Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2023

Most in the healthcare industry would say provider organizations have an obligation to offer better care to underserved populations. Dr. Graham Gardner is a cardiologist and CEO and cofounder of Kyruus, a patient scheduling and payments technology and services vendor. The question is how.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 18, 2023

By Joelle Boxer Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of nine reproductive health care bills , following the passage of fifteen such bills in 2022. experience wide disparities in accessing reproductive health care, rooted in a long history of oppressive reproductive control. Very little.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2024

The following is a guest article by Bill Lewkowski, Vice President of Strategic Client Services at HCTec Gone are the days when patients or couriers physically transported copies of patient records from their primary care physician’s office, lab or imagining center to a specialist.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. Telehealth will continue to grow because it fills a void in the mental health space by creating improved access for many individuals who lacked this access previously.

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Kaiser Health News

APRIL 16, 2024

As a result, the lawsuit alleges, consumers lost access to their doctors or medications and faced financial costs, such as owing money toward medical care or having to repay tax credits that were paid toward the unauthorized coverage. According to the lawsuit, filed in U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2022

Hong Kong startup iMeddy provides free video consultation for COVID-19 patients. iMeddy, a startup nurtured by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is providing free video medical consultations via its online healthcare platform for COVID-19 patients.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. We have the opportunity to modernize U.S. While the 118 th U.S.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 18, 2022

Early last year, Baptist Health, a health system based in Louisville, Kentucky, was taking note of the lessons staff had learned and the data gathered through the first year of the pandemic to reassess the organization's overall virtual care strategy and current digital health tools. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

The American Board of Telehealth announced this week that it is launching a Teleprimary Care Certificate program, geared toward helping primary care providers develop future virtual health strategies. The online program will cover a range of topics and best practices, including workflow, regulatory considerations and health equity.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , overruling almost fifty years of precedent established by Roe v. Post- Dobbs , states have complete control over the regulation of abortion, including medication abortion. The consequences that result from state bans and restrictions on medication abortion reverberate across the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 15, 2021

ECH Dandelion, a care hotel operated by South Australia-based home care provider Enabling Confidence at Home, has been equipped with a technology platform for aged care communication and delivery from health IT provider Rauland Australia. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. WHY IT MATTERS. ECH launched the care hotel earlier this month.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 23, 2022

Throughout Denver Health's pandemic vaccination efforts, the struggle was getting people who did not already have patient records with the health system into the system efficiently without burdening the call centers. THE PROBLEM. "However, this was a very labor-intensive process," she continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It is no secret that the United States is experiencing a mental health crisis due to aggravated conditions from the pandemic exacerbated by of a shortage of mental health professionals, especially psychiatrists. Varrell is chief medical officer and founder of Array Behavioral Care and a practicing psychiatrist. Dr. James R.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A panel of radiology experts at RSNA23 put the spotlight on the important role radiology plays in achieving the quadruple aim. The panelists unanimously agreed that radiologists have a significant impact on a patient’s care journey and population health. This is what both patients and clinicians ultimately want.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

While COVID-19 sparked many challenges for healthcare providers across the USA, it highlighted technology’s essential role in patient communication and engagement. In fact, in 2020, research found that just under half of the US population used tech to communicate with their healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The bottom line is that people want to have access to healthcare anytime, anywhere, across multiple devices and in the language of their choice. The bottom line is that people want to have access to healthcare anytime, anywhere, across multiple devices and in the language of their choice.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Hilton M Hudson, MD, FACS, CEO at HPC International The impact of medical librarians is well-documented. In one experiment , a group of primary care providers had the opportunity to send clinical questions to a rapid-response medical librarian. Libraries can also help medical professionals avoid certain worst-case scenarios.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Southwest Rural Health Research Center has identified mental health concerns and addiction as the first and second most important priorities for rural health stakeholders, according to a May 2023 policy brief. What is the problem with rural and partially rural areas and so few mental healthcare providers?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2021

Presbyterian Healthcare Services serves one third of New Mexico's residents with nine hospitals, a medical group and a health plan. "The committee identified our acute care system as a major challenge ripe for redesign," said Dr. Denise Gonzales, medical director at Presbyterian Healthcare Services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

Despite the success of telehealth during the last year and a half, some have questioned its broader use as healthcare returns to in-person office visits. Telemedicine visits have tapered off some since their pandemic peak in 2020. Telehealth continues to be a priority for the healthcare industry. Will telemedicine remain popular?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2020

The special consultation service was created for those with may display symptoms of COVID-19 or at high risk of contracting of the coronavirus. These include those travelling back from high risk countries or having contact with high risk people. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 4, 2024

This innovative initiative aims to simplify chronic disease management by offering convenient resources, personalized support, and direct home delivery of select Lilly medications. Healthcare Provider Search Tool: For those seeking in-person care, LillyDirect offers an independent search tool to locate healthcare professionals near them.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. This includes personal data, medical histories, laboratory results, insurance numbers, and more.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services and permanently revise requirements regarding controlled substance prescription. As the letter outlines, during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the DEA waived the prior in-person evaluation requirement for patients being prescribed controlled substances via telehealth.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 24, 2023

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights to rethink its guidance on online tracking technologies and to stop considering an IP address as a unique identifier under HIPAA with respect to pixels and other website tracking technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

For Raleigh Radiology it means providing patients with the convenience, control, and access they are expecting. Smart and progressive healthcare providers have invested the time, effort, and resources to modernize their approach by becoming more patient-centric.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

The service gets data from patient records through AI and natural language processing (NLP). as well as from what the patient says to the service. According to Eden Brownell, director of behavioral science, mPulse Mobile is always listening for a potential mental health concern or an indication that the patient is isolated.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Hims & Hers has grown rapidly across both of its lines – for men and for women – supporting care for many conditions that patients often feel uncomfortable talking about, including sexual health, mental health, contraception and hair loss. One of the big keys to the company's success has been telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Patient portals and digital patient engagement stymie many healthcare providers, especially small ones with few resources. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Carlos Aros, Director of Operations at Community Health Alliance to find out how they are driving the adoption of and engagement their patient portal.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

Talib Jaber, RPh, VP of Customer Success, Sunwave Health The pandemic caused a significant increase in overdose and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) related deaths, exposing long-standing deficiencies in the identification and treatment of SUD. It’s important to note that Medicaid is the leading payer for SUD treatment in the country.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2021

Telemedicine can have long-term health equity benefits, including allowing providers to reach more patients in remote regions without travel requirements and see an increased number of patients in need who have historically avoided care due to stigma. How do distance and equity come together?

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Zocdoc learned the top reasons consumers booked medical appointments were for primary care, such as getting an annual physical or women’s preventive care services (e.g., pap smear, gyn exam), dermatology, and mental health issues. pap smear, gyn exam), dermatology, and mental health issues.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 9, 2020

Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision that businesses and universities with religious or moral objections to providing employees with insurance coverage for contraception can deny that coverage. Providers who prescribe birth control through apps and online pharmacies say the ruling is unlikely to significantly affect their practices.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This is the final article in a series about social determinants of health (SDoH). We’ve seen the importance of personal interventions, through interviews and evaluating SDoH, to solve problems. Conduit Health Partners is one organization that does so. I’ll finish with a look at some specific areas of intervention.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

Several surveys about the online patient experience were recently released. This article interviews a dozen experts to better understand why healthcare lags behind retail, finance, and other industries in serving customers online—and what we can do to improve the patient experience. I talked with Carle Falk, their Head of Research.

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