Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

Beyond legally mandated remedies, healthcare leaders are leveraging information and technology – generative artificial intelligence, virtual nursing teams and algorithms that enhance insights into patient acuity – to help alleviate the strain on nursing staff. Chief among them: critical staffing challenges.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In the post, OCHIN said the critical access hospital with an attached nursing home serving 50,000 residents in southern Idaho was discontinuing its old EHR system. In the post, OCHIN said the critical access hospital with an attached nursing home serving 50,000 residents in southern Idaho was discontinuing its old EHR system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2023

The said programme, which was co-designed by the Mayo Clinic, provides patients, parents and bedside clinicians in Central Queensland with 24/7 access to senior neonatologist support. Meanwhile, during the pandemic, Mater also worked with Philips to implement the QuestManager to enable home treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

And it is thanks to those advantages and benefits that healthcare at home is continuing, even as there are still challenges to work on and in-person operations return. So let’s take a moment to pause and evaluate healthcare at home to see where we are and where we need to go.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home. million members at their homes, both in person and virtually. times longer with a patient in the home than providers in average primary care office visits, according to the company.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2021

This was the focus of a HIMSS21 Digital discussion between Michael Hasselberg, senior director of digital health at the University of Rochester and Julie Rish, clinical psychologist and director of design and best practices at the Cleveland Clinic. Both noted demand for such services has only grown since the onset of the pandemic.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 6, 2023

Joel Landau, founder and chairman of The Allure Group Nursing homes have embraced technology, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help seniors, staff, and clinicians better communicate with one another and for residents to stay in touch with loved ones. Nursing homes are evolving.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 22, 2020

ChristianaCare this week announced the launch of its Home Care Coach, a HIPAA-eligible Alexa Skill aimed at meeting the needs of home health patients. Home healthcare acts as a major part of ChristianaCare's services. Home healthcare acts as a major part of ChristianaCare's services. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2022

Under the federal Cancer Moonshot initiative, TRACE aims at how best to use and sustain telehealth to provide cancer-related care. "We need to establish an evidence base for using this technology to deliver health care in oncology and make it part of routine care. MSK explores telehealth for precision oncology.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 31, 2023

Virtua Health, the largest health system in South New Jersey, saw an uptick in virtual care appointments and digital communications during the pandemic as patients sought care at home. "Technology can help make complex things more simple, and therefore expand opportunities for that meaningful human connection."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

THE PROBLEM Prior to the pandemic, Parkview Health had many of these technologies in place, but only in small pilot areas, because the ability to gain wide adoption from providers and patients was hindered by numerous insurance constraints. " Best Buy has played a key role in the sale of in-home devices, he added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to Michael Hasselberg, senior director of digital health at the University of Rochester, the behavioral health sector has faced a supply-and-demand issue for quite some time: too many patients, not enough clinicians. But what about after the public health emergency? And the demand, he says, has only grown since the pandemic began.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2021

"Let's remember the problem we're all trying to solve for," said Marcus Osborne, senior VP of Walmart Health, during a session on Thursday. "Let's remember the problem we're all trying to solve for," said Marcus Osborne, senior VP of Walmart Health, during a session on Thursday. " he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Telehealth continues to grow as a crucial part of patient care, especially when supporting patients who live in remote areas and senior citizens. Telehealth is defined as the provision of healthcare virtually by use of digital information and communication technologies. How has telehealth evolved over the past few years?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Epic, Nordic, Galen Healthcare and Chartis Group won big in the 2022 Best in KLAS Awards, the research and insights firm announced Tuesday. "The 2022 Best in KLAS report covers over 1,000 solutions. "In general, only one solution from any given vendor may be eligible for Best in KLAS ranking within any given market segment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2022

A University of Iowa study published this month in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found that an at-home telemonitoring program was an effective and sustainable way to manage COVID-19 for patients. WHY IT MATTERS. Most patients, researchers found, did well with the system. required hospitalization, and 1.2% THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Netsmart today announced the acquisition of Netalytics , a South Carolina-based addiction treatment software and practice management company, dedicated to developing technology for substance use disorder (SUD) providers focused on opioid addiction treatment.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Dr Metupalle said hospitals being ready to connect to people at home would be "the biggest opportunity" post-pandemic. The first motivation was advancing technology while another one was the educational level of patients and the broader population due to the ubiquity of information online. Patient expectations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2023

Clinical and technological perspectives on telepsychiatry Centerstone and Lyra Health , two behavioral health service providers, have both found success using telepsychiatry to reach their patients. We can continue to deliver mental health care in the best way possible that really meets the needs of our patients.”

