What You Should Know: According to a recent Updox survey, 87% of Americans say they want to receive information from their healthcare provider on COVID-19 vaccine-related news/updates, with their healthcare providers cited as the most trusted source on the topic (34%) -- behind health protection agencies (32%), government entities (9%), and the biotechnology companies developing the vaccines (4%). When it comes to means of communication with their healthcare provider, consumers’
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Transitioning from Traditional to E-Fax: How Healthcare Communications are Transforming Post-COVID
The majority of industries have decreased or eliminated their use of the traditional fax machine over the past decade, including aviation, retail, and even finance. While the healthcare industry is at the forefront of disease research and treatment, however, it is still heavily reliant on this aging technology. Traditional fax has become ubiquitous in healthcare. It worked for health systems for many years, but the overwhelming volume of patient data and paper documents the healthcare
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M&A: EverCommerce Acquires Healthcare Communication Platform Updox
What You Should Know: - Service commerce platform EverCommerce acquires Dublin, OH-based Updox, a healthcare communication platform for in-person and virtual care. - The acquisition expands EverCommerce’s health services portfolio and enables the companies to further their shared goal of simplifying the business of healthcare and facilitating the growth of healthcare practices. Today, EverCommerce, a leading service commerce platform, completed the acquisition of Updox, a
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Updox, Redox Partner to Expand Network of Integrated EHRs, Deliver Seamless Telehealth
What You Should Know: - Updox partners with healthcare integration platform Redox to integrate with any EHR, deliver seamless telehealth to health systems - Updox is expanding its network to include the largest inpatient EHRs in order to supply healthcare professionals with solutions that support in-person and virtual care. As virtual care continues to increase in demand, Updox, a provider of care coordination across both in-person and virtual care, announced today a significant
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U.S. Telemedicine App Downloads Spikes During COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know: - US telemedicine app downloads see dramatic increases during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some seeing an 8,270% rise YoY. Downloads of U.S. Telemedicine apps from leading telehealth companies have reported dramatic increases in demand for their services in the US since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to GlobalData, a leading data, and analytics company. Some of the biggest benefiters have been the Synzi Virtual Care app for physicians, which saw a whole
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2020 Virtual Care: Navigating Patient Care In A Post-COVID-19 World
Updox, the only place to manage healthcare communications across both in-person and virtual care, today released its 2020 Virtual Care Report: Patient Care in a Post-COVID World that details the rapid transformation telehealth saw during COVID-19, how it is currently being used, physician and patient expectations for telehealth post-COVID -- and how virtual care spanning the entire patient experience will become the new precedent. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth became the
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Health in Motion Network, Updox Integrate to Improve Pharmacy Care Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know: - Health in Motion Network announced a partnership with Updox to integrate its HIPAA-compliant virtual health software into the Health in Motion Network’s consumer-direct pharmacy platform, ERxDirect. - ERxDirect powered by Updox uniquely connects local health care, community pharmacies and urgent care centers with the innovation they need to remotely communicate with patients, which has become more essential than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - By partnering
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Telehealth After COVID-19: What’s Next for the Healthcare Industry?
Like the rest of the economy, healthcare has been upended by the coronavirus. Not just emergency rooms, but primary care physicians, specialists, and long-term care facilities, too. Struggling to continue providing care in a time of social distancing, many have turned to telehealth in record numbers. Even providers who may have previously viewed telehealth skeptically – perhaps because of the technology’s perceived complexity or reimbursement challenges before COVID-19 – have now become
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Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020
As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare industry executives to share their predictions and trends for 2020. Robbie Hughes, Founder, and CEO, Lumeon “Following the announcement of the Trump administration's price transparency requirement – and the ensuing backlash from hospital groups – the issue of price transparency will dominate the healthcare industry next year. Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, I expect we'll see more attention around the importance of the
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Time’s Running Out: Why Providers Must Adopt Telehealth in 2020
Sometimes life just gets in the way. Work schedules, family obligations, and unforeseen circumstances can make going to the doctor an inconvenience rather than a helpful necessity. It’s not uncommon for patients to forget or intentionally skip appointments, cancel unexpectedly, or even put off scheduling necessary follow-up visits. But patients don’t have to neglect their healthcare just because of a hectic work schedule or a last-minute meeting. Telehealth is emerging as a convenient
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