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New York State Office for the Aging deploys AI robots as companions for older adults

Healthcare It News

MAY 25, 2022

Building on its effort to battle social isolation and support aging-in-place, the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) is delivering voice-operated smart technology into the homes of more than 800 older adults. The technology recently launched commercially after years of pilots and early production deployments.

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Finding success in localising digital tech

Healthcare It News

MARCH 11, 2024

Not-for-profit organisation Salveo Healthcare has recently introduced a remote patient monitoring technology from the United Kingdom to support its delivery of preventative care in Tasmania. Can you walk me through the pilot of Clinitouch – how is the technology being received by your staff and clinicians?

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Nurses Public Health

Telehealth, hybrid care adding to physicians' EHR workload

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2024

While telehealth alone doesn't appear to add significantly to a primary care physician's workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary and EHR work, new research shows. more medical record review minutes.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine COVID-19 Hospitals

Physician adoption of digital health tools is accelerating, AMA research shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

"The AMA survey illustrates the importance physicians place on validated digital health tools that improve health while streamlining the technological and administrative burdens faced each day in medicine," said AMA President Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. in 2022, with the largest growth in remote care tools. in a statement.

Doctors

How remote patient monitoring improves care, saves money for chronic care

Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2022

population has a chronic disease, and caring for them is consuming 86% of healthcare costs. Many organizations still rely on traditional chronic care models characterized by periodic in-person encounters that can be inconvenient, expensive and insufficiently frequent. It is estimated that 50% of the U.S. Please explain.

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Nursing Homes Hospitals Nurses Medicare

Ambient energy usage readings can support remote patient monitoring

Healthcare It News

JULY 20, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS In its announcement Wednesday, Eaton said the algorithm's accuracy is as effective as home health and wellbeing monitoring from connected health technologies like passive infrared-based systems. THE LARGER TREND With a growing, aging population and a shortage of healthcare workers, RPM is moving to the mainstream.

How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Healthcare It News

JUNE 20, 2022

Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes. But what can provider organizations do to accelerate virtual care adoption? In many ways, virtual care helped define the pandemic.

Nurses

Nurses Doctors Hospitals COVID-19

Radiology’s great balancing act

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2024

“This gap between demand and supply of diagnostic radiologists has been going on for a while,” said BreAnne Buehl, Director of Healthcare and Life Sciences Solutions for VMware by Broadcom, a cloud computing and virtualization technology company that helps healthcare organizations modernize their IT infrastructure.

Hospitals

Telehealth helps address many key chronic care management challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." " As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management. What are the challenges that chronic care management faces today and into the future?

Telemedicine

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UCI Health names nursing informatics leader as new CIO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS Eastman, who started the job on July 24, has deep expertise in both nursing and information technology, and UCI officials noted her "strong leadership skills and a forward-thinking vision that will shape the future of the technology infrastructure at UCI Health." Lefteris in a statement.

Nurses

Telehealth can effectively manage COVID-19 at home, study finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2022

The goals of the program, as outlined in the study, were to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations, identify declining patients, escalate care when needed and provide support to patients and families. Enrolled patients were risk-stratified based on age and underlying comorbidities. required hospitalization, and 1.2%

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Survey: Americans’ perceptions of telehealth in the COVID-19 era

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2020

The sheer number of suspected cases of the virus, the pace at which it is spreading, and the desire to have as many people as possible practice social distancing or shelter-in-place have made it more challenging for individuals to receive care in a traditional, in-person setting. Convenience, health and safety are appealing.

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COVID-19 Doctors

Three 2023 telemedicine trends that advance the 'new normal' in healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

This past year may very well have been the year the "new normal" was sealed for healthcare – one that includes a lot more telehealth, remote monitoring and other virtual care than ever before. Technology has became culturally accepted as an integral part of the patient experience as telemedicine gained popularity.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine COVID-19 Medicare Medicare

Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. News The future of healthcare: What 2022 could bring A look ahead at what the uptick in interest and usage of digital health will mean for the future of.

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Amazon Clinic may delay its nationwide telehealth launch

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 27, 2023

Warren and Welch asked Amazon executives earlier this month about patient health data privacy and expressed concerns that the platform’s new healthcare service is putting users’ private health data at risk. According to the report, an email source said Sens.

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HIPAA Telemedicine Licensing

Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic brought telemedicine technology and services to a mainstream audience – like it or not. Overnight, telemedicine became a necessity for providers to deliver clinical care during COVID-19. They want convenience, health insights and easy access to quality care.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine COVID-19 HIPAA Doctors

Patients have positive telehealth experiences – but things could be better

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 13, 2020

Three-quarters of patients who obtained healthcare virtually during the pandemic said they want it to be a standard part of care in the future. However, a majority also said they left the visit without knowing what the next steps were – suggesting that providers still have a role to play in follow-up care.

