Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2021

How can virtual care enable this? The Internet allows everyone access to medical information, but using "Doctor Google" can be dangerous. Virtual care simply makes it more convenient for patients to connect with their primary care doctor to get personalized, professional medical care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 27, 2020

It needed advice on best practices to adjust to life during COVID-19 and continue treating patients safely and effectively. One of the challenges Whole Life faced during the onset of the pandemic was access to a reputable and efficient telehealth system to continue care for patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

These will aid greatly in COVID-19 diagnosis, clinical decision making and managing manpower and hospital beds’ capacity. Hospital telehealth solutions for the ICU and telehealth solutions to connect caregivers and patients at home. “Much of the COVID-19 conversation has focused on the lack of ventilators.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – The pediatric mental health crisis is named the number one patient safety concern, according to ECRI’s 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns. Here are the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2023: 1.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has shown in no uncertain terms the value and criticality of having a digitised and connected healthcare ecosystem: one that enables easy access to near-real-data, supports the demands of virtual care, prioritises patient experience and protects patient data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

"Patients often had to see multiple providers for different health issues and it was difficult for providers to keep track of a patient's medical history and treatment plan. "Finally, there also was the issue of patient engagement and adherence to treatment plans," he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

To see all of the feature stories in the Burnout in the Age of COVID-19 series, click here. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. " Dr. Lisa R.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy released a final report on Tuesday outlining its findings and recommendations around safeguarding the future of telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic. "People do see the potential here for a better experience for patients, better outcomes." And it was there," she said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 22, 2020

Earlier this year in New Haven, Connecticut, the location of Yale New Haven Health’s main hospital, the health system was challenged by how many COVID-19 patients would need to be admitted and ventilated. That hospital had more than 25 patients in ICU when it normally has five or six. THE PROBLEM.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

“Fending off illness has become a state of mind for many consumers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.” I connect the dots of this phenomenon in my book, Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds. “It’s about more than washing your hands,” David Salazar explains.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

But having learned some difficult lessons this pandemic year, it's worth taking stock of that hard-won wisdom – and forecasting how it might be put to work in the next 12 months as healthcare organizations chart a path forward to help a " shocked system emerge stronger " (as PwC puts it). healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

It has proven itself throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the success of telehealth during the last year and a half, some have questioned its broader use as healthcare returns to in-person office visits. This provides a greater number of patients with a greater level of convenience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

HRI also interviewed numerous thought leaders from throughout the industry and frontline clinicians to understand their on-the-ground experiences during a historic year. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. “Some specialties, such as mental health, may find stronger footing via virtual visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 26, 2022

Telehealth and remote patient monitoring have proven themselves to be not only convenient but necessary tools for patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. When needed, a primary care physician can host a specialist via a video conference from their own office for patients to "see" the specialist.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took refuge online. More generally, how have televisits affected clinicians’ revenues, and how is the effect likely to change?

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the early chaos of the coronavirus pandemic, the healthcare industry struggled to keep up with an influx of patients amidst a shortage of necessary resources. The influx of cyberattacks on healthcare firms has served to illustrate how much cybersecurity measures in this industry need to improve.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2022

As the coronavirus pandemic first spread across the globe, health systems turned to technology and virtual care while focusing their efforts on COVID-19 and its consequences. Why not use that budget to invest in digital tools, to fundamentally rethink how care is delivered? Now the healthcare sector faces a new challenge.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

And all healthcare provider organizations can learn from CCA's implementation. CCA prioritizes our virtual care programming because access to technology and connectivity is a social factor that impacts health. This number continues to grow as a direct result of our efforts to scale virtual care programming during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

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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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Addressing Declines in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Treatment. A pre-Thanksgiving analysis of this data revealed that just 45% of SNF residents and 23% of SNF staff were up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. Education for Staff Regarding Up-To-Date Vaccinations and Boosters.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

Island Health's Hospital at Home program was created to determine whether treating acute care patients in their own homes is as effective as in-hospital treatment. The program was launched to enable patients to receive safe, effective care virtually and in-person from providers experienced in hospital medicine and acute care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2021

Raleigh Medical Group is a multispecialty group that serves the Research Triangle area of North Carolina with 115,000 patient visits a year in its internal medicine, gastroenterology, dermatology and rheumatology divisions. The COVID-19 virus interrupted Raleigh Medical Group's daily schedules and challenged patient care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better." '" Patients have gotten on board.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 20, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, business at Gastro Health in Miami came to a halt. In order to uphold social-distancing practices, patients stayed at home and thus physicians at the practice did not have access to them. The question became: How was Gastro Health going to continue to contact and care for patients?

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Beyond tracking activity/steps, exercise and weight via digital means, more patients began to track blood pressure with connected cuffs and wrist-worn devices. We can expect to see more women-related health tech featured at CES 2022, including on education panels and speaking platforms. THINK: cars, comms, and care.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2022

A new study from CIGNA and its subsidiary MDLive touts the cost-effectiveness of telehealth to improve health outcomes, reducing the need for unnecessary lab work, reducing duplication of care, and connecting patients with high-performing providers. How will virtual care play out in 2022? 55 percent of U.S.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Beyond tracking activity/steps, exercise and weight via digital means, more patients began to track blood pressure with connected cuffs and wrist-worn devices. We can expect to see more women-related health tech featured at CES 2022, including on education panels and speaking platforms. THINK: cars, comms, and care.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Compliance Considerations for Best Outcomes Written in collaboration with the AIHC Volunteer Education Committee Delivering mental health services via telehealth has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher rates of use of telehealth are now standard in many practices since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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MedTrainer

APRIL 14, 2022

Burnout in healthcare industries has always existed, and following the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s grown worse than ever. The exhaustion and tiredness cultivated by burnout can result in cynicism, reduced productivity, and other far-reaching problems. But how can technology help in the medical profession? Easy to Use.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

This usage supports the implementation of mobile technology in the healthcare industry for professionals, patients and caregivers. These benefits drastically improve health outcomes and patient care. To start, healthcare organizations should explore these six use cases for QR code generation: Patient identification.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very different vantage points: a CIO, a telemedicine director, a chief nursing informatics officer and an IT director.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 18, 2021

The world has been in urgent need of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tools. Here’s a look at what we’ve learned from COVID-19 era regulatory practices in clinical development. This first came for COVID-19 test kits and treatments aimed at minimizing symptoms and shortening disease duration.

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Health Care Law Brief

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In addition to those provisions that look to extend current government programs, the HMH Bill proposes the following new initiatives: Provider Specific Provisions : Transforming Safety Net Hospitals. The HSNT Program would authorize the issuance of grant funds to safety net hospitals. Expanding home care collaborations.

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Kaiser Permanente

JANUARY 1, 2022

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have served as critical supports to children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and individuals with disabilities – covering 80 million individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since February 2020, Medicaid enrollment has grown sharply to cover an additional 9.9

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

5 things to know about HHS OIG’s patient harm report. $15 AMA, organizations launch effort to apply equity lens to patient care. COVID-19 public health emergency set to be extended. Covid-19 remains a public health emergency in US, administration says. How to Create a Healthcare Data Culture.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

COVID-19 rising in Alabama, experts believe cases are higher than reported. How drones are innovating Alabama’s health care industry. Alaska’s Covid-19 emergency order to end July 1. Alaska’s COVID-19 data shows 25% rise in cases reported to state since last week. CALIFORNIA.

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Kaiser Permanente

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I am often struck by a caller’s willingness to share their life experiences and struggles, and desire for human connection as part of their path forward. . It may make safety planning easier for clinicians and their patients who can feel paralyzed during a crisis and unable to remember a complex rescue plan. .

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