Medical Economics

MAY 9, 2024

AI was correct more than physicians, but it’s not ready to take over

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

The report lays out the many components of the virtual health ecosystem in three broad areas covering the continuum of care: Triage and intake, the front-door of routing patients to the most appropriate pathway for their symptoms. Telehealth is the sub-set of delivery methods and tools used to deliver health care services.

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2021

Before the pandemic, the dominant work-flow for telemedicine was for triage, primary care and pediatrics (think: your child registers a 105-degree fever on a Saturday night and the pediatrician’s office is closed). This graphic comes out of my current thinking about telehealth across the continuum of care.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 9, 2023

Today, there are more reliable methods that are actually recommended for measuring the severity of asthma: Pulse oximetry , which should be measured during triage. Breath sounds have also been found to correlate poorly with weak flow, and breath sounds can be normalized when pulmonary function is not. Peak flow meters.

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Emerging RN Leader

MARCH 10, 2024

Consider the following story an Emergency Department Manager recently reported in a manager focus group: “ We have had a triage tent in front of my ED for almost […] The post Who Owns the Patient Experience? appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Scrubs

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Nurses worked around the clock in high-pressure environments, performing triage, administering blood transfusions, cleaning wounds, and offering comfort to soldiers who often faced life-altering injuries. The introduction of more advanced triage techniques was another significant development.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 23, 2020

As part of Validic‘s efforts to address the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the company launched a real-time monitoring solution designed to observe, analyze and triage individuals remotely for the emergence of COVID-19 symptoms. COVID-19 Home […].

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Unitek College

MARCH 14, 2024

There are several unique challenges they face while assessing, triaging, and treating patients with urgent medical needs. Emergency Room (ER) Nurses live up to their name and care for people during critical situations. Every day, they make a difference in the lives of others.

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Practice Index

OCTOBER 10, 2024

While making it clear that his practice was already using AI to assist with patient triaging, he talked about the potential risks to safety and patient data posed by poorly regulated or misunderstood AI advances. “AI AI can be a very powerful tool, it can do a lot of good, but we can’t afford not to have a grasp on it as an issue,” he said.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The triage nurse obtains his vital signs: blood pressure 134/82 mm Hg, respirations 30 breaths per minute, heart rate 102 bpm, temperature 99.8 The patient appears anxious and restless, requiring redirection as the triage nurse processes him. Salzo presents to the emergency department (ED) at 3:00 a.m. with difficulty breathing.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2021

bn , much of which went into niche applications like lab testing, medication adherence, and on-demand triage for urgent care. In 2020, investments in digital health reached $14.1 These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 17, 2024

A study found that using medical assistants to filter and triage patient portal messages was an effective time saver for physicians.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 14, 2024

A Philadelphia-area medical practice experimented with having medical assistants triage patient portal messages. What challenges did they experience with this new workflow?

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Practice Index

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Encouraging the use of online consultations, phone triage and self-help tools can help the practice as a whole manage time and demand. I also think strengthening our triage systems can help. “In the meantime, Practice Managers play a critical role in managing the reduction of patient contacts while still maintaining quality care.

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The Healthcare Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

We send them out of our emergency room doors with discharge paperwork and tend to the next patient waiting in triage. This is a stark contrast to the multitude of OB and infant visits where screening for perinatal mental health disorders can be easily completed. It is a day they will never forget, and we already have.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I knew within 30 seconds of talking to her (or just from reading the triage note) that I would not be able to figure out what was going on with her in the ER. I have an appointment at the Mayo Clinic in two months.” ” You get the picture. Here was a patient with symptoms that caused her significant distress.

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Specifically, we’ll discuss how AI can: Automate Clinical Documentation Support Clinical Decision-Making Triage Patient Communication Diagnose Medical Images Automate Routine Tasks Each topic includes a Software Spotlight, highlighting practical tools that illustrate AI’s impact in real-world settings.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

COVID-19 has taught health care providers and patients about the benefits of telehealth, enabling early detection, supporting and triaging patients (away from the emergency department and hospital outpatient clinics), and moving care to the home and more convenient, accessible, and risk-managed community-based settings.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 14, 2022

They will need to know how to treat catastrophic injuries or a heart attack one day and a person experiencing intense pain with no apparent cause the next, so an emergency nurse’s critical thinking skills must be sharp as they will need to triage patients constantly and in accordance with changing conditions.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 14, 2024