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2022

This story, focused on precision medicine and other emerging technologies, is the sixth and final installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature series, "Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years. What does this mean for healthcare and health IT? A lot of new challenges. Click here to access all the features.

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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. "Our research staff traveled directly to patients' homes for the initial connection," explained Spooner.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 28, 2022

– The partnership reflects today’s growing trend of long-term strategic partnerships (LSPs) within hospitals and health systems to better manage the cost and complexity of their technology investments over a defined period of time while expanding quality access to advanced medical care to improve patient outcomes. .

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Hospitals 97

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence published its final guidance this week on securing telehealth and remote patient monitoring ecosystems. WHY IT MATTERS. Those partners included Accuhealth, Cisco, Inova, LogRhythm, MedCrypt, MedSec, Onclave Networks, Tenable.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2022

River Valley counseling Center's Holyoke Clinic in Holyoke, Massachusetts, always was trying to make ends meet with its technology. Its efforts to revamp and improve its technology were merely trial and error. THE PROBLEM. Was it the computer itself? Network connectivity? A glitch in the signal? " PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

The following is a guest article by Tanya Sanderson, RN, BSN, MBA, MHA, CLNC, CHFP, Senior Director of Revenue Integrity at Xsolis The concept of “revenue integrity” hasn’t really changed over the years, but the roles, responsibilities, and oversight have become far more complex and difficult to gain industry consensus around.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In addition, Walgreens will also work with providers to help patients discharged from the hospital transition to home. Best Buy Health and Geisinger expand their work together to bring a better level of care to more patients within the Geisinger network.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2023

Clinical and technological perspectives on telepsychiatry Centerstone and Lyra Health , two behavioral health service providers, have both found success using telepsychiatry to reach their patients. We can continue to deliver mental health care in the best way possible that really meets the needs of our patients.”

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

to $175.2B – driven by factors like the growing senior population and increased prevalence of chronic conditions. We are pleased to welcome their clients and staff to CoachCare and to continue growing our best-in-class remote care platform,” said Wes Haydon, Co-Founder and President at CoachCare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 10, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked an unprecedented upswing in the use of telehealth technologies. Riley, too, noted that health systems have rapidly rolled out technologies to provide broader access to care, sometimes neglecting security in the process. A "perfect storm" for cybercriminals.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2023

And the recent Walgreens and Wal-Mart multi-state opioid settlement agreement disclosures have only hammered home the point. And the recent Walgreens and Wal-Mart multi-state opioid settlement agreement disclosures have only hammered home the point. America continues to have an opioid addiction problem. If anything, it even got worse.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2022

Pooja Aysola, a practicing emergency department clinician in Boston and senior director of clinical operations at Wheel, a virtual care company. I started working in telemedicine as a temporary solution, but I ended up loving the flexibility to see patients at home and on my own schedule.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ed Park, CEO at Devoted Health What You Should Know: – Devoted Health , a leading provider of all-in-one healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries, has secured $175M in Series E funding, demonstrating continued investor confidence in its mission to revolutionize senior care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Earlier this year, our health system broke ground on a 60,000 square-foot Virtual Care Center, which will feature dedicated clinician workspaces equipped with the latest telemedicine technology to offer on-demand urgent care, behavioral health care and primary care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

In June 2020, Avel and ViTel Net, a telehealth technology company, were awarded funds as a team to compete in the NETCCN project, provided by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. What was the problem before the National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2022

"In addition, aging internal infrastructure made utilizing new technology – like monitoring acutely ill patients – a challenge." "Our physicians and community have been very receptive to using technology to improve access to care. Accessible healthcare and health education.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Dr. Prashila Dullabh Dr. Prashila Dullabh is vice president and senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago, and Director of NORC’s Health Implementation Science Center. She serves as the Principal Investigator of the Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative Project. What is patient-centered clinical decision support?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Adrienne Mullen is senior director of virtual care at CCA. CCA prioritizes our virtual care programming because access to technology and connectivity is a social factor that impacts health. Telemedicine has grown to become an important part of delivering on CCA's mission.

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