Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently released two sets of principles that highlights its concerns in two prominent computing issues: privacy and AI. Progress on telemedicine proceeded at a snails pace for most of this time. The ATA has addressed telemedicine on many levels and in many forums during its existence.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

What You Should Know: – A recent study reveals that telemedicine is related to increased EHR time for physicians in the ambulatory setting, primarily due to documentation of visits, and may require adjustments in productivity expectations and strategies to address EHR documentation burden for physicians in healthcare systems.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 7, 2021

While equity investments in telemedicine rose 139% to $4.3 billion, other areas like data analytics and mobile health apps also earned strong support from investors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2024

In certain scenarios, patients were not offered and not considered for telemedicine visits because of providers' lack of knowledge about the resources that existed to support patients in getting connected. "Henry Ford Health created patient technical support roles as a result of our own assessment," she said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 24, 2021

The Commonwealth Fund released an issue brief this week reviewing state actions to expand individual and group health insurance coverage of telemedicine between March 2020 and March 2021. It found that 22 states changed laws or policies during that time period to require more robust insurance coverage of telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

While there were certainly many clinicians performing telemedicine before COVID-19 struck in early 2020, the pandemic foisted telehealth on countless numbers of additional physicians and nurses, forcing them to get up to speed and feel comfortable with the technology. Please elaborate.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 25, 2023

" MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " So Geisinger needed to create surge access, and it needed to consider ways to easily get the patient the right service the first time rather than elongating their wait.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2020 and 2021 saw the mainstreaming of telehealth and the rise of remote patient monitoring. These changes to the healthcare landscape were helped partly by requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic and partly by the subsequent loosening of telemedicine reimbursement and licensure regulations by the government.

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HealthIT Answers

MARCH 27, 2023

By Yuriy Pylypchuk & Wes Barker - In 2020, as the U.S. health care system faced the unprecedented challenge of combating the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine emerged as an invaluable care delivery tool; both providers and patients heavily relied on it for providing and receiving care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

Healthcare IT News sat down with Heidi West, head of healthcare at Zoom, to discuss telemedicine's future, hybrid in-person/telehealth care, communities that could be hurt without virtual care, and challenges to telemedicine becoming fully mainstream. Telemedicine visits have tapered off some since their pandemic peak in 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2022

"The high demand for pediatric specialty providers and the constraints many families face regarding transportation, time off from work and school, and finances, made it obvious that traditional models of outreach healthcare were not sustainable," said Morgan Waller, director of telemedicine business and operations at Children's Mercy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

– and the wherewithal of the information systems and digital data that keep them running – been put to the test quite like it was in 2020. In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2022

COVID has shown us that telemedicine is effective and easy to use. With providers and clinicians under increasing strain from staffing gaps and other issues, telemedicine is a valuable solution. While telemedicine use has leveled off somewhat since early 2020, it’s still seeing sustained interest from across the care continuum.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

" As I reflect upon the year 2020, it is unequivocally highlighted and underscored as the most significant year in my lifetime thus far regarding the healthcare industry's response to the desperation generated by the coronavirus. It's the secret sauce. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 9, 2021

Telemedicine consultations could be “key” to addressing the growing costs of diabetes treatment and management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a new report has found.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 27, 2021

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic hitting in early 2020, Behavioral Health Services North in Plattsburgh, New York, did not frequently use telehealth because of regulatory constraints and what staff considered somewhat cumbersome practices. In addition, it has seen increased client engagement via virtual platforms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2021

In March 2020, the number of new COVID-19 infections was rapidly increasing in Washington. "Inpatient telemedicine seemed to be the perfect solution for solving this problem. By deploying telemedicine carts in the hospital, physicians could provide care remotely, irrespective of their location."

