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Geisinger's telemedicine program shoots from 20 specialties to more than 70

Healthcare It News

By consolidating platforms, Geisinger was able to standardize many of the workflows and training processes required to rapidly deploy a new modality for seeing patients. Geisinger had been using telehealth prior to the pandemic to create better access to care for patients.

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How FirstHealth is improving outcomes with observation at home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

PCP or convenient care providers can also refer patients to OAH, where they are seen the next day, and assure their plan of care is effective and the patient is improving, but also to continue to provide care they may not have otherwise received unless being sent to the ER. "All information is relayed through that platform.

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HIM Director’s Guide to Driving New Efficiency in ROI

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This is especially true in the wake of COVID-19 and increasing financial distress. These are the new metrics that matter—with overall cost reduction and patient satisfaction in mind. Please fill out the following form to download the guide “HIM Director’s Guide to Driving New Efficiency in ROI.”

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Virginia Hospital Center combines Epic, wayfinding and more for a popular mobile app

Healthcare It News

It's also not uncommon for patients to have two or three appointments on the same day in different departments on different floors of different buildings. Concierge and staff members always are willing to help patients and guests find their way, but this turns out to be a major patient satisfaction issue.

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Upstate Medical University decreases no-shows by 59% with telehealth, which patients love

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. This allowed providers and staff to call into COVID-19 rooms from the nursing station.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

Patients embraced virtual care and communications at very high rates in the first months of the pandemic, and want to continue to use telehealth platforms after the pandemic ends. Accenture polled 2,700 patients around the world, 450 participants each from China, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.

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Ochsner Health successfully treats chronic disease patients via telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Recognizing burnout among frontline workers in our hospital system over the last several years, the opportunity to 'mix it up' and see patients in different settings for both the provider and the patient has been most welcome." A soaring Net Promoter Score. out of 100.