2020

Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has completely disrupted how we deliver primary care to patients. Before the pandemic, telehealth seemed to be a way to deliver urgent care for acute issues to a select group of tech-savvy patients. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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American Board of Telehealth launches certificate for virtual primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

The American Board of Telehealth announced this week that it is launching a Teleprimary Care Certificate program, geared toward helping primary care providers develop future virtual health strategies. With a shortage of primary care providers, telehealth can offer patients expanded access to care.

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China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The Chinese government is promoting the family doctor service to make high-quality primary care services more accessible to the general population and help decongest hospitals. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access Population and Public Health Healthcare Reform Regulation Care Public Policy

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Most primary care telehealth visits don't require in-person follow-up, Epic study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2023

To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments. However, 55% of the time, patients did not have an in-person follow-up visit – regardless of coverage.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

About one-half of clinicians’ enterprises are looking to increase automation for patient communication, expand telehealth options to patients, and grow full-time headcount. That is the profound connection between clinicians and patients that contributes to burnout and eroding morale — especially in primary care.

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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS To identify common facilitators and barriers to telehealth implementation, researchers evaluated practice leaders' perspectives on 32 aspects of telemedicine in their practices, according to a new report published in the Annals of Family Medicine. They self-identified their point of maturation.

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CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 27, 2022

CVS on Thursday announced the launch of its new CVS Health Virtual Primary Care service. The new offering integrates patient engagement tools, telehealth, electronic health record data and more on a single platform that can connect consumers with clinicians at CVS or other providers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Telehealth has been key for primary care, but clinicians are still feeling hopeless

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Green Center and the Primary Care Collective found that telemedicine has been vital to maintaining patient access to services for almost two-thirds of primary care clinicians – and many providers worry what will happen if pre-pandemic regulations are restored. "Primary care is resilient but has weakened.

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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. Provide coverage for at-home monitoring devices.

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How CrossFit and 23andMe Are Moving from Health to Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2021

CrossFit announced the company’s launch of CrossFit Precision Care, described as primary care that provides personalized, data-driven services for “lifelong health,” according to the press release for the program. The converging factors are: Primary care. Telehealth. Retail health.

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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2024

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients.

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The 2023 Health Economy – The Evolving Primary Care and Retail Health Convergence Through Trilliant Health’s Lens

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I’ll be referring to the research, with gratitude, over the coming months for my own work with clients spanning the health/care ecosystem. health care financing. The line chart here illustrates one piece of the Report’s section on “Unraveling Health,” showing that primary care volumes in the U.S.

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Millennials demand telehealth in a move away from traditional primary care model

Mobi Health News

APRIL 4, 2018

It is no secret that millennials are a driving force in society today, and a new survey shows that their demands and behaviors differ from baby boomer and Gen Xers, and could reshape the healthcare industry especially when it comes to primary care and telehealth.

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Will virtual primary care become a new model of healthcare delivery?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans received care from their primary care physicians via telemedicine. Telehealth technology and services company Amwell now is promoting the concept of "virtual primary care. Q: What is virtual primary care? But it worked.

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Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

GlobalMed

JUNE 16, 2021

Primary care physicians are the frontline of healthcare. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a primary care provider shortfall , with numbers landing between 21,000 to 55,000 by 2023. But other factors drive primary care barriers as well, such as affordability issues and rural shortages.

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How telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2021

The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of primary care. How can virtual care enable this?

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How telehealth is starting to reshape primary care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

"The asynchronous virtual visit for primary care is one of those." At HIMSS20, he will offer some up-close perspective, best practices and lessons learned from the health system's efforts to rethink primary care delivery for the 21st Century. " It's scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, from 3-4 p.m.

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Primary care reimagined: A virtual front door to healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2022

Many healthcare consumers today are disconnecting from traditional primary care, since the current experience is not meeting consumers' expectations, some industry observers say. When consumers disengage, the promise of traditional primary care cannot be realized. You are big on reimagining primary care.

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Zocdoc Learns What Patients Want: Primary Care Access ASAP, and the Role of Women as Chief Health Officers

Health Populi

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The ability to book an doctor’s appointment ASAP, care available in-person and via telehealth, and control over my care — these are key factors Zocdoc explains in the company’s What Patients Want report published this week. pap smear, gyn exam), dermatology, and mental health issues.

