Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2024

In addition to helping individual families virtually, Focused Approach also offers clinics the opportunity to add the Focused on Feeding program to their list of services. In addition to helping individual families virtually, Focused Approach also offers clinics the opportunity to add the Focused on Feeding program to their list of services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds significant association between the use of telehealth services and improved healthcare access and outcomes in communities negatively impacted by health disparities. How can increased telehealth services address and minimize this gap?

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2024

We interviewed him to discuss how their partners in Asia-Pacific and the United States have received genAI, where this trend can go in 2024, and how healthcare stakeholders can effectively extract genAI's immense value. Q: How is generative AI being received by your partners and how are they benefitting from it?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the integration of virtual care has become pivotal in reshaping patient experiences. What aspects of a hospital's or health system's patient experience can telemedicine touch? For patients enrolled in chronic disease management programs, telemedicine can be a game-changer.

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MRO Compliance

MARCH 6, 2024

​In the fast-paced world of healthcare, advancements in technology continue to revolutionize the industry, offering innovative solutions to enhance patient care. 2 – Improved Patient Care By enabling swift communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals, digital image sharing contributes to improved patient care.

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Telemedicine 169

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

Talking with a CIO this week, he described how telehealth is now just part of the infrastructure for how they see patients. Patients and clinicians are now more comfortable with telehealth as an option that provides great convenience for the patients.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

This trend shouldn’t come as a surprise given how hospitals and medical offices are relatively lucrative and easy targets for cyberattacks due to the combination of outsourced services and solutions, legacy systems, and varying degrees of network segmentation.

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Ransomware HIPAA Compliance Hospitals 119

Healthcare It News

MARCH 2, 2022

"There is a big opportunity that exists for institutions and practitioners," said Ayalasomayajula, who will discuss strategies to improve empathy this month at HIMSS22, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. The issue goes beyond one-on-one doctor-patient interactions, however.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 7, 2023

Louis, Missouri, has a special patient experience project coinciding with the opening of the Mercy Center for Performance Medicine and Specialty Care. The organization is bringing new capabilities to improve patient experience, lower cost and improve outcomes. Mercy, a massive health system based in St.

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Hospitals 241

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2023

The 2023 Healthcare Experience Trends report aims to provide healthcare leaders with a global snapshot of insights and recommendations on what patients expect and what employees need. Compared to Qualtrics 2022 trends data, patient trust for providers increased by 1% and their likelihood to recommend providers was down by 1%.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 18, 2023

"The only thing that doesn't lie is your calendar," said Jeff Gartland, CEO of Relatient. Let's talk about that analysis of your client data and the findings. Please explain how those positive outcomes are achieved and what exactly your data shows in some of these instances.

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Doctors Patient Satisfaction 178

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2024

Many of the virtual care and digital health systems in development, as well as those pursued over the past several years, are geared toward addressing three macro challenges healthcare currently faces: workforce shortages and burnout; hospitality capacity and throughput; and care fragmentation or patient access. " Dr. Kenneth W.

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Hospitals 154

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Some healthcare provider organizations are using conversational AI to help caregivers and patients. The technology is being used in healthcare for such things as patient chatbots, medical triaging and patient support, patient data management and access, and access to medical services.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2024

language access services are only increasing in importance for healthcare organizations. That’s why a small but growing number of leading-edge healthcare organizations have started to adopt a hybrid model using a virtual interpreter call center to help them efficiently and effectively connect staff and patients with interpreters.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As the consumerization of healthcare continues to take shape, the next frontier of healthcare access may well be merchandising healthcare inventory, contended Derek Streat, cofounder and CEO of DexCare, a digital transformation platform vendor. Please explain what this is and how this works.

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Hospitals Public Health Doctors 208

Medisys Compliance

APRIL 25, 2024

Introduction The ever-evolving world of healthcare billing can feel complex, and with the introduction of MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) in 2015, cardiology practices have faced some adjustments. How Does MACRA Impact Cardiology Billing? What is MACRA?

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2023

The question is how. Dr. Graham Gardner is a cardiologist and CEO and cofounder of Kyruus, a patient scheduling and payments technology and services vendor. We sat down with him to discuss patient access, how technology can help with care planning for underserved patients and making the business case for medical groups.

