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3 Reasons the Cloud is Critical for Ensuring Patient-Centered Care

HIT Consultant

In crisis mode, healthcare providers swept aside the self-imposed technological constraints and undertook a significant and swift digital transformation. But for this to become a reality, patients and their providers need access to medical records and open lines of communication matched to patient preferences.

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Geisinger's digital strategy to combat COVID-19 and accelerate enterprise transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At Geisinger, the crisis has been a catalyst to accelerate digital transformation. As with the rest of the world, the COVID-19 crisis came to Geisinger in a severely disruptive fashion. The silver lining. If there is a silver lining, it may be this: We’ve created a culture that embraces digital health technology.

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Beyond telehealth: the virtual care technology trends that will transform healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The good news for telehealth is that the reimbursement environment has improved, with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services bringing telehealth and eVisits on par with in-person visits for the duration of the pandemic, along with a relaxing of rules for virtual consults across state lines. The future of telehealth seems assured.

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Day 4 Notes from the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Healthcare Law Blog

McKinsey & Company, “Behavioral health crisis in the United States: The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic” (September 1, 2020). There are a lot of “blockbuster” drugs coming to market today and in the near future with eye-watering price tags. He did not know the answer to that one…. One other fun note on this topic.