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Inpatient telemedicine improves care and patient satisfaction at Howard University Hospital

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In March 2020, the number of new COVID-19 infections was rapidly increasing in Washington. With no vaccination or specific treatment on the horizon, Howard University Hospital, an academic medical center in the district, prepared for a major surge of COVID-19 patients. Patients were surveyed by Press Ganey.

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A Hawaii health system meets island community and COVID-19 needs with telehealth

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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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MaineGeneral hits congestive heart failure readmission rate of 0% using RPM

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Because of this, it hired a full-time employee to monitor the patient panel. As the program grew to more than 100 patients, the organization expanded to allowing referrals for patients with any chronic condition or COVID-19, and hired additional clinical staff. " PROPOSAL. " RESULTS.

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Marshfield Clinic boosts patient-provider satisfaction and provider efficiency with telehealth

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MCHS had multiple telehealth platforms prior to COVID-19. Two additional platforms were launched in response to COVID-19. MCHS has offered telehealth services for almost 25 years, which prepared the organization to respond to COVID-19. Prior to COVID-19, less than 1% of visits were via telehealth.

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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE

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While the nation seeks to reopen and put COVID-19 behind us, providers are still addressing new variants and recovering from the financial and emotional impact of the pandemic. Outside the blanket waiver, it is also a CMS reimbursement requirement that the practitioner must be licensed in the state. Federal rules.

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Epic EHR-linked telehealth skyrockets at Children’s Colorado

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Telemedicine has been particularly important because of the large, multistate service region with many rural and frontier patients, mountain passes and snow that complicate travel, and limited numbers of pediatric subspecialists in the Rocky Mountain region outside of Denver. THE PROBLEM. An improved model for multidisciplinary care.

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

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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.