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Primary Care 2.0 – How Crossover Health is “Re-Bundling” Health Care

Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2021

These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend. health care system, or more aptly “non-system” as my old friend J.D. This diagram illustrates aspects of the “surround sound” concept of care around the patient, namely ‘You.”

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How one FQHC uses telehealth for primary care, behavioral health and addiction treatment

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center in Nashua, New Hampshire, provides primary care, behavioral health and dental services to a population that is either homeless or at risk of homelessness. Harbor Care Health is a Federally Qualified Community Center. "We upgraded our point-to-point, internet and VoIP systems.

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Using telehealth to enhance patient-primary care provider interactions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

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The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. As the COVID-19 crisis has made evident, telehealth can be a useful tool to help connect patients with services remotely.

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CrossFit to launch 'fully digital' primary care service

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The fitness company CrossFit announced earlier this month that it was launching a new primary care service aimed at providing an individualized approach to health. The company says it will also offer personalized, precision health and preventive medicine in addition to virtual primary care. Amazon Care is one such figure.

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New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CVS Health/Aetna, Amazon, and Walmart rank in the next-most competitive group impacting hospitals, followed by new primary care models. A new report from UPMC and KLAS further confirms the moving target of health care incumbents adding telehealth and investing in digitalization for traditional brick-and-mortar delivery sites.

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Pediatric telehealth startup Summer Health expands text-based service into primary care for kids

FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

To meet the demand for primary care services, Summer Health rolled out a new on-demand text message service for parents to connect with pediatricians, sleep coaches and lactation experts. Summer Health launched a year ago as a text-based service for parents to get answers to urgent needs from pediatricians.

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Healthcare Trends for Telehealth Primary Care

Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Offering the healthcare industry a ten-year view of healthcare developments in primary care, behavioral health, and more. Trilliant has produced a 146-page report highlighting some surprising healthcare trends in affordability, telehealth primary care, and the changing competitive landscape. . higher than in 2019.

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HIMSSCast: Primary care docs are adopting new tools, but maintaining the human core

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2020

Diane Rittenhouse joins host Jonah Comstock and Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich to talk about the unique impact of COVID-19 on primary care, how digital tools like telehealth can help, and how primary care providers can move forward in this new world. This episode is brought to you by AmWell.

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Michigan Avenue Primary Care integrates EHR, telehealth and scheduling

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

For Michigan Avenue Primary Care in Chicago, the most pressing need near the beginning of the pandemic was to find a way to adopt telemedicine as the primary service model during the COVID-19 lockdown, especially for mental health patients who suddenly were shut off from in-person support. THE PROBLEM.

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Telehealth is Health: It’s Telehealth Awareness Week

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In April 2020, telemedicine morphed into mainstream medical care as hospitals and physicians risk-managed exposure to infection by meeting with patients, virtually, when possible. Welcome to Telehealth Awareness Week , a campaign mounted by the ATA to remind us that #TelehealthIsHealth. 34% used telehealth for preventive care.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the August 2020 National Poll on Heathy Aging , the University of Michigan research team found a 26% increase in telehealth visits from 2019 to 2020, March to June 2020 year-over-year. 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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Teladoc eyes hospital growth, says primary care is 'just the beginning'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In an earnings report released this week from Teladoc Health, the telehealth giant reported 81% year-over-year revenue growth in the third quarter to $522 million. The company also pointed to what it called "significant new agreements" with CVS Health and Centene to provide its primary care offering, Primary360.

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Study: Video telehealth, in-person diagnoses agree in 87% of cases

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Specialty care was significantly more likely to result in concordant diagnoses between telehealth and in-person appointments, compared with primary care.

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What consumers want from telehealth

KevinMD

DECEMBER 24, 2022

After becoming more familiar with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of consumers today are realizing the value and convenience of virtual visits for minor urgent issues, chronic disease management, and mental health services. What consumers want from telehealth originally appeared in KevinMD.com. Read more….

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Amazon consolidates Clinic telehealth service into Amazon One Medical offering

FierceHealthIT

JUNE 26, 2024

billion on a primary care company. billion on a primary care company. The online retail giant is now folding its Amazon Clinic telehealth service into its One Medical primary care platform. Amazon continues to evolve its healthcare business more than a year after spending $3.9

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Telehealth, hybrid care adding to physicians' EHR workload

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2024

While telehealth alone doesn't appear to add significantly to a primary care physician's workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary and EHR work, new research shows.