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2022

In March 2020, many office workers packed up their bags under the mandate of their employers, assuming they’d be working from home for a few weeks so the coronavirus could “blow over.” The question becomes, how do we evolve and improve telemedicine so that it’s an even more viable option permanently?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 5, 2021

The study found that among 4,405 Michigan-based surgeons, telehealth use peaked in April 2020, with a slow decline after June through September. of the 4,405 active surgeons (meaning those with at least one new patient visit in 2020) in the cohort. Researchers found that telehealth was used by 58.8% And it will depend on the specialty.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Telehealth providers saw a rapid rise in the need for remote services with the initial spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Last year, Congress eliminated barriers to patient care by approving a bill called the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It’s 2020 and doctors are doing house calls again. The article Five Ways To Prepare For Your First Telemedicine Visit appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Peter Alperin, vice president of product, Doximity. No, we didn’t step back in time; instead, we’ve moved forward.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sunway Medical Center, a private healthcare provider under Malaysia’s Sunway conglomerate company, has launched a Command Center for Telemedicine Services in early 2021, the private tertiary hospital recently announced. The first phase of the Telemedicine Command Center provides first level healthcare advisory services to patients.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

This article explores the challenges of telemedicine and examines solutions to resolve current issues. Main Obstacles the Telemedicine is Facing Today. Not only did the pandemic accelerate the implementation of telemedicine, but remote health services became a necessity. On the legal side, telemedicine faces two main drawbacks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

Telemedicine technology and services company Teladoc Health is seeing utilization rates among Medicare Advantage members up 54% for virtual urgent care services and up 635% for virtual mental health services when compared to 2019. Medicare utilization of virtual care prior to the pandemic was low, around 7%, mostly due to regulatory barriers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Atlanta-based Grady Health System has historically offered some telemedicine services to the community. For the first three quarters of 2020, Grady Health has conducted 104,907 telehealth visits (telephonic and video) and registered a 40% reduction in its patient no-show rate when compared with face-to-face visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2021

NantHealth, a provider/payer collaboration IT vendor, and Sesame, a direct-to-patient telemedicine company, are collaborating on a program designed to give providers tools to offer patients direct access to virtual care while, the companies say, increasing practice revenue by reducing administrative costs. As the U.S.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

According to survey data from the “2020 Cox Consumer Pulse on COVID-19 and Telehealth,” only 28% of consumers reported their primary care doctor offered remote services before coronavirus. By Elizabeth Gallagher, CRO, Lineate. But after […].

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven that telemedicine is essential for keeping the healthcare system running during a crisis. In early 2020, as the nation’s healthcare system almost buckled under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic, providers searching for a way to stay connected to their patients turned to telemedicine.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 27, 2020

The article 4 Significant Healthcare Trends In 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Where it has become a partner in progress is in the healthcare industry. Many developments that were once the subject of science fiction have become reality […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

UAB went from 1,000 video visits in 2019 to 280,000 video visits in 2020. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. RESULTS Through its telemedicine programs, UAB has racked up many solid successes, including: Increased census and case mix index of rural hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 26, 2022

Telemedicine technology can connect rural patients to psychiatrists in big urban hubs. Department of Health and Human Services , telehealth visits composed a third of behavioral health total visits in 2020, compared to 8% of visits to primary care providers and 3% of visits to other specialists.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

When it comes to policy changes that could help bridge the gap, report authors pointed to ensuring health coverage, investing in social services, reducing administrative burdens and improving service delivery – including via telemedicine and licensure modernization.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

And Ochsner has made significant investments over the last four years in building out direct-to-consumer telemedicine care delivery. "Ochsner performed more than 300,000 virtual visits in 2020; 90,000 provider-to-provider encounters across our health facilities and partnerships." Empowering patients to manage their health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Founded in Hong Kong in July 2020, Aurora Tele-Oncology Limited, an oncology-specific teleconsultation platform striving to improve cancer care, recently announced a strategic partnership with Hainan UMP Internet Hospital, a telemedicine center of UMP Healthcare Holdings Limited. THE LARGER PICTURE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2024

WHAT IT'S ABOUT During the groundbreaking ceremony, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung revealed that the EGH campus will be "digitally enabled from the start," particularly offering telemedicine. "For example, during a tele-consult, doctors can verbally ask if the patients are keeping up with their rehab[ilitation] exercises.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Today, the healthcare industry has started to reach a consensus that the future of telemedicine will be a hybrid of virtual and in-person care. Healthcare IT News interviewed Kristin to get her expertise on the subject of the future of telemedicine and hybrid care. The COVID-19 pandemic opened many eyes to its inherent value.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The study proposed that if telemedicine expansion indicates physicians spending more overall time in EHRs, health systems and policymakers may need to alter productivity expectations and their reimbursement policies. They found that physician time spent working in the EHR during patient scheduled hours increased from 4.53

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