What You Should Know: - New KLAS telehealth reports aims to aims to provide high-level COVID-19 guidance helpful to healthcare organizations on the virtual care and remote care platform vendor landscape. - Includes high-level overviews of validated vendors’ current customer satisfaction, key questions to consider in building a strategy, and a consolidated view of KLAS’ previously published telehealth reports. Telehealth adoption in healthcare until recently had been increasing at a
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals the Need for a Broader Digital Front Door
Healthcare facilities and providers around the country are experiencing COVID-19 differently. Many medical facilities treating COVID-19 patients have been overwhelmed, with some even resorting to creating pop-up hospitals to support the unexpected influx. Meanwhile, other providers have seen a sharp decline in their waiting rooms as patients have shied away from in-person appointments or had elective procedures postponed. Even patients with serious conditions are avoiding hospitals due to
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Verato Launches SDOH-Driven Solution to Support COVID-19 Contact Tracing
What You Should Know: - Verato announced an identity information service that helps with COVID-19 contact tracing by making social determinants of health (SDOH) data more complete. - According to a recent report, as much as half of the positive COVID-19 test results lack enough data to support contact tracing. By filling in that missing data, we can shorten the time between receiving positive test results and having data that allows for rapid response to contain the virus. Verato,
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FDA Expedites Clearance for AI Ultrasound Solution to Fight COVID-19
What You Should Know: - FDA expedites clearance of Caption Health’s AI-powered ultrasound solution to aid frontline healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. - Caption Health’s AI-guided imaging supports the assessment of cardiac function and decreases personnel exposure to novel coronavirus. In response to the growing body of evidence demonstrating the impact of COVID-19 on the heart, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expedited clearance of an update
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Netherlands Hospital Deploys Contact-Free Continuous Monitoring for COVID-19 Patients
What You Should Know: - MedTech developer EarlySense announced that Netherlands hospital Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland has implemented contact-free continuous monitoring in its expanded pulmonary department to remotely monitor isolated COVID-19 patients and limit exposure of health staff. - EarlySense continues to offer its solution to additional hospitals and skilled nursing facilities to assist in the global battle against coronavirus. EarlySense, a provider of
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COVID-19 Sparks Consumer Fears of Seeking In-Person Medical Care
What You Should Know: - Consumer fears of seeking in-person medical care is rising as states begin reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from Black Book Research and Sage Growth Partners. - The data reveals that while some may delay care due to concerns about potential exposure to COVID-19, others are willing to leverage telehealth – though this is not a one-size-fits-all solution. As states begin reopening businesses and the number of coronavirus
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Stanford Children’s Health Resumes Procedures Delayed by COVID-19
What You Should Know: - Stanford Children’s Health announced they are ramping up services again six weeks after postponing non-emergent medical procedures due to the state-mandated suspension. - The health system will continue ongoing safety precautions including robust PPE standards; widespread access to COVID-19 and serology testing for all employees; testing all hospital patients; as well as using telehealth tools to reduce in-person visits whenever possible, among many other actions
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COVID-19 Crisis: Only 27% of Nurses Have Enough PPE for May
What You Should Know: - New survey data From NurseFly reveals more than 50% Of nurses are dissatisfied with the level of resources and training from hospitals battling the COVID-19 crisis. - Only 27% of nurses noted that their hospital has an adequate amount of PPE for them to conduct their job for the next month. NurseFly, a temporary healthcare staffing technology platform, released a new round of findings from a national survey of 1,380+ nurses
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COVID-19 Pandemic: The Surprise Catalyst for Telemedicine Adoption
It is no secret that technology adoption in healthcare often lags adoption in other sectors. Often, the slow pace of adoption makes sense. While technology can drastically improve both cost and quality in healthcare when implemented correctly, it can also cause physician burnout, increased administrative workload, and worsen patient outcomes if a new technology fails to live up to the hype. Historically, the slow pace of IT adoption in healthcare was nowhere more apparent than in the
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COVID-19 Crisis Makes Complying with Data Interoperability a Priority
With healthcare organizations focused on battling COVID-19, the recent federal healthcare regulation requiring data interoperability may have become an afterthought. However, compliance with this rule will create a powerful tool for fighting COVID-19 recurrences and future pandemics. If interoperability had gone into effect earlier this year as originally scheduled, many insurance companies and the federal government would now be able to securely share the data they have for most of the
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