Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Much more than mere video chats, telehealth uses intranets and the internet networks to observe, diagnose, initiate or otherwise medically intervene, administer, monitor, record, and/or report on the continuum of care people receive when ill, injured or wanting to stay well. Region Tag: Global Edition. A framework for tactical action.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 19, 2023

A quick search will discover that posts tagged with #DoctorsofTikTok have 8 billion views. With healthcare consumers leaning into digital and social for health information, it is critical for healthcare providers to embrace this trend given that provider visit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Whatever the approach, size, shape of the initiative – whether it's video-based telehealth, more device-intensive remote patient monitoring or rigorously structured acute care-at-home initiatives – all of these efforts have enormous promise, but not-insubstantial challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. How stress manifested as telehealth visits boomed. Here, five physician telehealth managers tell their stories.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The vendor proposed their services could provide easy communication for patients, video visit capabilities, and collaborative goal-setting between the entire care team.” It has helped eliminate phone tag by providing a secure place to message. We can also communicate over the platform with messaging in-between visits.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

" The vast majority of patients choose to have their follow-up virtually, said McNicholas, although they do have the option to visit a health center in person. Some states have laws requiring patients to view ultrasounds, for example, which would mean an in-person visit regardless. " So wrote U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"But as the sheer complexity of our procedures increased, we wanted our patients to have remote access to instructional videos and better connectivity with their care teams. "Before their surgery, patients log into the platform to learn how they can prepare themselves and their homes for a good recovery.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

A few such conditions include vision problems, hearing problems (applicable to videos and some alerts), attention problems such as ADHD, and mobility problems that make it hard to use a keyboard or mouse. Accessibility isn’t simple. A huge number of conditions get in the way of people traversing online interfaces.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Enhance communications – In the past, connecting with physicians outside of appointments often turned into a game of phone tag and resulted in multiple voicemails. But with the cloud supporting patient portals, video chat and text messaging, patients and their providers have more ways to communicate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

I estimate about 90% of my visits were telehealth visits during the first four months of the pandemic. My visit type is 95% work injury-related with the rest employment-related exams. Our telehealth visits are all pre-scheduled utilizing a web-based application. All new injury visits were done in-person.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

billion in medical visits and reduce reliance on prescription drugs by a $51.6 Here’s a video that talks about some of these findings – with the tagline, “Don’t waste your day feeling sick. The point is that the consumer healthcare industry has to do a better job communicating the value provided by these products. billion savings.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

With the implementation of social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus, healthcare delivery systems have drastically scaled back services, including postponing clinic visits, procedures and nonurgent surgeries. In April and May alone, more than 60,000 video visits occurred, averaging more than 1,000 per day.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2022

More than video conducts with doctors, it’s using Internet and intranet technologies to facilitate many medical activities associated with healthcare and wellness of the body and mind. Region Tag: Global Edition. At first blush some might think discussing telehealth is not logical here. But what is telehealth?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Note: Humblest apologies to Dr. Smart for typing her name wrong in the video and for not tagging her properly @KatharineSmart ]. As the pandemic wanes, more physicians and hospital services are moving back to in-person visits. #HITsm #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/sXnGS4MUNy. Colin Hung (@Colin_Hung) June 22, 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

How do we go beyond synchronous video visits – and how do we ensure equitable access to whatever improvements are made available? If you think about a virtual visit, people will usually say, "I need a solution for telemedicine." So how do we use technology to bridge the gap? This is a hard problem.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Biovitals’ AI-based treatment algorithms then enable software-based therapeutic interventions that signal to clinicians what they should do next to intervene, in order to prevent critical events that would otherwise lead to hospitalizations or visits to the emergency department.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

Talkspace, which began with a 12-week course of therapy only through asynchronous text messaging with therapists (which was well adopted by younger people), now provides video therapy as well as self-guided content and assessments. Not sure what this means, but I am sure you have thoughts on this. . Deep Thoughts on Drug Costs.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Family text messaging can return some comfort as visitation restrictions remain ever-changing. On a first visit to a new facility, it is estimated that approximately 30% of patients get lost attempting to navigate a complex and unknown facility. For more information: visit www.centrak.com

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

That data can reveal important information that might not make it into the patient’s own record, such as an emergency room visit. Fixing these problems is an international undertaking, although hospitals can do more to reduce their own waste and carbon emissions (video).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I’ll be honest, it was refreshing to hear a President & Co-Founder of a healthcare IT company celebrating the dropping of the word “interoperability” from their tag line. Check out the other videos in this series with Theresa Bell: Why get involved with TEFCA? To learn more about Kno2’s pursuit for QHIN designation, visit [link].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

My staff knows to tag me in any questions that are outside the norm so the answer comes from me. "In doing so, I am not confined to short office-visit windows and can truly spend the time patients desire to get their questions answered, and for them to understand their condition and make an informed decision about their care.

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SQA

DECEMBER 21, 2023

. —- Onward & Upward , Michael Guymon President / CEO Out & About with Team SQA Commencing with immense gratitude, we extend a special thank you to SQA Advisor Jeff Luckey for his recent visit to our headquarters. Tag us on social media with #SQAAlreadyHere, or email your photos to sqa-media@sqaservices.com.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M family sues hospital over life-altering injuries Calif. unveils agenda for April health care summit in Midtown Surgeon referral employee benefit program launches in Memphis first Tennessee doctors must report when they receive mental health help.

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