Healthcare It News

AUGUST 31, 2021

While there are myriad definitions out there for both terms, the following provide a good starting point: Population health management refers to the process of improving clinical health outcomes of a defined group of individuals through improved care coordination and patient engagement supported by appropriate financial and care models.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

Systemic issues of the nursing shortage, critical care capacity and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) were common across countries. Focus on the benefits of digital technology for nurses and patients, with continuity of care ensured through remote consultations. Lack of testing adds to pressure. are lower than Spain (9.7)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

Those caregivers that remained earned well deserved increases in compensation while high priced travel support was required to fill in the patient care scheduling gaps. While in this transition phase, many organizations are looking to information technology to advance their operational efficiency and further evolve patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

From integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare and health data platforms to establishing robust data standards that reach beyond clinical settings to managing patient consent and increased patient access, it is fair to say that health data exchange and data management have many important intricacies worthy of careful attention.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

While the entire healthcare industry is inching toward giving people more autonomy to manage their care, we can’t seem to hand over the keys just yet. The latest KLAS data on patient preferences shows that most individuals interacting with the healthcare system want greater control, especially over their care visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

For instance, the coronavirus response has made clear the value of online and video-consultations in primary care, and we have seen a remarkable expansion of digital platforms. In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2 In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Three mega-trends bubbled up on the platform for health — telemedicine and virtual care, broadband access, and mental health, discussed in a Birdseye Report Industry Deep Dive into Health from Brandwatch, partnering with Twitter. For this report, Brandwatch utilized only English-language public Twitter data.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Governments, private and public health care organisations are taking action after the learnings from the pandemic, to increase data quality and equality. 'Break the silos' has been a tag line in data management for a long time, and COVID-19 showed it needs to become reality. Moving towards preventative care.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 20, 2022

As multiple startups emerged with models to provide mental health services using a virtual care model, health systems have turned to these startups to extend their mental health services to their patients and employees. Region Tag: Global Edition. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' Virtual Care 3.0, Here are some portfolio solutions to consider: Virtual care. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative, or TECC, at Boston Medical Center was developed out of the charge led by the federal government’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau to improve access to high-quality care for children and youth with epilepsy, especially those facing health disparities or living in rural regions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

As the novel coronavirus spread across the United States this spring, the demand for telehealth skyrocketed in turn – as did concerns about patient access to virtual care. "It hits harder those who are already struggling, who lack access to healthcare. "COVID is not the great equalizer," Smith said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Value-based care continues to take root in healthcare. This is why, as the new year approaches, Healthcare IT News has sat down with an expert in value-based care to get his views on what 2022 will hold for the payment system. What do you think will happen with telemedicine in 2022?

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Of all industries, health care above all should provide accessible web sites to support people with disabilities or special needs. Furthermore, the field is getting more and more digital with wellness sites, telehealth, and fitness devices—so making them accessible is crucial to making health care accessible.

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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. Health IT and racial justice: Expanding access, ending disparities, empowering communities. Mere "patient engagement" isn't enough anymore.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Many of these treatments are drug-based gene therapies–- but they come with an extremely high price tag. At its most basic level, data can help determine if the use of a certain drug affects the amount of money spent on patient care in the long-run. million gene therapy to treat a rare blood disorder. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Here's what that could mean for telehealth, as more funding enables new opportunities for care. billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, Program means another mile of telehealth potential geographic market share. Some ISPs offer residents telehealth access when they enroll for ACP.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

For many, their CRM journey began as a natural extension and coordination of their patient portal, telehealth, virtual care, and digital front-door initiatives. Luckily for healthcare systems, consumers still prefer to receive care from trusted local and regional providers. However, these relationships are increasingly tenuous.

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Health Populi

MAY 10, 2021

To pay for health care expenses, the average nest-egg required for a couple retiring in the U.S. in 2021 will be $300,000 according to the 20th annual Fidelity Investments Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate. The post Health Care Costs for a Couple in Retirement in the U.S. Reach $300,000 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This resource offers guidance to improve the usability of data received by end users within their workflows to benefit patient care. The guide promotes improved flow of patient data, makes it more usable for clinicians, and supports a better continuum of care. Information sharing is now a standard of care.”

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Innovate long-term care. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S. Achieve health equity.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2022

Visiting your primary care physician? Age-old challenges like access to care, chronic disease management, and adherence to annual well visits and routine preventive screenings should now be easily addressed with the same efficiency we’re seeing in other aspects of our consumer lives. Ordering takeout? But they are not.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Layla McCay As the first wave of infections arrived, we saw near-instant digital innovation that might otherwise have taken years: the rapid roll-out of remote working platforms, shared care record projects, electronic patient record configurations, and virtual clinics and consultations. A second wave of digital transformation?

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As startups and traditional providers race to meet their patient’s needs, the lines between new and old models of care delivery have blurred. the opposite of a simple price tag. Tia, the female-focused virtual care platform, now has locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix in addition to its Manhattan flagship.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Health system IT leaders need to be ready to enable care delivery anywhere, anytime, to any patient. This is an opportunity for CIOs to shine and lead the way in developing a set of tools that can deliver care anywhere, anytime. Virtual care.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2023

What You Should Know: New and more stringent regulations have increased documentation burden for long-term care (LTC) provider organizations, and this combined with other factors (COVID-19, staff turnover, increased LTC demand) has intensified clinician and nurse burnout in LTC.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It seems obvious that an alert like this is going to help doctors provide better care to their patients. It’s easy to see the quality manager wanting to place alerts in patients’ charts to notify the doctor of various value based care, SDoH, and quality concerns they have for a patient. Sounds great doesn’t it?

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Providing patient-centered, equitable and evidence-based health care is increasingly recognized as a goal the U.S. Traditional CDS encompasses digital tools that provide timely information, usually at the point of care, to help clinicians make informed decisions about a patient’s care. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

A recent report by the Commonwealth Fund, based on a study conducted jointly by Harvard University and digital health company Phreesia, acknowledges that the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed how outpatient care is delivered in health care practices. As with most such complex scenarios, the answer depends on the type of care.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The latest patient engagement survey from Stericycle Communication Solutions found that nearly half of patients have booked appointments online (48%) or sought care from a non-traditional provider (45%) in the last year, with half of those patients using retail care and one-third using virtual care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. The meeting’s tagline this year is “Health That Connects + Tech That Cares.” ” That’s a good start and intent for putting people first for their own health and the health of the people for whom they care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Improving senior care and facilitating aging in place.

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