Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2021

When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, patient and provider needs shifted substantially – and consumer demand for telehealth options skyrocketed. Patients have come to expect certain conveniences – telehealth, contactless check-in, SMS texting – and I believe patients will want those options going forward.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 4, 2022

How are cloud contact centers enabling employees to work remotely, managing a rapid increase of incoming calls from the public no matter their location? However, next-generation healthcare experiences are not about removing human providers but about empowering them in ways that enable an even higher level of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 29, 2022

But, like many health systems, Providence needed to dramatically evolve its digital capabilities to not just meet but exceed customers' expectations of accessing care where and when they needed it. " The technology pulled information from Providence's electronic health records and workflow system. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas Medical, the EMR that enables clinicians and developers to power the future of care delivery, has raised $24MM in Series B funding led by M13 with participation from Haystack and previous investors Inspired Capital, IA Ventures, Upfront Ventures, and Irongrey. Founded in 2015, Canvas is reimagining the EMR for the future of healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

" Across organizations of all shapes and sizes, researchers see improved resilience, changes around supply chains and resource consumption, new approaches to data management and IT architecture – and a rethinking of relationships with both employees and healthcare consumers. Here are IDC's 2021 predictions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the daily lives and workflows of healthcare providers across the globe. 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. THE PROBLEM.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 27, 2023

Celo Health is the developer of a HIPAA-compliant secure messaging platform that enables healthcare teams to collaborate seamlessly and securely on patient care. To be successful in software development, you must focus on process improvement so the end result is quality, reliability, and rapid delivery to the customer.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2023

Kimberly Hatsfield, EVP of Growth Enablement, VisiQuate, provider of advanced revenue cycle analytics, intelligent workflow and AI-powered automation. Staffing levels continue to plague health systems across all of the clinical and administrative areas, with no real signs of easing in the next several years. Health IT is a misnomer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed telehealth into the spotlight with exponential adoption, helping to prove its value. Even while the pandemic continues, healthcare provider organizations have begun to stabilize these infrastructures and revisit the technologies and workflows deployed earlier in the crisis and turn them into standard practices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As the industry works towards achieving the quadruple aim to help address these issues – the goal of better patient outcomes and improved patient and clinician experiences, all at a lower cost – there is a great need to optimise resources and increase efficiencies. Telehealth: an untapped but powerful tool.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Hospitals will also lobby hard to receive revenues from telehealth services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

"While telehealth has evolved and scaled significantly during the pandemic, continued work is needed to ensure health equity and to bridge digital divides for future paradigms of care," observed Dr. Saima Aftab, vice president of organizational initiatives at Nicklaus Children's Health System in Miami.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

– Utilizing flexible staffing programs, to address resource gaps and IT catch-up projects, stands as a top-of-mind focus for hospital and health system CIOs, according to Stoltenberg Consulting’s 10th annual Health IT Industry Outlook Survey. With staffing strain and resource costs mounting, IT support performance metrics may slack.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2021

Previously it took us two years to evaluate, select and implement enterprise-wide solutions like an EHR; and now, within the past year, we evaluated, selected and implemented five different health IT solutions across our organization, including telehealth, care management and remote patient monitoring solutions."

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Although increased adoption of telehealth and other technologies have improved healthcare access, there’s still work to be done. From virtual care options to mobile health apps, digital solutions enable more targeted interventions, personalized care plans, and increased access to care. There are two components to this challenge.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2023

Epic and Nuance (a Microsoft company) expand their long-term strategic collaboration by integrating Nuance’s new Dragon Ambient eXperience Express (DAX Express), the first fully AI-automated clinical documentation application in healthcare, into Epic workflows.

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Jane Sarashon

APRIL 18, 2023

That was in the midst of the fast-pivot toward virtual care and telehealth on-ramps welcomed by both clinicians and patients. The second chart illustrates areas where healthcare leaders are already or plan to allocate resources to address workforce challenges.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

Additionally, I predict we will continue to see employers investing in associate engagement so they, healthcare workers, are enabled to provide a high quality, empathic connection with patients. For the clinicians already experiencing symptoms of burnout, there is great promise for tools that support health and wellness through technology.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

Philips had already developed and was in the process of building new modules and solutions with customers before the COVID disruption. Philips has seen a surge in demand for such solutions, with fast-growing demand for telehealth that helps to scale care outside of the hospital walls.

