Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2024

The AI-managed patients in the study had 60% greater medication adherence and five times more prescription changes, but required fewer doctor's visits to get their diabetes under control, UpDoc said. Stanford Healthcare has also used machine learning models to coordinate in-patient care and reduce clinical deterioration events.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Why, then, are medical libraries among the first services to be cut when hospitals and health systems trim their budgets? In December 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to hospital department closures around the U.S., the Medical Library Association issued a plea touting the benefits of their services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

"For those with cognitive impairments, they might not understand on a telehealth call why or how their doctor is talking to them through a computer screen," explained Kimberly Powell, an assistant professor in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing and lead author of the study, in a statement. Saved organizational resources.

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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. With the right tools, extending care outside the hospital is not only feasible, but in many cases preferred.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

The Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate, aims to enable more widespread use of telehealth in skilled nursing facilities. This bipartisan bill will help transform rural health care and improve lives." WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 13, 2023

From the comfort, ease and safety of their own homes, patients are seeing doctors of all stripes. But what about what happens with patients between doctor appointments, namely for patients with chronic illnesses? What types of technologies and practices today can help improve health outcomes and reduce costs to the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A new survey report in India has gauged the stances of healthcare leaders on their use of technology in an effort to yield operational efficiencies, enhance service delivery, and improve health outcomes. "Creating an intelligent health system will make doctors better at what they do while improving patient experiences.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 5, 2022

Advocate Aurora is building out its portfolio of technologies and services for its aging patients, including home health and hospice care. Whether or not it's eventually the standard of care , it's clear that well-planned remote care strategies can improve patient care and outcomes. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2022

The company labels Addison the next generation of remote patient monitoring technology that offers a solution to the caregiver shortage by providing healthcare management outside a doctor's four walls. Individual patients can purchase "Flow Health" for $599. "Addison is a. " Numerous telehealth functions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In 2019, Cleveland-based University Hospitals saw an opportunity to use automation and digital care technologies to improve patient engagement, clinical care and outcomes. Brian Zack, system medical director for digital health at University Hospitals and associate chief medical officer at Ahuja Medical Center.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

I sat in front of my doctor for the first time since before the pandemic. And just within the past few months there’s been a couple of falls, a fracture, an ER visit, a hospitalization, and a car accident. My doctor was starting to get the picture. Hospitals/In-patient Care: Train caregivers at the bedside. I’m not alone.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

In my own family, my Uncle Roy struggled to manage his type 2 diabetes—he constantly missed doctor appointments, failed to take his medications, and never checked his blood sugars. Across these 23,452 members last year, our clients measured an average of 42% reduction in hospitalizations. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In the organization’s annual study into physicians’ wellbeing, Medscape has diagnosed worsening burnout and depression among America’s doctors. But only 45% of doctors said their workplaces offered programs addressing physicians. So why haven’t more doctors sought help for burnout or depression?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

Garheng Kong, Founder and Managing Partner at HealthQuest Capital Hospital-at-home (HaH) and skilled nursing at home (SNaH) are two trends driving increased healthcare in the home for more acute patients. HaH is an innovative care model that provides hospital-level care in a patient’s home as a full substitute for acute hospital care.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Gary Hamilton, CEO, InteliChart Seldom do people receive as much important information as quickly as they do during doctor’s visits and hospital stays. The survey also found that 24% of patients don’t understand all the information their doctor provides and 31% won’t even remember it immediately following an appointment.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2023

Keith Algozzine, Founder and CEO of UCM Digital Health Providing patients with a positive health outcome is always the priority for their healthcare provider. These studies all support that trust in doctors ultimately correlated with higher patient satisfaction in remote visits.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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. Virtual-first primary care has been shown to improve health outcomes by increasing access, he reported.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 27, 2023

As these goals and digital investments progress, the once golden standard of optimizing healthcare performance has shifted from the Triple Aim (enhancing the patient experience, improving population health, and lowering costs) to the Quadruple Aim, which factors the clinician’s well-being into the equation.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Nearly 70% of physicians now work for a corporate entity instead of private practices.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Cerner & Labcorp Partner to Manage Hospital Labs in 10 States. LG Launches Virtual Care Solution with Amwell to Address Hospital Workforce Shortages. Twilio, Healthfirst Launch CDP for Health Plans and Providers. minutes waiting before they can see a doctor, up from an average of 18.2 Research Findings.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

If a patient enters data into the portal, the patient expects that it would be automatically shared with the doctor or office who invited them to use the portal. Patients may want to enter their medications and pharmacy information into the portal and believe that doing so would transfer that information to their doctor for future visits.