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Healthcare information Technology 227

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Healthcare innovators are building proactive care management programs to mitigate SDOH risk by connecting high-risk members with community-based organizations to arrange food delivery, transportation to appointments, emergency housing and other services. Walton to get an advance look at his upcoming educational session.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2024

language access services are only increasing in importance for healthcare organizations. That’s why a small but growing number of leading-edge healthcare organizations have started to adopt a hybrid model using a virtual interpreter call center to help them efficiently and effectively connect staff and patients with interpreters.

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Nurses Hospitals HIPAA Governance 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2021

TJ Elbert, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Data at Health Catalyst, said provider organizations, especially, were desperate to access trusted data as they treated patients in a virtual setting. “But more than that, you can make smarter decisions across the entire organization.

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COVID-19 Governance Hospitals 209

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Developed by McLean Care, the iAgeHealth service is being positioned as a "global" solution to barriers to accessing clinical services for residential aged care in regional, rural, and remote communities. The service taps a virtual pool of specialist clinicians who are unbounded by location.

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Nurses Health Outcomes Public Health 128

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

"The booth will show off how healthcare organizations can use Cheers to help folks shopping or looking for care, complete an easy intake process, access direct care and remain engaged outside the four walls of a health system," said Sam Seering, a member of the implementation services – CRM team at Epic.

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COVID-19 Hospitals 286

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2023

Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively). ” he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2023

Teletriage nurses often face intense pressure as they work in fast-paced situations while assessing patients, employing critical thinking and delivering high-quality care. Imagine being a nurse tasked with caring for patients. But your hands are cuffed behind your back. You are not allowed to touch the patient.

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Nurses Doctors 133

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2024

Joseph’s/Candler Hospital and Morrison Healthcare are revolutionizing hospital food service with the first-ever implementation of Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology in a healthcare facility. Simply swipe your credit card or, for employees, a badge, and browse the selection of pre-packaged meals, snacks, and drinks.

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Hospitals 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). She has more than 20 years of experience working with a wide range of patients. The first of your three predictions for telepsychiatry in 2024 concerns access.

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MRO Compliance

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The article is entitled Release of Information: The Digitization of ROI , and includes valuable insights into pivotal shifts in the ROI landscape and how these changes affect HIM teams. However, granting payers and other requestors ubiquitous access to your organization’s EHR poses privacy risks and is not always the preferred option.

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COVID-19 Hospitals 130

MRO Compliance

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The article is entitled Release of Information: The Digitization of ROI , and includes valuable insights into pivotal shifts in the ROI landscape and how these changes affect HIM teams. However, granting payers and other requestors ubiquitous access to your organization’s EHR poses privacy risks and is not always the preferred option.

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COVID-19 Hospitals 130

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Although we were forced into fully remote operations with COVID-19, we have been making modifications along the way and have discovered how beneficial it can be to our organizations and our patients. To make further strides though, we have to understand where we’ve come from, where we are now, and how it is making an impact.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2023

It is difficult enough to find access – especially timely access – to needed medical specialists in large urban areas, but it can be next to impossible in rural communities. Virtual care has proven that it can be a big help in connecting patients with the right specialists , and in a timely manner. population.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. For those individuals, the ability to access care is inordinate compared to other areas.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 16, 2022

However, a recent study from telemedicine technology and services vendor Teladoc Health found that participants were successful in controlling their diabetes through a remote diabetes monitoring program despite existing barriers to care access.

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Health Outcomes Telemedicine 242

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2023

Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively). ” he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Galileo is a recently launched telehealth service that delivers 24/7 primary and multi-specialty care in both English and Spanish. It aims to set itself apart with its fully bilingual service offerings. His goal is to help remove language as a barrier for access to healthcare for the 53 million U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

While this is great and has the potential to make a really big impact for good on the lives of patients and potentially costs, one thing that is often missed in this discussion is high quality patient identification. Rogow, CEO and President at Healthix , who shared their use of Verato to address their Patient Identity challenges.

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Public Health Governance 109

MedTrainer

MAY 6, 2024

To simplify things, we’ll walk you through the general steps on how credentialers can enroll providers with most BCBS companies, the information and documents you’ll need, and the best practices to follow. By enrolling with individual payers, your organization gains access to a wide range of patients with insurance coverage.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2023

Your survey has discovered fascinating things about Virginia providers' feelings about continuity of care and quality of care they’re able to offer patients via telehealth. They feel confident in the quality of care they offer via telehealth and have seen improvements in their patients’ continuity of care.

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