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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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

The Physicians Foundation surveyed 3,513 physicians in July 2020 on their perspectives on COVID-19 and how the pandemic has impacted practices and patients. Part 2 will cover the impact of COVID-19 on physician well-being, and Part 3, on the impact of the coronavirus on the health care system.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare is pushing further to institutionalise telemedicine by launching a nationwide pilot of the service. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Under the three-month pilot, telemedicine services are only offered when a doctor deems it necessary and safe for target patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2020

A telemedicine technology vendor is offering a new way to use its platform to virtually treat potential COVID-19 patients – even when those patients and clinicians are in the same facility. The El Segundo, Califonia-based vendor's platform was designed for an entirely different purpose, said Jamey Edwards, its CEO.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

On this National Doctors Day , as the U.S. attempts to express gratitude even close to commensurate with the sacrifices and heroism shown by frontline medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Medical Association is making available some new resources for physicians. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

Telemedicine provider Medgate saw a 170% increase in teleconsultations in Philippines last year, with an 80% case resolution rate. In addressing patient concerns, it employed a medical co-management approach where doctors can collaborate to establish a diagnosis and provide the best possible treatment. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 25, 2021

Many healthcare professionals are now providing telemedicine calls and video conferences as an option to their patients due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this is a wonderful tool for both patients and doctors, many people […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 29, 2021

COVID-19 sent telemedicine on the fast track for widespread adoption, helping doctors manage and care for their patients — especially those at high risk — during the nationwide shelter-in-place ordinance. […]. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Stephanie Wilding, CEO, CommunityHealth.

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Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP , the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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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 - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Raffles Medical Group (RMG), a large integrated private healthcare provider in Asia with facilities in Singapore, China, Japan, Vietnam and Cambodia, last week announced the first seamless app-based booking, payment and receipt of COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in Singapore. WHAT’S IT ABOUT. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has been pushing the limits of the healthcare systems in many European countries, among them, Spain, where COVID-19 is causing thousands of deaths and is requiring an unprecedented amount of medical resources. Telemedicine: a life-saving tool.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2022

Following the FDA ruling to authorize the emergency use of PAXLOVIDTM, Alpha providers are now able to prescribe COVID-19 treatment when appropriate, to a patient’s local pharmacy through their asynchronous telemedicine platform. Why It Matters.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 1, 2021

Grimm wrote in a statement on Friday that the quick pivot to telemedicine amidst the COVID-19 pandemic makes oversight, transparency, accountability and program integrity all the more important. OIG Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi A. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2020

The special consultation service was created for those with may display symptoms of COVID-19 or at high risk of contracting of the coronavirus. If the online doctor prescribes medication, Samitivej Hospital will handle the prescription at a 20% discount with free delivery. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2020

COVID-19 is re-shaping health care in America across many dimensions. In Shifts in Healthcare Demand, Delivery and Care During the COVID-19 Era , IQVIA presents a multi-faceted profile of the early impacts of the pandemic on U.S. Overall in-person visits to doctors fell by over 70%. health care. health care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Government & Policy Patient Engagement Pharmacy Privacy & Security Telehealth COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, has entered the lexicon as if it was always there. Sam Shah COVID-19 has been deadly, it’s infective and has posed the biggest public health risk to society in almost a hundred years.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced it has collaborated with Accenture and Microsoft over the last 12 months to help develop and refine MSK Telemedicine. Patients receive a secure link to join MSK Telemedicine. How It Works.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Recently commissioned research by Zoom found that patients who have used telehealth once prefer a hybrid mode of care post-COVID-19. "I think our goal with telemedicine is how we utilise it when it makes sense. Telemedicine adoption. Another key trend is the rise of video-assisted virtual visits during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2021

He is in an excellent position to comment on the report and the potential here for telemedicine, so Healthcare IT News interviewed him to get his perspective on the issue. The Internet allows everyone access to medical information, but using "Doctor Google" can be dangerous.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 20, 2021

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. Will the government and commercial payers continue to reimburse for telemedicine?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

It has proven itself throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In the last few years, care delivery has undergone a major transformation – from nearly 100% in-person to nearly 100% virtual during the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 16, 2020

A telemedicine initiative aimed at providing free diagnosis, treatment, and preventive services for women around the world has been unveiled by a United Arab Emirates humanitarian organisation. The initiative is being supervised by Emirati volunteer doctors from the Young Emirati Volunteer Leaders Initiative. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2022

With the huge initial swell in the use of virtual care in the rearview mirror, many industry experts – from health plans to big tech and practicing clinicians – are considering whether a doubling down on telehealth is just what the doctor ordered for the future of patient care. But that's not the case anymore.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2022

When COVID-19 started, many health systems rapidly adopted virtual care models as a matter of necessity to keep as many non-COVID patients out of hospitals as possible. The question becomes, how do we evolve and improve telemedicine so that it’s an even more viable option permanently? Encompassing a broader scope of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

The Australian government has made available two new subsidised telephone consult services for patients living in COVID-19 hotspot areas. In a statement on Thursday, Health Minister Greg Hunt said the new Medicare items will enable doctors to provide 20 minutes or more of telephone consultations. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2020

South Korea has been lauded as a role model in its containment and flattening the curve of COVID-19 infections through a combination of rapid intervention, extensive testing for the virus, contact tracing/surveillance and enlisting the public’s health, according to a report by The New York Times. Challenges. (1) Lessons learnt.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Among the allegations are that Wolfe and her conspirators submitted well over $400 million in illegal durable medical equipment claims to Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans, relying on the guise of "telemedicine" to explain the unusually high volume of claims. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

Social distancing is a key factor in reducing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and tele-visits can be a safe and secure means for providers to deliver certain types of care for their patients. Parker is using the Healow application by eClinicalWorks for its telemedicine program.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

" When the pandemic hit, University Hospitals' use of automation to manage care for people with chronic conditions prompted it to consider: How could it leverage automation as a patient-facing symptom-checker for COVID-19? MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

These may be technologies used from the home or that a doctor uses to improve or support healthcare services. Telehealth providers saw a rapid rise in the need for remote services with the initial spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. This allowed telehealth to be used to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2020

Physicians of Southwest Washington has been implementing health IT vendor Innovaccer’s COVID-19 Management System, a tool the vendor has been offering provider organizations free to help manage and care for patients during the pandemic. hit worst by COVID-19. The state of Washington is one of the areas in the U.S,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2022

A research team from the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health is looking to implement telemedicine for managing chronic diseases in Pakistan to study whether it can be used by specialists in the cities to support health providers in rural communities. WHY IT MATTERS.

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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. When homebound COVID patients need Regeneron monoclonal antibodies, EMS workers on-site deliver the treatment.

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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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