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Health system uses telehealth to steer patients away from ER, urgent care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WakeMed Health & Hospitals is based in the heart of a dynamic, fast-growing market – an area known as the Triangle, which includes Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, and surrounding communities. Hospitals and health systems across the country are rolling out telemedicine services for patients. THE PROBLEM.

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Why telemedicine must play a central role in solving the specialist shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Julian Flannery is founder and CEO of telehealth technology and services company Summus Global, which focuses on specialty care. Flannery also describes an actual example of specialty care his company has delivered via an employer, and the outcomes. What is the state of specialty care in the United States today? population.

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Senate HELP Committee weighs the future of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a hearing this week, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked how many of those changes should be made permanent – and how to make sure the most vulnerable won't get left behind. At UVA, she said, "we saw a greater than 9,000% increase in the use of telehealth. Tina Smith, D-Minn.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Use of mobile apps to track personal health activity fell from nearly 1 in 2 consumers to 1 in 3. Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020.

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Health Provider News – March 18, 2022

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Amazon Pharmacy partners with health plans for discount drugs. Health Policy Brief: Pandemic-Driven Health Policies To Address Social Needs And Health Equity. HHS putting $35 million toward mental health support for children, young adults. How the PE Nursing Home Crackdown Could Affect the Home Health Industry.

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Health Provider News – November 4, 2022

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CVS Health, Walgreens each to settle all opioid cases for $5B. Cullman Regional to build north Alabama’s 1st freestanding emergency department. USDA funds 11 rural Alabama health care projects with $7.3 Rural Alabamians getting improvements in health care with federal grant. CMS bumps ASC payments to 3.8

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What the Telehealth Expansion Act means for tackling social determinants and boosting health equity

Healthcare It News

The passing of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 shows the federal government’s commitment to health equity, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens, regardless of location or socioeconomic status.