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Patient Satisfaction COVID-19

Roundup: Victoria, WA launch initiatives to support local digital health innovation and more briefs

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Victorian Connected Health Innovation and Commercialisation Centre will support up to 500 local companies each year by connecting them with healthcare professionals, investors, and other innovators who can assist in fast-tracking the development of their new digital health products.

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Governance Doctors Hospitals

The great digital health reset – and how IT leaders should plan for what’s next

Healthcare It News

MAY 20, 2022

Digital health startup investments reached a new high in 2021, closing the year with more than $30 billion in venture capital funding. Over the past couple of months, the sobering news of high-flying startups coming back to earth has been a steady drumbeat in the background. Unicorns to 'uni-gones'?

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HHS study shows fewer video visits for older patients, people of color

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

"Several barriers can prevent patients from engaging with their providers via telehealth, including disparities in technology and device ownership, lack of broadband access, digital literacy, limited English proficiency and social isolation," wrote researchers in the report. An issue brief released this week from the U.S.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine COVID-19 Health Insurance Medicaid

CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. Questions about the future of telehealth regulations have endured ever since the federal government opted to relax some of them during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access for Medicare beneficiaries.

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CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. A lot of new challenges.

Hospitals

Hospitals Governance COVID-19 Nurses

Debunking 4 Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Rich Steinle, Carium CEO Despite positive proof points, the expansion of virtual care and remote patient engagement strategies – including RPM – continues to be hampered by misconceptions among potential users and misalignment of financial incentives among providers and payers.

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Sound security practices key to fulfilling telehealth's promise, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 18, 2020

But they also say privacy and data security are big concerns – and that breaches involving virtual care technologies could cause them to stop using telehealth or switch physicians. Of those who used virtual care during the pandemic, 73 percent said they'll continue to post-pandemic. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

Telemedicine

Ohio health system fast tracks Allscripts telehealth system during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 9, 2020

The health system had been planning to explore the clinical and financial aspects of telemedicine, then deploy the technology where it made sense. The FollowMyHealth Telehealth technology from Allscripts provided exactly what the health system was looking for, said Lori Miller, Chief of Information Services at Grand Lake Health System.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals

Bonus Features – June 4, 2023 – 51% of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA, only 18% of orgs have implemented email security software correctly, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 4, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies The majority (51%) of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA , according to ONC data. Only 18% of U.S. Only 18% of U.S.

Hospitals

Hospitals FDA Doctors

To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Virtual care can be a game-changer for people in rural communities and healthcare deserts. Virtual care can be a game-changer for people in rural communities and healthcare deserts. Approximately 11.7 million U.S. households do not have in-home internet access and approximately 5.5 Census Bureau. Approximately 11.7 million U.S.

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Centura Health blends RPM, carts and Epic EHR for expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For more than a century, Centura Health, based in Centennial, Colorado, has strived to define whole person care. Further, it says it understands the way care is provided is as meaningful as the care itself, which is why it listens to and connects with every patient it serves. THE PROBLEM.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals

Health systems, care delivery groups, Amazon launch hospital-at-home initiative

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2021

A new advocacy group called Moving Health Home launched on Wednesday, bringing together some heavy hitters – major health systems, care delivery services and technology vendors – who say they want to effect a shift in thinking about treating patients at home, and want to adjust reimbursement models accordingly.

Hospitals

Hospitals Medicare Medicare COVID-19

Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies. While 95% of these patients said they’d seek care from these types of providers in the future, 41% said the experience felt disjointed.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Hospitals

Fighting COVID-19 takes collaboration, including between 'fierce competitors'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 24, 2020

Now, consumers have grown accustomed to leveraging technology for travel. In the same way, said panelists, members of the healthcare industry should be willing to develop and use tools to continue fighting the COVID-19 pandemic – and to prepare for any future crises. " Dr. John Halamka, Mayo Clinic Platform president.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals Nurses

Where telemedicine is headed now that the PHE has ended

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

What can be expected in healthcare and health IT now that the PHE has ended, and what does this mean for the future of telehealth? Further, what should CIOs and other health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems be doing to address new telemedicine challenges? The fact is nothing that dramatic happened on the day the PHE ended.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine COVID-19 Governance Medicare

The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

Home-based primary care allows individuals with chronic conditions – especially older people – to stay in their homes longer, reducing hospitalization rates and improving quality of life. As the COVID-19 crisis has made evident, telehealth can be a useful tool to help connect patients with services remotely.

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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. Provide coverage for at-home monitoring devices.

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UMass Memorial Health proves RPM virtual sitting is as effective as in-person care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The health system's experienced caregivers include experts in behavioral health, cancer, cardiology, children and women's services, heart and vascular care, neurology, pulmonology and surgery. For years, UMass Memorial Health has leveraged technology as a means of augmenting in-person care at the bedside. THE PROBLEM.

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COVID-19 Nurses Hospitals Telemedicine

Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News CMMI released the 2022 performance results for the direct contracting value-based care model , which has since been redesigned and renamed the ACO REACH Model.

