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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Prior to implementing the telemedicine technology supported by the FCC program funds, Sun River Health had relatively limited and targeted capacity to support remote visits. Mostly, Sun River Health's telemedicine services met the needs of the HIV, Medically Assisted Treatment patients. THE PROBLEM.

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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. " Still, provider organizations recognize the value of telehealth when it comes to long-term care. THE LARGER TREND. Long-term use is a murkier issue, however.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2021

We needed to be able to go to providers and staff and explain how this will ease their daily workload while enhancing patient care." " Specific to COVID-19, the state of Michigan began to see the first large surge of cases in November 2020. There are numerous vendors on the health IT market with telemedicine technologies.

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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

It intended to go live in July 2020, using Amwell as the technology and services vendor for virtual urgent care for an estimated 1,500 visits in the first year. "iPads with a Zoom video link provided patient-to-provider and provider-to-provider connections," he continued. • 40,000 hours of patient drive-time saved.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Power, Telehealth Patient Satisfaction Surges During Pandemic but Barriers to Access Persist. Safety was the key driver for utilization at a rate of 46% of people using telehealth in 2020, and only 13% in 2019. The study was fielded in June-July 2020 among 4,302 U.S. This is the second year that J.D.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

Among the many insights they've gained over the past year-plus, they discuss the need to secure a place for telemedicine and expand its capabilities, deploy and scale new technologies faster, and embrace Agile processes and collaborative IT. The new importance of telemedicine. " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. "We went ahead.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

"Operationalizing this took a significant effort, and as MCHS closed facilities due to the pandemic starting on March 16, 2020, teams from across MCHS stopped work on other projects to launch telehealth services to meet our needs for COVID-19." " MCHS anticipates a similar volume in 2021 to what it saw in 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

"Findings from this systematic review indicate that telehealth for mental health and some physical health conditions … [offers] promise across a range of outcomes and healthcare settings and can result in high levels of patient satisfaction," wrote the researchers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

But as health systems have turned to telemedicine to bridge the gap between in-person services and at-home needs, stakeholders stress the importance of optimizing access for a broad range of patients. Even as nationwide utilization of telemedicine decreased , Terrell says volumes were sustained in 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 17, 2020

” Initially, the other clinicians in Libby’s group practice were reluctant to use telemedicine, feeling that the personal and hands-on quality might be lost, something that is ingrained in the work values of most doctors. “Telehealth can make visits much more convenient for patients and their families,” Libby stated.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2020

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. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. In 2020, providers saw 20 students via telehealth. MARKETPLACE.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

In 2017, the VA announced a new initiative called "Anywhere to Anywhere VA Health Care," followed by bipartisan legislation enabling interstate telemedicine for VA providers and patients. million telehealth episodes of care – representing a 98% increase in telehealth episodes of care when compared to fiscal year 2020.

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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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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The company’s sales teams then used data-driven insights to gather the market context required to have informed conversations with current or potential clients on readmissions and patient satisfaction metrics. Fast forward to late 2020 and virtually everything is done remotely.

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YouCompli

JUNE 29, 2022

Telehealth use has soared, reaching nearly 53 million visits in 2020. As virtual care requirements for telehealth evolve, we explore how compliance officers can support patient care and help their organizations stay up to date. Interstate telemedicine. Related: Telehealth policies and programs center on patient care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This also has been highly effective in coordinating multiple physicians caring for the same patient on one video call, she added. "The most important result we have achieved is we have been able to meaningfully and effectively remain connected to our patients since March 2020 using telehealth solutions." MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

"We conducted a formal request for proposal throughout 2019 [and] 2020 where we evaluated several vendors to select the one who best suited our needs," said Brandy Knudson, virtual care project manager in the remote patient engagement and monitoring virtual care department at the University of Michigan Medical Group.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It became important to roll telemedicine out as quickly as possible. Those patients appreciate that they can register via one main chart with each of their children integrated as sub-categories. Premier Family has seen significant improvements in efficiency, staff and patient satisfaction, and data capture.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This telemedicine approach allows a small number of therapists to care for patients across the health system, providing evidence-based treatment with proven clinical outcomes compared against care provided by a primary care physician alone.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Telemedicine is considered to be under the umbrella of telehealth and refers specifically to clinical services. Telehealth and telemedicine cover similar services, including medical education, remote patient monitoring, patient consultation via videoconferencing, wireless health applications, and transmission of imaging and medical reports.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2020

The new era of virtual care has begun and is here to stay, Accenture expects in its latest look at How COVID-19 will permanently alter patient behavior , a patient survey conducted in May 2020. Accenture polled 2,700 patients around the world, 450 participants each from China, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The goal for the health system was to maintain or improve access to high-quality multi-disciplinary care while reducing the burden for patients. When Penn State Health began to explore the benefits of telehealth, telemedicine vendor American Well stood out for a variety of reasons, Simmons said. " MARKETPLACE.

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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

AUGUST 2, 2022

It uses telehealth technology to connect specialists and clinicians to areas of need, help monitor patients' health status and behavior remotely, promote timely and efficient care, and help providers reach previously isolated populations of patients. The opportunities telemedicine provides. Dr. Gerald J.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2021

They have seen better patient engagement, lower no-show rates and higher provider and patient satisfaction." "We were able to serve more than 5,000 patients in our hospital-at-home service," he reported. "Not so in 2020, when it was a weekend process." " Hospital at home.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 8, 2022

"In a matter of weeks, Geisinger went from 20 specialties to more than 70 specialties and from about 200 providers to more than 2,000 providers using telemedicine to see patients in their homes, neighborhood clinics or local hospitals," he continued. " David Fletcher, Geisinger. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City has had a serious challenge throughout 2020: to keep in touch with patients who do not have COVID-19 during the pandemic. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM. There is a dedicated help line. The software is multilingual.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Moreover, you have more possibilities to educate patients regarding their treatment plan, whether it be medication or hands-on therapy. By using digital tools, zooming in scans for a close-up or watching self-injection videos, you allow for flexible and direct communication which can improve patient satisfaction. Monagesh et al.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2023

"Furthermore, we thought this model would be an opportunity to increase the number of caregiver touchpoints with patients and better involve families in updates to their loved ones’ conditions using our virtual staff," she continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 7, 2021

While use of telemedicine technologies has been soaring throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and success stories abound, not every healthcare provider organization has been satisfied with virtual care. Q: You said that your patients have not really embraced telehealth, which surprised you. Why did they not embrace the technology?

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

The bill makes permanent telehealth flexibilities that were first introduced in the CARES Act of 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, flexibilities that were set to expire at the end of December 2024 along with other telehealth extension provisions. How can the healthcare community strengthen equitable access to health services?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Concentra is a Texas-based healthcare organization that serves the occupational health needs of one in four injured employees through 517 medical centers across the country, another 150 clinics at employer locations, and telemedicine. Concentra has seen telemedicine as a much-needed additional option for the delivery of care.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For practices with a limited number of workers juggling multiple tasks, patient communication needs to be streamlined, reliable, and effective. If small healthcare practices can make digital advancements in these areas, they will improve patient satisfaction while also making employees’ jobs less stressful.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

State inspectors issued a severe warning. lawmakers: Antitrust law would strengthen hospital merger oversight Mental health advocates assess the state of mental health resources in Pennsylvania Pa.

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