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Reduce Patient Leakage with More Care Options, Part 1

eVisitor expands on his recent article in Healthcare Business Today. The term “digital front door’ has become the latest buzzword in healthcare IT. It’s been a central focus at global industry conferences such as HIMSS and the featured topic of countless industry webinars, articles, and marketing campaigns over the past few years.

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Telehealth’s Role in Emergency Triage (Pt. 2)

Insights from an eVisit excursionist featured in Healthcare IT News. In a previous post, I detailed a trip I took to Boulder, Colo. to visit Global Medical Response, an eVisit customer that is providing EMTs with telehealth tools to aid in patient assessment and triage out in the field at the point of an emergency call. The implementation is part of an Emergency, Treat, and Transport (ET3) initiative geared toward providing optimal patient care, while

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How To Build Compliance into a Virtual Care Visit

Lessons learned from a former population health and IT director Virtual care regulations are still in flux, especially at the state level. That’s why mitigating risk in telemedicine is more important than ever. But what’s the best way to achieve it? That question can feel head-scratching at best and panic-inducing at worst.

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Telehealth’s Role in Emergency Triage (Pt. 1 of 2)

Insights from an eVisit excursionist featured in Healthcare IT News. Late last year, I flew out to visit a major customer to get a first-hand look at how they are implementing CMS’ Emergency, Triage, Treat, and Transport model. Also known as ET3, this voluntary five-year payment model fundamentally changes the way the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reimburses for emergency care services following a 911 call. In the past, ambulance services were only reimbursed if a patient was brought to the emergency

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5 Tips for Reducing Patient Wait Time

Are you struggling to get patients into exam rooms on time? Do you find yourself twiddling thumbs waiting for patients to arrive, only to miss your lunch or leave late when the schedule gets backed-up? We have a few simple ways that’ll help you stay on schedule and teach you how to reduce patient wait times for healthcare.

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Training Your Practice with Telehealth

Three tips to ensure doctors and administrative staff use—and love—your virtual care platform In an industry where margins are slim, healthcare operations professionals know the importance of internal training. The sooner front-end team members, physicians, and administrative staff learn how to use new technology, the sooner you’ll see a return on investment.

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Insights Report: The Cost of Expanding Telehealth; Future-Proofing Healthcare; Telehealth and Disabilities, & More

Congress Expands Telehealth – But Will It Affect Other Health Initiatives? – Fast Company Congress recently passed its 2022 spending bill, which expanded coverage of telehealth services under CMS. This marks a big win for telehealth companies and the more than 130 million patients who rely on Medicare and Medicaid. The provision extends coverage 151 days after the public health emergency ends in April. It adds audiology, OT, PT, and speech pathology to its list

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More Insights from HIMSS 2022 (Part 2)

Last week, we brought you three insights from eVisitors who attended the 2022 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS22) Conference in Orlando, FL (March 14-17). This week, we’d like to share a few more observations.

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3 Insights from the 2022 HIMSS Conference (Pt I of 2)

If you attended the 2022 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS22) Conference in Orlando, FL (March 14-17), you were probably just as blown away as we were. The most exhilarating part of the event was its sheer size. There was so much technology and so many services on display, one couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed—and perhaps even a bit intimidated.

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