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How UPMC's virtual-first healthcare model works

Healthcare It News

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.

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Stony Brook Medicine crafts a telehealth strategic plan that bears fruit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4 Dr. Gerald J.

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Private Equity and Digital Health in 2023: Policy Updates and Trends to Watch

Healthcare Law Blog

These companies strive to improve health outcomes and lower expenses by focusing on specific gaps, issues or illnesses, prioritizing technological innovation, and customizing individualized care plans. The global mental health apps market size was valued at $5.2 from 2023 to 2030.

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The Goal of RPM is Management, Not Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

The goal should be to improve health outcomes for patients, and in order to do that the RPM data needs to be shown in the context of what else is going on with the patient, it needs to be integrated into existing workflows, and it needs to be actionable. But we need more certainty going forward.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

A lesser-known component of ARRA was Title XIII, the HITECH Act, which funded hospitals’ and physicians’ adoption of electronic health records systems (EHRs). The policy’s acronym fully spelled-out was the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009.