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Inpatient telemedicine improves care and patient satisfaction at Howard University Hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With no vaccination or specific treatment on the horizon, Howard University Hospital, an academic medical center in the district, prepared for a major surge of COVID-19 patients. With a large Black community in Washington, Howard University Hospital prepared for disproportionately more patients and more severely ill patients.

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Gold Coast Hospital to try out HeraMED's remote pregnancy monitoring platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Queensland-based Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service will be trying out a remote pregnancy monitoring platform by ASX-listed HeraMED. It aims to evaluate the platform's clinical usability, patient satisfaction, value for money and economic benefit.

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MaineGeneral hits congestive heart failure readmission rate of 0% using RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In January 2020, the organization launched a remote patient monitoring pilot, working with vendor Health Recovery Solutions to monitor CHF patients after discharge from the hospital. Upon discharge, patients often need support to understand their symptoms and warning signs after returning home. THE PROBLEM.

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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. Children’s Hospital’s telemedicine platform vendor has been Vidyo, and the platform was integrated with the organization’s Epic electronic health record.

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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But even now, hospitals and health systems should be preparing proactively to meet the regulatory demands of a post-PHE future. Early in the pandemic, many states issued executive orders that allowed out-of-state practitioners to provide services to patients in the state without being licensed in the state. Federal rules.

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Navigating The New A2P 10DLC Regulations in Healthcare: A Guide for Healthcare Text Messaging

Healthcare IT Today

For healthcare providers, that means patients aren’t getting critical appointment reminders and confirmation text, as well as billing, test result links, patient satisfaction surveys, prescription confirmations, etc. Even if a patient texted you first, you will not be able to respond until approved.

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Avoiding Red Flags: Finding the Right Productivity Balance

Healthcare IT Today

Licensed assistants in all 50 states can see patients—with varying degrees of supervision determined by state. If overbilling happens with a commercial biller, the clinic could get a letter sent to the licensing board and be put on probation. This number rises to 17 patients in organizations with more than 50 providers.