Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

Over the next 10 years, hospital-based programs in telehealth for stroke, psychiatry and ICU were developed with partnerships across several states. And Ochsner has made significant investments over the last four years in building out direct-to-consumer telemedicine care delivery. Empowering patients to manage their health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2024

The American Telemedicine Association held its 28th annual conference, ATA Nexus 2024, this past week in Phoenix. Four telemedicine experts who attended the ATA conference reported into Healthcare IT News with their perspectives on the event.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2021

Metro Health/University of Michigan Health is an osteopathic teaching hospital serving more than 250,000 patients per year throughout western Michigan. Metro Health had been exploring telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) vendors for almost two years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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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. The post Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D.

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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 Today

MARCH 5, 2024

These cutting-edge technologies are now being harnessed to predict health issues before they escalate, revolutionizing home health care and paving the way for proactive interventions that can prevent hospitalizations. Early detection is key to preventing hospitalizations and improving patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 1, 2021

Christopher Dewhurst, the clinical director for the Family Health Division at Liverpool Women's Hospital and the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership. "Our neonatal service would not have survived in its current state without telemedicine," Dewhurst continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora developed an active and growing telemedicine program over the past eight years. Before COVID-19, almost all specialties were using telemedicine in some aspect of their practice. " Dr. Christina Olson, Children’s Hospital Colorado. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2024

Today’s innovative home-based care providers are leveraging technology in meaningful ways to accommodate patient preferences and improve care. They’re also streamlining provider workflows, reducing preventable hospital readmissions, and positively impacting staff satisfaction and retention. In a 2021 study, 43.3%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, implemented a patient monitoring at home, or PM@H program, using fully managed device kits prior to the pandemic. Studies show great benefits for patients, as well as hospitals, when patients are monitored in the 30-day post-discharge period. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. THE PROBLEM. '" PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

He has been providing telemedicine long before the COVID-19 pandemic. THE PROBLEM "My journey into telemedicine was sparked by a genuine concern for a subset of patients facing physical or psychological barriers to accessing healthcare," he said. Click here to read the special report.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2021

The UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh was the nation's first center to perform organ transplantation in children. "The telehealth portal was preferentially designed to allow the patient to access their appointment on the Cerner hospital electronic medical record via the HealtheLife app." MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

"We found that telediagnosis has potential, although there is still much to learn about how virtual diagnosis can be done most effectively," said Suz Schrandt, senior patient engagement advisor at SIDM and principal investigator on the project, in a statement. Addressing diagnostic errors is a key concern for many stakeholders.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2023

To take that a step further, about 88% agreed that virtual consultations were more convenient than in-person visits, and more than 85% believe telemedicine has the same reliability as in-person visits. These studies all support that trust in doctors ultimately correlated with higher patient satisfaction in remote visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. There also was much uncertainty around reimbursement and regulations regarding telemedicine.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Among the many challenges these staffing shortages cause is that they prevent facilities from accepting new patients because they don’t have the staff. This in turn jams hospitals as they have no place to discharge patients, extending hospital stays and increasing costs. Telemedicine can help fix this problem.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

Garheng Kong, Founder and Managing Partner at HealthQuest Capital Hospital-at-home (HaH) and skilled nursing at home (SNaH) are two trends driving increased healthcare in the home for more acute patients. HaH is an innovative care model that provides hospital-level care in a patient’s home as a full substitute for acute hospital care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The report, The Intersection of Value and Telehealth , surveyed nearly 100 qualified representatives about their organization's prioritization and adoption of telemedicine. "And many patients have experienced the ease and convenience of e-visits and other digital health solutions. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

This community practice includes general acute care hospitals, rural health clinics, physician offices and critical access hospitals. Telemedicine has helped to bridge the access divide between the clinic’s rural and urban communities. The particular telemedicine solution depends on the need presented.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This was true even before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the main focus was provision of tertiary specialty services to patients living in rural communities on Oahu and to those on neighboring islands. "Over the last five years, we built out clinic-to-clinic telemedicine and scheduled direct-to-patient telehealth.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Additionally, a pilot is being conducted to evaluate the impact of using a centralized nurse triage process to resolve minor patient issues, freeing up providers' time to increase access. "Our main hospital campus struggled with LOS and a lack of beds, as most hospitals did during COVID," Sustrich recalled.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Devices for medication adherence, blood pressure, blood sugar, and others help patients track metrics from their homes and enable providers access to the information in real-time to manage care remotely. In this way, patients can more efficiently reach their health goals or obtain the support needed to avoid an ED visit or hospitalization.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Telemedicine has had an interesting history. During what may be seen as the utopian period for telemedicine – the COVID-19 pandemic – telemedicine lived its gilded age. Sage Growth Partners, a healthcare consulting firm, has set out to determine whether telemedicine, a high-growth technology, is here to stay.

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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. From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. The office. By Bill Siwicki | May 25, 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Hospital at home programs are pretty popular in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. There's a lot of evidence, including some recent research showcased at HIMSS22 that they save money while improving patient satisfaction. Healthcare at your doorstep. Virtual care. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In addition to having the ability to electronically offer patients the COVID-19 screening questions, Innovaccer’s telehealth platform offered the opportunity to craft a tool that would allow the health system to easily schedule patients and conduct video visits. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

Steve Phillips, director of information technology at Greene County General Hospital in Linton, Indiana. ( @GC_GH ). The new importance of telemedicine. The surgeon asked if he wanted to handle check-up appointments via telemedicine, and Fisne took the plunge. " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. Fisne offers a personal example.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2020

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Greene County General Hospital in Linton, Indiana, faced challenges in providing access to care because the area has transportation barriers. After COVID-19, Greene County General hoped it would limit patients’ exposure to the virus while still allowing patients to take care of their health needs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, faced many challenges with telemedicine and the ability to scale quickly as the COVID-19 pandemic grew in force last year and the organization had to close its outpatient offices for elective services. " Mitchell Fong, Renown Regional Medical Center.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Patient satisfaction surveys and claims data from CMS and private health plans tell a compelling story of the large-scale transformation of our nation’s health care system over the past year and,importantly, demonstrate strong patient interest and demand for telehealth access post-pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Before the widespread adoption of telemedicine technology, there were several problems that hindered the delivery of healthcare services for most healthcare organizations. Improving the continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions by allowing them to communicate with their healthcare providers more easily and passively.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

Urgent care, the historically top use of telemedicine, is deployed by 37% of physicians in this study. Most doctors also said that virtual care has improved patient satisfaction due to the platform’s access and convenience aspects. Hospital or emergency room follow-up. Mental and behavioral health. Specialty care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2021

One driver of successful expansion of virtual care services is open communication and collaboration with key stakeholders on important initiatives that impact the virtual care process, said Dr. Saima Aftab, vice president, strategic initiatives, at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. Sustaining quality telehealth programs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2022

In January 2020, the organization launched a remote patient monitoring pilot, working with vendor Health Recovery Solutions to monitor CHF patients after discharge from the hospital. Upon discharge, patients often need support to understand their symptoms and warning signs after returning home. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. THE PROBLEM. " MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4 Dr. Gerald J.

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