Healthcare It News

MARCH 4, 2022

Care coordination is becoming increasingly important in U.S. healthcare for a variety of reasons, including the increased use of value-based care models, the behavioral care shortage and a boom in home healthcare. Lissy Hu, CEO and founder of CarePort, powered by WellSky, knows all about care coordination.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

What You Should Know: – ShiftMed , a leader in on-demand healthcare workforce technology acquires CareerStaff Unlimited from Genesis HealthCare, a national post-acute care provider. ShiftMed’s “Intelligent Routing” Advantage ShiftMed’s existing technology adds an additional layer of efficiency.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In some parts of the world, such as Australia and Norway, “in-person at-home acute care has gained signification traction and has been offered in most hospitals for over 15 years,” the authors note. The proliferation of such wearable sensors and remote patient monitoring technologies helps set the technology stage for HaH.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 11, 2024

On a related note, healthcare is transitioning to value-based care, with its emphasis on population health, patient satisfaction and new payment models. Finally, long-term care and post-acute, which often are neglected in healthcare discussions, face mounting challenges, such as rising demand for services and staffing shortages.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including people on Medicare. Like what you hear?

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The goal with Inbound Health is to offer the full stack of capabilities needed to scale at-home care models, according to Allina Health – such as engagement and workflow technologies, analytics, virtual care teams, home-based care pathways, supply chain partnerships, operational oversight and payment models.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 29, 2023

ambulance) administration of blood products to patients with acute hemorrhagic shock. In the pre-hospital setting, hemorrhagic shock, which is characterized by rapid blood loss that results in potentially fatal oxygen depletion of the vital organs, is traditionally managed by the administration of intravenous fluids.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 23, 2022

Following several major healthcare organizations expanding into advanced home-based care , Philadelphia-based Sena Health will help deliver the Salem Acute Care at Home for patients of Salem, New Jersey-based Salem Medical Center. The first patient cared for through the program was seen in July.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Most Improved Awards Most Improved Software Product: Lightbeam Health Solutions (population health management) Most Improved Services Solution: AGS Health (extended business office services) Most Improved Physician Practice Product: eClinicalWorks EHR/PM for small, independent practices Best in KLAS Winners by Category The 2024 Best in KLAS awards (..)

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 15, 2024

Post-Acute Care Lags: Skilled nursing and long-term care facilities could face continued profit pool contraction due to labor shortages, particularly in nursing roles. Reimbursement rate increases are anticipated to further bolster financial health.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2023

What You Should Know: WellSky , a leading health and community care technology company, announced today that it has acquired Experience Care , an innovative technology company offering a suite of software solutions for post-acute and long-term care providers.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 20, 2022

Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes. But what can provider organizations do to accelerate virtual care adoption? But what can provider organizations do to accelerate virtual care adoption? Please explain.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 26, 2023

While facing rising costs and workforce shortages, healthcare systems across Asia-Pacific have been exploring ways to make healthcare services more accessible by shifting to a data and digital-enabled distributed model of care delivery, a new Philips report found.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The provision of scarce resources such as intensive care unit (ICU) beds, antivirals, and ventilators during this pandemic has been an ongoing topic of discussion. Repeatedly, states and hospital systems have considered implementing crisis standards of care, which establish triage protocols for scarce resources.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Clinician shortage, particularly acute in behavioral health, is a major factor in accomplishing the task of a new national drug registration program.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a result, only 67% of psychiatric hospitals have adopted certified electronic health records (EHRs), compared to 86% of general acute care hospitals. Data-driven insights: Lack of standardized data collection and analysis capabilities limit the ability to measure treatment effectiveness and improve care delivery.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 19, 2024

million women of childbearing age living in so-called maternity care deserts with limited obstetric care. Innovative methods of identifying needs and providing ongoing care for the postpartum patient are needed without added burden to already over-extended providers, she added.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

While our first big push into remote care was a leap into the unknown, this time we want to make sure that we are surveying the landscape to make this a safe, smart, and financially responsible decision. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2022

