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The future of telemedicine: purpose-built, integrated platforms

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patients can book and access a telemedicine appointment through the provider’s portal with their existing login, while providers use one system to initiate telemedicine appointments, document patient encounters, view previous records, order prescriptions and send discharge instructions.

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Unlocking the Future of Health—and Care—with AI

Healthcare IT Today

Smartphones are increasingly able to store medical data and monitor users’ health and fitness, in addition to being used to book appointments and communicate with medical staff. In nursing homes, for example, devices can check patients’ blood pressure and collect data on their movements. billion by 2030.

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Betting on ‘Golden Age’ of Colonoscopies, Private Equity Invests in Gastro Docs

Kaiser Health News

Mariel booked an appointment and learned she would be on the hook for a $1,100 colonoscopy — about three times what she had paid for the same test in a different state. Almost three-quarters of the bill would be a “facility fee” for the in-office procedure at a colonoscopy clinic.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 3 of 5, Letters “K” through “O”

Health Populi

In particular, the hottest spot appeared to be a nursing home where one resident had been diagnosed with COVID-19 on February 28. K is for Kirkland, Washington state. In the U.S., one of the earliest hotspots for the coronavirus outbreak was Kirkland, Washington.

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Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It

Kaiser Health News

President Joe Biden’s top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won’t be issued under a mechanism, known as interim final rules, that would allow regulations to take effect more or less immediately. 30, amounting to at least 23% of all U.S.

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Health Provider News – May 20, 2022

Hall Render

HHS Announces $15M in Funding For Behavioral Healthcare In Nursing Homes. State Actions to Address Nursing Home Staffing During COVID-19. California aims to tighten licensing of nursing homes after pandemic exposes deadly lapses. Shortage of in-home healthcare workers sparks creative solution.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

million Mercy Iowa City Creditors Finally Getting Paid Northwest Iowa hospital, MercyOne in Primghar, to close next month Steindler Orthopedic opens clinic in Cedar Rapids Radiologist breaks ground on $250M health campus CSA opens new location as it seeks to retain workers, deliver services Iowa nursing homes owe taxpayers $10.7