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Medical Billing FDA Hospitals Governance

Augusta University Health saves $1.1M with home-based virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2023

Augusta University Health launched its Virtual Care at Home program in February 2021 as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "As we began to enroll patients, we found rather quickly the satisfaction of patients and our care teams began to improve," she continued.

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RemoteICU sues over HHS telehealth restrictions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Despite HHS instituting waivers making tele-ICU services payable under Medicare, RICU says it has been unable to expand its services to more hospitals – because the agency disallows payment for critical-care telemedicine if the physician is located outside the United States. hospitals via telemedicine, has sued the U.S.

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COVID-19 Doctors Medicare Medicare

Bonus Features – June 18, 2023 – 68% of health systems lack the staff to handle another health crisis, 46% of Americans are using consumer health tech, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 18, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Black and Latino groups had the highest utilization of all ethnicities surveyed, while Gen X consumers had the highest usage of any age group. XRHealth received a U.S.

Nurses

Nurses Medicaid Medicaid Hospitals

DecisionRx Announces $100 Million Credit Facility with Carlyle

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

a value-based healthcare company reducing the cost of care by helping physicians eliminate medication failure, today announced that it has entered into a $100 million credit facility with global investment firm Carlyle. Funds to Support Delivery of DecisionRx’s Comprehensive Medication Therapy Optimization Program DecisionRx, Inc. ,

Medicare

Medicare Medicare

Debunking 3 Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Rich Steinle, Carium CEO Despite positive proof points, the expansion of virtual care and remote patient engagement strategies – including RPM – continues to be hampered by misconceptions among potential users and misalignment of financial incentives among providers and payers.

COVID-19

Bonus Features – June 25, 2023 – 77% of healthcare workers think burnout will cause a healthcare crisis, 62% of patients want digital communication to match the in-person experience, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. OutCare Health is collaborating with Healthgrades to identify providers with the LGBTQ+ Affirming Care Designation.

Hospitals

Hospitals Doctors

The prominent issues telehealth must tackle when the pandemic passes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2021

Telehealth usage has skyrocketed, often leading patients to grow accustomed to relying on virtual care for its convenience and cost-efficiency. She's seen firsthand how both physicians and patients have adjusted their expectations and processes around virtual care. Now, as states across the U.S.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine HIPAA Licensing Health Outcomes

Mount Sinai, Omron partner to offer at-home hypertension care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 15, 2020

Mount Sinai Health System on Wednesday announced a new partnership with Omron that will offer patients the remote-technology company's VitalSight home blood pressure-monitoring tool. This program requires no technology and comes at no cost for the device, with little-to-no cost for service," Fields continued.

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COVID-19 Doctors HIPAA Medicare

New York State Office for the Aging deploys AI robots as companions for older adults

Finding success in localising digital tech

Trending Sources

Telehealth, hybrid care adding to physicians' EHR workload

Physician adoption of digital health tools is accelerating, AMA research shows

How remote patient monitoring improves care, saves money for chronic care

Ambient energy usage readings can support remote patient monitoring

How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Radiology’s great balancing act

Telehealth helps address many key chronic care management challenges

UCI Health names nursing informatics leader as new CIO

Telehealth can effectively manage COVID-19 at home, study finds

Survey: Americans’ perceptions of telehealth in the COVID-19 era

Three 2023 telemedicine trends that advance the 'new normal' in healthcare

Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

Amazon Clinic may delay its nationwide telehealth launch

Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Patients have positive telehealth experiences – but things could be better

Roundup: Victoria, WA launch initiatives to support local digital health innovation and more briefs

The great digital health reset – and how IT leaders should plan for what’s next

HHS study shows fewer video visits for older patients, people of color

CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

Debunking 4 Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity

Sound security practices key to fulfilling telehealth's promise, study shows

Ohio health system fast tracks Allscripts telehealth system during pandemic

Bonus Features – June 4, 2023 – 51% of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA, only 18% of orgs have implemented email security software correctly, and more

To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet

Centura Health blends RPM, carts and Epic EHR for expanded telehealth

Health systems, care delivery groups, Amazon launch hospital-at-home initiative

Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Fighting COVID-19 takes collaboration, including between 'fierce competitors'

Where telemedicine is headed now that the PHE has ended

The successes – and pitfalls – of using telehealth for home-based primary care

Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

UMass Memorial Health proves RPM virtual sitting is as effective as in-person care

Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 more

Augusta University Health saves $1.1M with home-based virtual care

RemoteICU sues over HHS telehealth restrictions

Bonus Features – June 18, 2023 – 68% of health systems lack the staff to handle another health crisis, 46% of Americans are using consumer health tech, and more

DecisionRx Announces $100 Million Credit Facility with Carlyle

Debunking 3 Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity

Bonus Features – June 25, 2023 – 77% of healthcare workers think burnout will cause a healthcare crisis, 62% of patients want digital communication to match the in-person experience, and more

The prominent issues telehealth must tackle when the pandemic passes

Mount Sinai, Omron partner to offer at-home hypertension care

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