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UpScriptHealth specializes in this approach to virtual care, including for female pelvic health and opioid withdrawal symptoms. Its founder talks about how this form of telehealth can boost outcomes and help fill gaps caused by specialist shortages.
The health system deployed comprehensive virtual care devices in all of its urgent care clinics, vastly improving the patient and provider experiences and boosting the bottom line.
The hospital group has recently demonstrated EMR and IT infrastructure maturity above the regional and global averages.
The seven-state health system seeks to standardize its patient-monitoring tools and processes at 49 hospitals and hundreds of care sites via the partnership.
Erie County Medical Center Corporation's RPM initiative has been successful in "improving health outcomes and reducing the risks associated with hypertension," says its VP of population health.
Several vendors announced new artificial intelligence integrations that help primary care providers, home caregivers and others to retain employees and improve operations and patient care.
The sophisticated program employing patient monitoring, patient tracking and reporting technologies also has enhanced patient follow-up and engagement and yielded a big win on overall healthcare delivery.
The panel likely needs more data and a decision on what constitutes a good form of engagement in order to make an informed decision on the proposed changes to the CPT code language for RPM reimbursement, one expert says.
A risk management expert offers perspective on shoring up data security, preventing misdiagnosis and avoiding overreliance on RPM.
The Dallas-area hospital already uses a holographic video studio and will expand use by installing additional mini hologram displays at several locations throughout the facility and associated clinics.
