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How UPMC's virtual-first healthcare model works

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UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. "This shows that it is being used by all types of patients," Saiyed noted.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. Simply open a mobile app and download the report to your smartphone.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

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Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. They also handle large volumes of data effortlessly within their hospitals.

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Charting a Path Forward for Behavioral Health After the Public Health Emergency

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After the expiration of the COVID-19 PHE, analysts predict a potential loss of health insurance coverage for as many as 15 million Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees, ages 12 -64. About Talib Jaber Talib Jaber, RPh is the VP of Customer Success at Sunwave Health, Inc.,

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. ” The Pew asserts that this survey, “can inform federal policies to expand use of electronic health records, protect patient privacy.”

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Where we physically lived in 2020 transformed into sites for the many daily verbs in our lives: working, learning, praying, cooking/baking/dining, exercising, and indeed, self-caring for wellness and medical care. Keep in mind that as our homes evolve into a major place for us to make health, this is the consumer-demand side in health care.

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Health Provider News – June 3, 2022

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4 benefits of behavioral health partnership for hospital performance. CMS has cited 69 hospitals for noncompliance with worker vaccine mandate. Court OKs denying coverage for mental health, substance-use care. COVID-fatigued health workers are mobilizing. COVID-fatigued health workers are mobilizing.