With meaningful use incentives on the table and increasingly frustrated health exchange patients, healthcare providers both private and public are being urged to adopt more advanced health IT solutions. Like MUSC recently did with their telehealth adoption, more and more providers are looking for streamlined virtual health solutions that patients want, but more often than not don’t have.New research released today by Xerox indicates that while only 16 percent of Americans actually receive
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MUSC Integrates Telehealth Visits with Epic EHR Via Vidyo
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has simplified access to high quality remote consultations between clinicians and patients by deploying Epic’s telehealth and virtual care workflows tightly integrated with Vidyo’s real-time video communication platform. This solution creates a seamless workflow that makes it easier for doctors and patients to schedule, conduct video consults, record and access health information securely within the Epic portal. Virtual visits are the latest addition
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Penn State Health, Mercy Virtual Partner to Deliver Virtual Medicine
Penn State Health has signed a partnership agreement with Mercy Virtual to virtually monitor intensive care unit (ICU) patients at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, a leading university health center. Over time, the partnership will expand cross Penn State Health facilities and programs, drawing on both partners’ expertise to create new care models across the region. The partnership marks Mercy’s second virtual medicine agreement in recent months. Mercy and University of North
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