Virtual care provider Teladoc Health is teaming up the University of Southern California (USC) Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics and Northwestern University, to launch a large-scale study to assess antibiotic prescribing practices in telehealth. With concerted proactive initiatives in place, including both provider and member education programs, prescribing rates fall at or below the industry average. Researchers will now look to build on this work, accessing the organization’s
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Virta Health Puts 100% of Fees at Risk with New Value-based Care Model
Virta Health unveils new value-based care model that makes every dollar performance-based, with the majority tied to health outcomes for diabetes reversal. Virta Health, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a clinically-proven treatment to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes without the use of medications or surgery, today announced a unique value-based care model that puts 100% of its fees at risk. The new model ensures that every dollar is tied performance-based benchmarks to
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How Marin General Hospital Adopts “Virtual Presence” to Transform the Patient Experience
Mark Zielazinski, CTO at Marin General Hospital shares how their organization is integrating "virtual presence" in the in-hospital setting - allowing patients, providers, and caregivers to clearly communicate and improve clinical outcomes.Telemedicine has resulted in money-saving efficiencies to hospital operations, improved patient safety, and given more people access to healthcare service among other benefits. In use for a number of years, it’s here to stay as a vital tool in patient care.At
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health Implements Tele-ICU Program Via Philips
Philips announced an agreement with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) to implement Philips’ eICU program technology. The program, which will go live in July 2019, aims to help reduce mortality, length of stay, and ventilation days while providing patients with the care they need, wherever they are located. Following the success of similar programs in the Americas, the UK, Australia, and the Middle East, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is the latest health system to incorporate the Philips eICU
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Jefferson and Teladoc to Create the First Telehealth Fellowship Program
Teladoc Health, a provider of virtual care, today unveiled a partnership with Jefferson (Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University) to create the industry’s first academic telehealth fellowship program. The telehealth fellowship is already underway this fall semester at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University), home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10
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Oschner Launches Virtual Visit Platform for Urgent Care Visits, Powered by American Well
Ochsner Health System, Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system, announced the launch of Ochsner Anywhere Care, a consumer-facing virtual visit platform for urgent care visits. In partnership with telehealth platform, American Well®, Louisianans can now connect with board-certified primary care providers for secure, live, on-demand video visits.Availability & PricingOchsner Anywhere Care is now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for only $54 per visit for urgent care
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Telhealth Startup Medici Acquires HIPAA-Secure Messaging App DockMD
Medici, an Austin, TX-based global HIPAA-compliant mobile app with secure text, voice and video messaging and allows doctors to provide virtual healthcare to patients, today announced its acquisition of HIPAA-secure messaging company DocbookMD. DocbookMD’s secure healthcare messaging app features real-time alerts to streamline communication, accelerate workflows and enhance team collaboration. For Medici, the acquisition will offer doctors and other healthcare providers access to a broad range
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Value-Based Care in Action: BCBS AZ Shared Savings Program Outperforms Cohorts Across Cost & Quality Measures
BCBS AZ’s value-based care program outperformed cohort across cost and quality measures, underscoring program’s effectiveness at improving population health.Change Healthcare and ACO Partner released the results for the first complete plan year of its novel shared value-based care savings program with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBS AZ). More than 600 in-network primary care providers treated over 41,500 patients through 2017 leading to the program remitting a total of $1 million to 603
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Mingle Analytics, SilverVue Merge to Form Mingle Health to Focus on Value-based Care Delivery
Mingle Analytics Inc., a provider of Medicare quality reporting, and SilverVue, Inc., a supplier of care management software, today announce their merger. Mingle Health is a new company focused on transforming value-based care delivery by solving the pain points in quality reporting while improving patient outcomes and strengthening practice health.Together, Mingle Health will deliver an all-in-one platform that includes the consulting, analytics, and tools to streamline medical practices,
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Validic Launches Statistics Engine to Drive Population Health Analytics from Patient Generated Health Data
Validic, a Durham, NC-based patient-generated health data integration, and analysis platform, today announced the release of Validic Statistics Engine that will offer new opportunities for patient-generated health data in care delivery and management. The Statistics Engine enables organizations to easily derive individual or population-level trends and anomalies from PGHD. Making Patent-Generated Health Data (PGHD) Actionable for CliniciansBeyond optical character recognition, there are many
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