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Telemedicine racks up big cost savings and enhanced care for Nebraska hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Chase County Community Hospital has faced a number of challenges similar to those confronted by many other rural health systems. THE CHALLENGE Chase is a 15-bed critical access hospital in Imperial, Nebraska. the hospital may have one charge nurse and two or three support clinical staff running the hospital.

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China Medical University Hospital leverages Google's genAI for cancer care

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China Medical University Hospital is leveraging Google Cloud's generative AI to support its doctors in providing cancer care. " WHY IT MATTERS CMUH is an early adopter of MedLM among university hospitals in Asia. Among its noteworthy applications of AI is the Intelligent Anti-Microbial System (i.A.M.S.),

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Telemedicine helps SSM Health triple volume of psychiatric care

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SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is an inpatient and outpatient pediatric medical center based in St. As a pediatric hospital with an extensive geographic reach, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital serves patients from Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and beyond. Louis, Missouri.

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AI, licensing and remote prescribing among key issues facing telepsychiatry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There has been a lot of discussion about state licensure and the fact that our system of healthcare is divided up on a state-by-state basis where local medical boards hold the authority to grant licensure, when our nation would obviously benefit from a single universal license or a system of reciprocity.

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Inpatient telemedicine improves care and patient satisfaction at Howard University Hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With no vaccination or specific treatment on the horizon, Howard University Hospital, an academic medical center in the district, prepared for a major surge of COVID-19 patients. With a large Black community in Washington, Howard University Hospital prepared for disproportionately more patients and more severely ill patients.

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Stuck in the Middle with You: Licensing Reforms for Cross-State Telehealth

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Instead, it requires that physicians be licensed in the state where their patient is located to provide care. They can pursue additional licenses , which can be a costly and onerous process, or try to find an applicable exception to state licensing requirements, which may not exist or come with compliance challenges.

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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The coronavirus pandemic is throwing a new factor into hospitals' calculations about how to proceed with current and future healthcare IT implementations. There is concern that "hospitals will be set to lose money on every COVID case they treat. "There's a lot of financial uncertainty," Cash admitted.

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