Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2020

Telehealth is more in demand than ever during the coronavirus crisis, and a new report from Frost & Sullivan suggests its uptake will increase by 64.3% nationwide this year, given the disruptions of COVID-19. But in the years ahead, virtual care and remote monitoring should truly take off, according to the report. WHY IT MATTERS. According to the study , Telehealth: A Technology-Based Weapon in the War Against the Coronavirus, 2020, researchers predict that the pandemic will continue to resh

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Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. patients’ most-trusted source of coronavirus information. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP , the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 25, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Practicing self-care and taking care of our mental – and physical – health at home is important at the best of times. Now, however, most of us are being asked to stay at home, and […]. The article 4 Ways To Take Care of Your Health At Home appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 27, 2020

Telemedicine has experienced a huge surge in adoption over the past few months, during the coronavirus pandemic. With people locked down at home, it has become the 'new normal' way of accessing healthcare says digital health connector, Aline Noizet.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2020

New research has concluded that healthcare organizations are missing high volumes of incoming calls, in part because when they return messages, patients can’t tell who’s on the line. This problem has apparently gotten worse with the inception of COVID-19, the study found. Communications technology vendor First Orion surveyed roughly 1,000 U.S. mobile phone users in […].

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MAY 27, 2020

Home health nursing is one of the many career options available within the nursing profession. It is a choice for registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and nurse assistants (NAs). The educational requirements for a home health nurse are dependent on individual nursing certifications.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2020

Physical distancing and sheltering-in-place at home are becoming norms in our pandemic life-flows. We’ve seen the advent of drive-through and drive-up weddings , wakes , and high school graduation rites. And when food, hygiene supplies, and medical care can’t be delivered by Amazon or Instacart via FedEx, UPS, or the U.S. Postal Service, there’s always the automobile — which, in the U.S., is also part of COVID-19 consumers’ coping mechanisms for hunting-and-gatherin

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 25, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. So, you are a germ freak always clean of ensuring your place of work or residence is clear of anything that may be hazardous to your health. However, you are also aware of some of […]. The article Steam Cleaners Are Good For Disinfection appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 14, 2020

AI is steadily proving itself to the clinical community, but there are some aspects of care in which an algorithm will never be granted full control, said Cardiologs CEO Yann Fleureau.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2020

As the world of telehealth explodes, we’ve seeing all sorts of approaches to solving the teleheath problem. For those waiting for my list of telehealth vendors, I’ve finished evaluating 235 companies and classifying them. I’ll be publishing the first piece of the list next week. In the process of creating the list of telehealth vendors […].

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HealthStream

MAY 26, 2020

As medicine evolves, new types of doctors and nurses are emerging to meet our system’s changing needs. In some cases, these clinicians are in new specialties that didn’t exist until recently, and demand for some of these physicians is already high.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2020

In an article published in the Journal of the American Informatics Association this week, Duke University researchers examined COVID-19's effect on transforming the telehealth landscape. "Whether healthcare enterprises are ready or not, the new reality is that virtual care has arrived," researchers said. WHY IT MATTERS. As federal and state governments evolve in messaging around COVID-19, healthcare facilities have responded accordingly.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2020

COVID-19 is re-shaping health care in America across many dimensions. In Shifts in Healthcare Demand, Delivery and Care During the COVID-19 Era , IQVIA presents a multi-faceted profile of the early impacts of the pandemic on U.S. health care. In the report, published in April 2020, IQVIA mined the company’s many data bases that track real-time data, including medical claims, flu data, sales data, oncology medical and pharmacy claims, formularies, among other sources.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 18, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. We always set goals before the new year, but most of us able to stick to these goals for just a few months. Why we do this? Well, it is because these resolutions take time […]. The article Definitive Guide for Living Healthy Lifestyle in 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 15, 2020

Singapore-based HeartVoice, which was formed in February 2019 as a joint venture between both iAPPS and Omron Healthcare, announced last week that it will extend the use of its telehealth platform to all healthcare providers for free in the country until 31 July, 2020. HeartVoice said the reason for this was to support safe distancing amongst the public and contribute to the fight against COVID-19 situation.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 22, 2020

The following is a guest article by Rebecca E. Gwilt, Esq., Partner at Nixon Law Group. Many consumers are starting to accept telehealth as a standard of healthcare delivery in their everyday lives, whether through direct to consumer wearables like FitBit or Oura or professional telemedicine consults offered by their healthcare providers, employers, or insurance […].

