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Rural Hospital Reduces No-Shows with a Boost in Patient Engagement

Sparta Community Hospital, in a rural Illinois town about 50 miles southeast of St. Louis, is using proactive, patient-facing communication technology that integrates with its EHR system data to reach patients in a more user-friendly way to reduce its no-show rates.
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UPMC’s App to Lower Post-Surgery Readmission Rates Is a Pip

Last year, UPMC Enterprises and Redesign Health began collaborating on Pip Care Inc., a novel digital health platform that is designed to improve surgical outcomes and increase patient satisfaction.
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The Promise of Telehealth For Hospitals, Health Systems and Their Communities, TrendWatch

Telehealth increasingly is vital to our health care delivery system, enabling health care providers to connect with patients and consulting practitioners across vast distances.
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Virtual Care Platform Wheel Expands Its Services, Focusing on Convenience

The virtual care platform Wheel recently made news by saying it would add mental health provider Talkspace, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company and the data-sharing program Health Gorilla into its integrated health care ecosystem this year.

Guthrie Clinic Adds Virtual Care Hub to Address Nursing Shortage, Boost Patient Access and Safety

Leaders from Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pennsylvania, detail how the shift to a virtual, team-based approach to care extends the reach of bedside nurses, attracts new nurses, creates a culture of collaboration and improves patient monitoring and satisfaction.

How to Respond to the Great Digital Disruption

Many health care providers could face an uncertain future if they refuse to transform themselves. Digital innovators can offer hospitals and health systems technology and insights to help solve their most challenging problems.

Atrium Health Extends Reach with Virtual Care to Improve Health and Elevate Hope

In a recent report, “Transforming Health Care Delivery Through Virtual Care,” Atrium Health leaders detail how they’ve developed more than 30 virtual programs that streamline access to care, reduce wait times and improve the patient experience.

Employers Will Be Focusing on These 3 Health Care Strategy Areas. Are You Ready?

America’s employers will evaluate their health plans, partnerships and vendors more closely this year as they try to create value, achieve higher quality and procure cost-effective services.

Grapefruit Health Targets a New Way to Address the Field’s Workforce Shortage

Ballad Health in Johnson City, Tennessee, recently completed an interesting pilot to improve communication around medication adherence. It worked with Grapefruit Health, a startup focused on addressing health care’s staffing shortage by creating a workforce solely comprising clinical students.

Proposed Funding Cuts to Telehealth Will Reduce Access to Care for Patients Infographic

The Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act (S. 2840) would cut hospital reimbursements by eliminating facility fees for telehealth services. The expansion of telehealth over the past few years has transformed health care delivery, improved access for millions of Americans, and increased convenience for patients.