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Northwell Health inks deal with Walgreens to provide telehealth, primary care in N.Y. retail stores

FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Northwell Health inks deal with Walgreens to provide telehealth, primary care in N.Y. retail stores. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:18.

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Primary care practices struggle with inconsistent payment for telehealth, still lack testing, PPE

FierceHealthIT

APRIL 30, 2020

Changes in telehealth reimbursement and federal relief funding might not be enough to bolster many primary care practices during the COVID pandemic.

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1 in 5 primary care practices predicts closure in a month, but telehealth could help

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2020

As many as 20% of primary care practices predict they could close within four weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted between April 10 and April 13 by the non-profit Primary Care Collaborative. Telehealth saves a clinic. Only urgent procedures were performed.

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Primary care docs strained by vaccine hesitancy, potential telehealth rollback as COVID-19 pandemic drags on

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Primary care docs strained by vaccine hesitancy, potential telehealth rollback as COVID-19 pandemic drags on. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 10:51.

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Patient outcomes point to efficacy of telehealth and virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The emergence of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting surge in the adoption of telemedicine are helping address patients’ needs without major signs of safety concerns, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente. WHY IT MATTERS The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed more than 1.5

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Telehealth Doesn’t Lead to Low-Value Services

Digital Health Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

University of Michigan researchers just delivered some compelling evidence that telehealth doesn’t increase wasteful care, and may actually reduce it in several key areas. The analysis in JAMA Network Open leveraged Medicare FFS claims data spanning 578k beneficiaries across 2,552 primary care practices between 2019 and 2022.

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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

The retail health landscape continues to grow, now with GNC Health offering a new program featuring telehealth and “curated set” of 40+ generic prescription drugs commonly used in urgent care settings. GNC has been partnering with PursueCare for their telehealth provider network. for one year’s membership. .

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Envisioning the delivery of true primary care telehealth

American Board of Telehealth launches certificate for virtual primary care

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China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

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Most primary care telehealth visits don't require in-person follow-up, Epic study shows

What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Telehealth has been key for primary care, but clinicians are still feeling hopeless

Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

How CrossFit and 23andMe Are Moving from Health to Primary Care

How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

The 2023 Health Economy – The Evolving Primary Care and Retail Health Convergence Through Trilliant Health’s Lens

Millennials demand telehealth in a move away from traditional primary care model

Will virtual primary care become a new model of healthcare delivery?

Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

How telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician

How telehealth is starting to reshape primary care delivery

Primary care reimagined: A virtual front door to healthcare

Zocdoc Learns What Patients Want: Primary Care Access ASAP, and the Role of Women as Chief Health Officers

Primary Care 2.0 – How Crossover Health is “Re-Bundling” Health Care

How one FQHC uses telehealth for primary care, behavioral health and addiction treatment

Using telehealth to enhance patient-primary care provider interactions

The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

CrossFit to launch 'fully digital' primary care service

New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops

Pediatric telehealth startup Summer Health expands text-based service into primary care for kids

Healthcare Trends for Telehealth Primary Care

HIMSSCast: Primary care docs are adopting new tools, but maintaining the human core

Michigan Avenue Primary Care integrates EHR, telehealth and scheduling

Telehealth is Health: It’s Telehealth Awareness Week

Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Teladoc eyes hospital growth, says primary care is 'just the beginning'

Study: Video telehealth, in-person diagnoses agree in 87% of cases

What consumers want from telehealth

Amazon consolidates Clinic telehealth service into Amazon One Medical offering

Telehealth, hybrid care adding to physicians' EHR workload

Northwell Health inks deal with Walgreens to provide telehealth, primary care in N.Y. retail stores

Primary care practices struggle with inconsistent payment for telehealth, still lack testing, PPE

1 in 5 primary care practices predicts closure in a month, but telehealth could help

Primary care docs strained by vaccine hesitancy, potential telehealth rollback as COVID-19 pandemic drags on

Patient outcomes point to efficacy of telehealth and virtual care

Telehealth Doesn’t Lead to Low-Value Services

GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

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