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A new report released by TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, revealed insights into how health plans and organizations can drive virtual care engagement.While key elements that patients value in virtual care offerings include cost and time savings, and the ability to reduce Emergency Department (ED) or urgent care visits, people want to see doctors they trust or and are more likely to adopt virtual care when
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M&A: eVisit Acquires Bluestream Health
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- eVisit, a virtual care operating platform for health systems and large, complex healthcare delivery organizations acquires Bluestream Health, a digital front door and virtual care workflow solution that manages patient and provider interactions throughout the care delivery process.
- Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Acquisition Brings Virtual care to Patients
eVisit augments its highly innovative capabilities with complementary digital
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Hint & Eden Partner to Expand Virtual Direct Primary Care Offering Nationwide
Hint & Eden Partner to Expand Virtual Direct Primary Care Offering Nationwide
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Hint Health, the company powering the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement, and Eden Health, a leading national virtual and in-person primary care provider, today announced a partnership to expand the Hint Connect footprint with a virtual DPC offering across all 50 states.This partnership allows employers to offer a DPC network nationwide for patients who don’t have convenient access
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Allina Health Partners with Epic-based KeyCare Platform
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- KeyCare, the nation's first and only Epic-based virtual care company, announced today its partnership with Allina Health to deliver high-quality virtual care with licensed providers whenever and wherever patients need it.
- Allina Health patients can access care by scheduling a virtual visit through the Allina Health MyChart patient portal.
- KeyCare offers health systems the ability to easily augment their care teams, optimize capacity, and widen their digital
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Caregility & Xandar Kardian Partner for Virtual Acute Care Solution
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- Xandar Kardian, a Toronto-based leader in developing radar signal processing technology for vital sign monitoring, has formally announced an integrated partnership with Caregility, an enterprise telehealth leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere.
- For the first time ever, Xandar Kardian will embed its radar technology and data into a partner’s existing product line, joining Caregility’s Best in KLAS Caregility Cloud™ virtual
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KLAS: Epic Leads in Functionality Adoption for FQHCs
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Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) hold a significant and distinct place in US healthcare by providing low-cost, government-subsidized care to undererved populations. Due to FQHCs’ integrated care model and government ties, it is harder for these organizations to find comprehensive EMR and PM solutions that meet all care setting needs and are also reasonably priced.A new report by KLAS is the first look at HIT vendors who deliver needed functionality and
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Optimizing Patient Experience: How Virtual Offerings are Changing The Healthcare Climate As We Know It
Providing patients with a positive health outcome is always the priority for their healthcare provider. The journey to accomplishing this goal can often be an uphill challenge with many variables at play. Providers are tasked with not only delivering a positive health outcome but also with the patient experience and level of satisfaction as they make their way through their healthcare journey. Since the Covid-19 pandemic and the emergence of virtual healthcare, the healthcare industry has
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Hybrid Healthcare and The New Normal: Biggest Adjustments for Healthcare Organizations
The adoption of virtual health has increased dramatically since March 2020, with 150 million telehealth claims in less than two years. Like other revolutionary innovations throughout history, healthcare innovation is necessitated by time — and unmet needs. So many struggled to create virtual care solutions during the pandemic, and many technology companies jumped into the telehealth space because of the unmet needs of patients. But the pandemic era is soon coming to an end, leaving telehealth to
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Everly Health Launches Diagnostics-Driven Virtual Care Program
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The future of healthcare depends on access to digital-first solutions rooted in diagnostic insights that support individuals along their health journey. Everly Health, isn’t just enabling a better lab testing experience, they’re enabling a better diagnostic experience through innovative products and clinical services that are insightful and actionable, leading to more comprehensive treatment with speed that offers overall better outcomes.Additionally, Everly Health
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17 Execs Share How Health IT Can Address Clinician Burnout, Staffing, & Capacity
Clinician shortage has reached a new level of urgency as we face rising demand and healthcare costs, according to a recent Accenture report. Healthcare workers are increasingly burned out and leaving the industry altogether in droves. Those who remain to do the work are overburdened. We ask seventeen healthcare IT executives for their insights on how health IT solutions could potentially help address clinician burnout, clinician staffing shortages, and deal with capacity.
Staffing levels
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