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Telemedicine eases work-life balance for solo practitioner, adds revenue stream

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Seeking a way to achieve a better work life-balance, Jensen decided to explore practicing telemedicine. With the goal of spending more time with his family in Lakeside, he adopted the telemedicine app in the summer of 2019. “So far, about 800 of my patients have opened Medici accounts to do virtual visits.”

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Telemedicine: What Slows Down the Healthcare of the Future

HIT Consultant

This article explores the challenges of telemedicine and examines solutions to resolve current issues. Main Obstacles the Telemedicine is Facing Today. Not only did the pandemic accelerate the implementation of telemedicine, but remote health services became a necessity. On the legal side, telemedicine faces two main drawbacks.

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Telemedicine platform helps Texas Health Aetna save $398 per ER avoidance

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The number of days to an appointment with a family medicine doctor in north Texas has more than doubled in the last five years, Muller said. So Texas Health Aetna found CirrusMD, a vendor of text-based telemedicine technology that enables asynchronous, ongoing communication. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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How to Automate the Patient-Provider Working Relationship

Healthcare IT Today

In Medical Economics’ 2022 annual survey , providers said increased competition is now one of their top challenges, namely because today’s patients are increasingly willing, for reasons of convenience, to switch doctors. AI and Patient-Staff Interactions. HIPAA regulations. Clinical safety: screening & escalations.

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Albert Einstein Medical Center serves up telehealth from 4 vendors with FCC grant

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Many of our patients struggle with transportation issues, whether it is available or accessible public transportation or physical disabilities that make a trip to the doctor's office difficult," Stone said. "Both vendors are HIPAA-compliant and work with healthcare providers nationally. MARKETPLACE.

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Mount Sinai-linked computer pads keep patients at home during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But of course, patients continue to have healthcare needs that do require doctor visits. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Patient satisfaction: level of satisfaction with this device/service as gauged by a questionnaire embedded into the devices.

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Health Provider News – November 4, 2022

Hall Render

HHS releases video on documenting recognized HIPAA security practices. Staff shortages make patient surges harder for children’s hospitals — and the situation won’t get better soon. How California can add Black doctors to health care system. Indiana doctors prepare for possible “tripledemic”.