The exponential growth in health data from a variety of sources, such as electronic medical records and image databases, makes it difficult to integrate information for optimized decision-making that meets the highest possible standards of care. And if needed, patients can allow family members to access their health data.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2023

A "BedSense" App provides insights into the needs of memory care and nursing home residents. A digital triage and consultation platform for use across primary and emergency care. A practice-wide communications system that can help free up primary care reception staff. Babblevoice. Hypercare. PathologyWatch. Compassly.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 4, 2022

Care quality is often degraded, and patient accessibility is still lacking. Progress toward accountable care is halting. The healthcare workforce is depleted, exhausted and demoralized. Data is everywhere, but not always available or decipherable to help manage myriad challenges. Financial and revenue cycle disruptions are significant.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the gas pedal on the use of virtual care, particularly synchronous video chats. But virtual care's potential extends beyond one-on-one conversations – it can also leverage remote patient monitoring technology to take services out of the brick-and-mortar facility. Can technology drive equity?

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2024

What You Should Know: – Vivalink , a leader in digital healthcare solutions, is transforming patient care with its Biometrics Data Platform. – Vivalink’s Biometrics Data Platform offers a comprehensive solution for remote chronic and acute patient monitoring, facilitating seamless hospital-at-home care.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

CPSI) and a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions and related services for the post-acute care market. We selected PointClickCare as the technology partner of choice to take care of AHT’s customers and ensure they are set up for success now and into the future.

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Modern Healthcare

APRIL 18, 2023

MedPac recommends Congress lower the payments to all post-acute care settings except long-term care hospitals and look to temporarily adopt smaller, site-neutral policies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere. On this note, Karsten Russell-Wood, portfolio leader for post-acute and home at Philips, shares his viewpoints with Healthcare IT News on the biggest priorities to ensure telehealth is sustained long term.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2021

Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente announced this week that they will collaborate to build capacity for hospital-at-home care. Technology aimed at blurring the lines between at-home care and in-hospital services has taken on a renewed spotlight amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, when patients and providers have sought to avoid potential spread.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2022

Medically Home, which provides health systems with technology to care for patients in a home setting, announced this week that its latest funding round had brought in $110 million in investments. Contributing organizations include Baxter International and Global Medical Response. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 25, 2023

The researchers looked at adult and pediatric patient volume, emergency medical services diversion data, and emergency department stroke care metrics for four weeks prior to the attack, during the attack, and four weeks after the attack. Compared to the period before the attack, there was a 15.1% increase in mean ambulance arrivals, a 6.7%

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Alaina Victoria, PT, DPT, Marketing and Sales Enablement Manager at OneStep With more patients looking for novel care options, technology has stepped in to bridge the gap between in-person care and everyday life.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2022

The research , published in conjunction with the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine, examined the VHA National Telestroke Program, which provides acute stroke care at facilities without an available neurologist. It also, as the researchers pointed out, can help with appropriate care levels for patients.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 18, 2023

Driven by a desire for more convenient and affordable care, many patients focusing less on provider qualifications when seeking ambulatory care, according to a new Wolters Kluwer survey, which shows 58% of them opting first for retail options as pharmacists shifting to address consumer needs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

Now more hospitals and health systems are looking to expand their efforts beyond video visit-based virtual care, and push for expanded remote patient monitoring programs – up to and including the provision of acute care at home. Do you think we're at an inflection point for virtual care and RPM?

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 17, 2024

What You Should Know: – PointClickCare , a healthcare technology platform for senior care, has announced the acquisition of American HealthTech (AHT), a prominent provider of electronic health records (EHR) and related services for the post-acute care market. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2023

The four 2023 winners so far are: Stanford Medicine Palo Alto, California-based Stanford Medicine submitted three case studies showing how it's using artificial intelligence and telehealth offer more "timely and higher quality access to care" to patients in various care settings.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 6, 2022

What You Should Know: – PointClickCare , a cloud-based healthcare software for the long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) market) announced a new partnership with Sound Physicians , a national physician partner to hospitals, post-acute providers, physicians’ groups and payers to offer a fully integrated virtual health solution to U.S.

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