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Connecticut Children's Care Network adds telehealth breastfeeding support

Healthcare It News

The Connecticut Children's Care Network, with 37 independent pediatric practices and more than 200 pediatric primary care providers in Connecticut and Massachusetts, has a mission to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for infants, children and adolescents. THE LARGER TREND.

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Bipartisan bills in House, Senate seek to increase telehealth in nursing homes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

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How health systems should be preparing now for the future of hospital at home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Now more hospitals and health systems are looking to expand their efforts beyond video visit-based virtual care, and push for expanded remote patient monitoring programs – up to and including the provision of acute care at home. They cleared the path for parity reimbursement during the public health emergency.

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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. " MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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A rural Kansas FQHC brings remote patient monitoring to the underserved

Healthcare It News

Consistently, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's County Health Rankings, Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma have some of the worst health outcomes and health factors in their respective states. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Wellth Announces $20M Series B for Continued Growth of Behavioral Science-Based Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Uncle Roy’s story is not unique; the individual behaviors that people with chronic conditions perform on a daily basis are the most important determinant of future health outcomes. Across these 23,452 members last year, our clients measured an average of 42% reduction in hospitalizations. In the U.S.,