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HealthStream

MAY 14, 2020

New educational tools educate hospital and other healthcare providers on the latest guidance on CPR using streamlined education that can save time and money in the certification process while ensuring every student is receiving training on high-quality CPR

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

As MedStar Health launched its telehealth response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of the health system’s caregivers first rose to the challenge of meeting a historic surge in demand for the existing MedStar eVisit urgent care, on-demand telehealth offering. Leveraging an existing telehealth platform, the health system responded to volumes that jumped from an average of seven visits daily in February 2020 to more than 500 visits in a day within the first week of the COVID-19 response.

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Health Populi

MAY 6, 2020

Personal health, food and medicine, safety and financial security are consumers’ top priorities as of April 2020, learned in consumer research analyzed in How COVID-19 will permanently change consumer behavior from Accenture. Both health and economic concerns plague consumers around the world as people “strive to adapt to a new normal,” Accenture reports. “Fear is running high as individuals contemplate what this crisis means for them…for their families and friends,

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Redox

MAY 21, 2020

The response to COVID-19 has shown that the US healthcare system is ill-equipped to address a huge spike in demand. At the most basic level, we don’t have enough beds, caregivers, or personal protective equipment. This harsh reality is forcing us to assess every aspect of our healthcare system. It’s abundantly clear that the status quo is insufficient and that we must find ways to not only navigate this current crisis but to better position ourselves for the future.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 29, 2020

Healthcare VR researchers say that certain projects have stalled during the pandemic, but strong demand and emergency reimbursement decisions out of CMS have raised hopes across the industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2020

Yesterday, I came across this excellent piece by Sue Schade called “Knocking on the digital front door.” Here’s an excerpt of what Schade shares: An integrated strategy for a patient centered digital front door has many components including the core website, the patient portal linked to the electronic health record, improved access and scheduling capabilities, […].

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HealthStream

MAY 15, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) research and application within medicine is growing rapidly. In 2016, healthcare AI projects attracted more investment than AI projects within any other sector of the global economy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

New York City's Mount Sinai Health System has installed more than 100 Google Nest cameras in hospitals to observe and communicate with COVID-19 patients. WHY IT MATTERS. Health officials have reported more than 189,000 confirmed and probable coronavirus cases in New York City, making it one of the country's biggest hotspots. The ensuing flood of patients has strained hospital resources, including staffing, beds and personal protective equipment.

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Health Populi

MAY 11, 2020

In the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, we all feel like we are living in desperate times. If you are a person at-risk of dying a Death of Despair, you’re even more at-risk of doing so in the wake of the Coronavirus in America. Demonstrating this sad fact of U.S. life, the Well Being Trust and Robert Graham Center published Projected Deaths of Despair from COVID-19.

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Jerri Lynn Ward

MAY 18, 2020

HHS has published Provider Letter PL2020-29 regarding the new Texas Administrative Code Rules and amendments governing Administrative Penalties, informal dispute resolution and amelioration for the above providers. The rules took effect April 28, 202, however the administrative penalty portion will not impact violations identified prior to September 1, 2020.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 20, 2020

Opt-in "Exposure Notifications" are included in new operating system updates on both companies' platforms and available now to worldwide public health agencies.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 19, 2020

A new survey of healthcare workers has concluded that in the struggle to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer HIT execs are involving employees in health IT investment decisions. This is not a good sign, as it suggests that we may see a new wave of Health IT investments that end users hate. The survey, […].

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HealthStream

MAY 8, 2020

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2020

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs St. Louis Healthcare System announced this week that it has contracted with the telecommunications vendor Uniper Care for a pilot program providing veterans access to telehealth and social engagement services. As part of the pilot program, 40 to 50 veterans would have access to the Uniper Care service at no charge, a VA St.

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