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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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Preparing Your Practice for Telemedicine Orthopedic Services

Medisys Compliance

Starting to provide telemedicine services in your orthopedic facility can be a great way to expand your reach and provide convenient care to your patients. Starting telemedicine orthopedic services has lot of benefits like improved access to care, increased patient satisfaction, cost savings and better practice management.

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Upstate Medical University decreases no-shows by 59% with telehealth, which patients love

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. There also was much uncertainty around reimbursement and regulations regarding telemedicine.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

So Texas Health Aetna found CirrusMD, a vendor of text-based telemedicine technology that enables asynchronous, ongoing communication. There are many vendors on the market today offering telemedicine technology, including American Well, Avizia, GlobalMed, MDLive, Novotalk, SnapMD, Teladoc, TeleHealth Services and Tellus.

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Asynchronous video telemedicine helps TB patients, saves costs in Guam

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Patients use emocha, a HIPAA-compliant mobile application, on their smartphone to video record themselves taking their medication, report side effects and receive medication reminders," Mbakwem said. "They have access to two-way, HIPAA-secure messaging to communicate with their healthcare provider.

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Epic EHR-linked telehealth skyrockets at Children’s Colorado

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora developed an active and growing telemedicine program over the past eight years. Before COVID-19, almost all specialties were using telemedicine in some aspect of their practice. The organization also uses a custom-developed, HIPAA-compliant photo-sharing platform. THE PROBLEM.