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

Note that 21% of these sicker patients needed a particular doctor or hospital not covered by their insurance — that is, out-of-network. The table breaks out these data points for the well versus the un-well, making the point that PAB is more likely greater among people dealing with chronic and acute conditions.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A narrow scope means you won’t be able to solve broad sweeping applications, like a digital twin of a community or a hospital, or a segment membership, but it will allow you to design appropriate guardrails around data collection and management. Digital Twin of a Patient Healthcare is a constantly changing field.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Among other use cases, the health system currently is using advanced ambient AI technology to document doctor-patient conversations and has deployed large language model AI – akin to that used by the popular ChatGPT – to draft replies to patient portal messages. I'm a primary care doctor. I'm one of them.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

These pharmacies also acted as trusted intermediaries between patients and doctors or hospital systems. This shortage became a critical issue during the pandemic when people relied heavily on telemedicine and the advice of doctors to carry them through the unprecedented time.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Studies indicate that actively involving patients in decision-making leads to improved adherence to medication, lower hospitalization rates, and overall better health outcomes. It’s also about equipping patients with the knowledge and necessary resources for proactive health management.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The table illustrates the key point, that the sicker we are, the more likely we would be to share information tracked in our apps and devices — whether contributing out data for healthcare research, to a developer of an app or device, in an emergency situation, and especially to share with doctors to help them improve “my” care.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2024

The acquisition advances Healthy Together’s mission to improve collective health and make government and enterprises more efficient. This acquisition reinforces Healthy Together’s commitment to driving positive change in public health outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2023

Now, as Medicare and Medicaid continue to move toward value-based contracts, developing practical strategies for meeting the behavioral health needs of vulnerable populations has become even more critical. But too often, hospitals and health systems direct resources toward population-specific solutions without seeing significant change.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

athenahealth’s integrations with hospital EHR systems allow the platform to receive discharge instructions when a patient leaves a hospital. Not everything is going in the right direction; consider for instance the AP News article, Want to email your doctor? You may be charged for that.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Google doesn’t take you to a hospital website. It doesn’t take you to a health plan website. – About 23 percent of caregivers say caregiving has made their own health worse , up from 17 percent in 2015. Our nation has a vital opportunity to unleash the potential of family caregivers to improve health outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When patients are not able to complete the care journey, this can lead to disjointed care, poor health outcomes and higher costs. While the volume of telehealth visits, after spiking during the Covid-19 pandemic, has declined since its peak , it remains an essential option for tens of millions of people.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For example, it is sometimes challenging to quantify behavioral health outcomes. Frequent virtual medical triage significantly reduces the likelihood that patients will be sent to the hospital, which is often costly for insurance providers. Nothing else safeguards the patient’s care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Patients who receive a personalized experience may have multiple specialists treating each of their needs individually, such as an endocrinologist for hormone therapy or a sports medicine doctor for a knee injury. The ability to seek treatment from a doctor specializing in your specific medical need is beneficial and improves health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2023

Forward-thinking organizations are using AI to predict who is most likely to experience potentially preventable negative health outcomes and events, such as unplanned hospital admissions or chronic disease progression.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services – Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) oversees licensure and regulations for mental and behavioral health providers, including outpatient and inpatient mental health providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2019

" He added that the program will "focus on ensuring that low-income Americans and veterans can access this technology, particularly in rural communities like Laurel Fork, where the nearest hospital is in a different state, access to telehealth can make a life-saving difference." Moreover, it would enable better health outcomes.

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