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Redox

OCTOBER 12, 2023

enabling telehealth visits). CPT code reimbursement is often determined based on Relative Value Units (RVUs) assigned under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which is comprised of resource costs associated with physician work, practice expenses, and liability insurance. adopting a hybrid care model).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

Some of them center on the importance of data and analytics, the need for more patient engagement, the requirements of keeping telehealth up to par, and the need to focus technologies on enabling enterprise-wide strategic plans. When telehealth is not up to par. " Dr. Roxana Lupu, Sanford Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

This kind of technology-enabled workflow can take a tremendous burden off of some of our most important care team members. Like any organization, customer happiness and reputation can be the difference in whether or not a company remains in business. Instead, we anticipate a more mix and match, custom approach to EHRs.

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Health Populi

MAY 29, 2018

Trust has become a key currency in provider/patient/supplier relationships: 94% of health executives say treating customers as partners is important to gain trust, according to the Digital Health Tech Vision 2018 from Accenture. Artificial intelligence, AI, is fast becoming part of the workflow across all industries.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

"Thankfully, Virtua's leaders did not perceive the adoption of digital technologies as an opt-in mechanism, but rightly the springboard for an entirely integrated, digitally enabled approach to healthcare delivery," he continued. Patients were deterred by an app download and multiple clicks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Lighthouse Telehealth is a subsidiary of Harbor, formed in 2018 to meet the growing demand for telehealth. "Rather than just a telephonic intervention, the clinician was able to visibly assess the patient using our Vidyo telehealth platform and could see that the patient had relapsed and was at serious risk of overdose."

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Telehealth alleviates the challenges these patients face in managing their health by creating access to routine and specialty appointments from wherever is most convenient for them. To scale for rapid deployment of services, Geisinger invested in a single telehealth platform for inpatient, outpatient and home-based services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore standalone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows. Map physician workflows and win their confidence.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 27, 2022

However, new technologies empower providers to streamline their operations, reduce the time spent on administrative tasks, and conserve increasingly precious resources. This is usually best deployed through a technology-enabled service. Providers need a health IT platform that supports needed customizations and telehealth integrations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs. Check back for additions in the days and weeks ahead.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2021

The practice was an early adopter of telehealth back in 2010, implementing it as a way to care for people unable to attend in-person sessions. "The HIPAA waivers for telehealth implemented during the pandemic were critical for the widespread adoption of telehealth," said Dr. Nimish Shah, cofounder of Progressive Therapeutics.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2022

The first 4K QLED Smart Healthcare TV in the industry, Samsung’s Smart Healthcare TV transforms in-room displays into easily managed, all-in-one communication hubs personalized for hospital patients and senior care residents, significantly improving collaboration, patient engagement and workflow efficiency.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

I predict this will present even more opportunity and demand for telehealth solutions, like eConsults, in addition to technology that can automate labor-intensive tasks and streamline traditionally manual processes. One of my key predictions for the coming year is that there will be a steady increase in partnerships across the board.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

Kuldeep Singh Rajput is CEO and founder of Biofourmis, a remote patient monitoring and telehealth technology and services company. Lastly, integrating new initiatives, data or insights into technology workflows such as the EHR is a historical barrier that has reached the breaking point. And what role does health IT play?

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

These disparities are rooted in structural and social determinants of health, with Black and Hispanic groups more likely to face resource barriers: Older Blacks were one-fifth as likely to own a computer as European Americans. " Device shipping and logistics support enables a completely remote experience from start to finish.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Connected health devices run the gamut from wearable heart monitors, to Bluetooth-enabled scales, to Fitbits. They provide health measures of patients and transmit them back to providers – or in some cases are reported back to providers – to facilitate healthcare decisions from afar.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 26, 2023

IT departments must expand their focus beyond simply customizing EHR systems to their organization; they must instead commit to full operational transformation. Interoperability also leads to better relationship management and optimizes the use of resources. The EHR is the core of this growing patient access ecosystem.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

With the help of technology, the ongoing digital, and now cultural, transformation will enable providers and patients to catch health concerns earlier and provide better solutions in the long run. This will be enabled by advances in data analytics and technology.

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