Below is a screenshot of my cell phone which shows how many different ways a patient or triage nurse could contact me (I don’t text my patients or clinic nurses, but some primary care docs do). Interconnectivity The other significant generational shift in our work is the speed and accessibility of our connections with patients.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

His remarks focused largely on an immigration and travel policy versus science, triaging, testing and treatment of the virus itself. With President Trump’s somber speech from the Oval Office last night, we wake up on 12th March 2020 to a ban on most travel from Europe to the U.S.,

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 9, 2024

a Delray Beach, FL-based medical call center operator and nurse triage service provider, has recently issued individual notifications to individuals affected by a data security incident that occurred on March 20, 2024. The HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal still shows the interim figure of 501 affected individuals.

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The Healthcare Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

In essence, “Resident Agents” randomly contract a disease, seek care at the Agent Hospital, where they are triaged and treated by Medical Professional Agents, who include 14 doctors and 4 nurses (that’s how you can tell this is only a simulacrum; in the real world, you’d be lucky to have 4 doctors and 14 nurses).

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Nursing triage can also often be performed very efficiently via phone or video. A telehealth nurse may staff a patient advice line, perform care coordination functions, or help patients manage their medications and other aspects of their healthcare.

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Valant

AUGUST 5, 2024

Outcome measures data can be a crucial tool for efficiency and help increase the availability of care by optimizing workflows in several ways: Automating patient evaluations outside of scheduled appointments Integrating results directly into clinical notes, minimizing manual data entry Facilitating improved triage and ongoing care decisions Enabling (..)

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Triage the right care to the right people at the right time Obesity’s complex nature requires a personalized approach to treatment that delivers the right care to the right people at the right time.

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Practice Index

JULY 4, 2024

“This might involve updating training for reception staff, improving triage protocols or enhancing communication with patients about available services. By utilising data effectively, Practice Managers can ensure that their practices operate smoothly, meet patient needs and provide high-quality care.

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Practice Index

AUGUST 22, 2024

We’ve also implemented additional triage systems to ensure urgent cases are prioritised. “There’s no doubt that collective action has presented challenges,” admitted another Manager, this time from a suburban London practice. Managing patient expectations has been tough, but open communication has been key.

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CollaborateMD

MAY 17, 2023

With a comprehensive communication platform, healthcare providers can communicate easily with patients through digital channels with workflow tools to help effectively triage and manage those communications. Efficient Patient Engagement​ One of the primary benefits of technology in healthcare is efficient patient engagement.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The pandemic has also grown the types of services providers were offering via telehealth beyond traditional triage or real-time consults for urgent medical issues when doctor’s offices were closed.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 11, 2023

” The emergency department at Johns Hopkins, all 10,000 square feet of it, is exceptionally busy and includes urgent care, triage, and one of only two Level 1 trauma units in the state. . “It gives me a wide variety of experiences and helps me give back to the state and city I grew up in.”

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Practice Index

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Same-day hubs to triage patients A large area of England could see patients diverted to “same-day access hubs” when they seek urgent practice care. Under the plans, which affect Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire, calls would firstly go to the hubs for triage when patients select same-day care.

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Relias

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Triage and patient care: Implement mass casualty protocols, if necessary, and ensure that patients receive appropriate care. Triage systems should be in place to manage surges in patient volume.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 12, 2021

And in 2021 at CES in the era of COVID and beyond, telehealth is now, just, part of the continuum of health care. To learn more about telemedicine, please join my panel session, Telemedicine Skyrockets to Mainstream , accessible on-demand on the CES 2021 conference platform until 15th February 2021.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

The company has also responded to requests for specific modules, such as supporting patient engagement solutions that enable consumers to ask questions, triage and diagnose severity of an illness. Another facet of telehealth is in helping to scale intensive care units (ICUs).

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Practice Index

JUNE 27, 2024

It says that those practices already employing PAs should ensure there is appropriate time for supervision and that they review processes for triage, induction and supervision. The college wants the regulation of PAs to proceed rapidly, but the BMA has now announced legal action against the GMC over its handling of regulation.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Consider: chatbots, AI, triage-via-telehealth, and other digital investments that can address higher-cost sites and redundant services. The second chart details CFOs’ re-vamped priorities, beginning with virtual health techs, cybersecurity, and engagement platforms for both consumers and workforce.

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