eClinicalWorks Blog
- 2 April, 2020
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Flattening the Curve With Telehealth
Medical pandemics come with two curves. There is a learning curve that challenges doctors, researchers, and governments to find the most effective responses. Meanwhile, there is an infection curve that must be moderated or flattened in order to get ahead of the crisis.
Continue Reading- 1 April, 2020
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How First Choice Neurology Transformed Their Practice With Telehealth
Long before the recent influx of telehealth usage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians at First Choice Neurology had been using healow TeleVisits™ to bring quality care to their patients.
Continue Reading- 31 March, 2020
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Telehealth and Mental Health in a Time of Crisis
Medical providers have long understood there are close ties between physical and emotional health. At least among Western medical researchers, the first forays into the link between mind and body took place more than a century ago, as described in this article from the Minnesota State Medical Association.
Continue Reading- 27 March, 2020
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How SG Pediatrics are Using TeleVisits to Help Patients
For the last two years, providers at SG Pediatrics have been successfully using healow TeleVisits™ to see patients from home. So when the need for social distancing arose, they already had the tools in place to move all of their appointments online.
Continue Reading- 26 March, 2020
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The eClinicalWorks Telehealth Advantage
As the number of cases of coronavirus continues to climb throughout the U.S. and the world, so too does the number of physicians and patients using telehealth solutions. For many healthcare visits — including primary and specialty care, follow-up visits, and quick check-in appointments — telehealth is proving to be an effective tool in promoting quality care during a time of crisis.
Continue Reading- 25 March, 2020
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How Televisits Have Transformed Comprehensive Sleep Center
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, practices are looking for an effective way to treat patients without having them physically come into the office. For Comprehensive Sleep Center, a practice located in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, healow TeleVisits™ have been that option – the practice completely switching to TeleVisits within three days of activation.
Continue Reading- 24 March, 2020
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Telehealth: Helping Throughout History
The resurgence of telehealth amid the coronavirus pandemic is a reminder of the lifesaving role that remote delivery of medical services has always played. Whether for reducing the risk of infection, delivering care to remote places, or helping with recovery from natural disasters, telehealth is once more proving its value as a critical part of the worldwide healthcare ecosystem.
Continue Reading- 23 March, 2020
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How healow TeleVisits Can Help During a Health Crisis
The rules of the telehealth game may have changed, but you still want to play by the right rules. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights recently announced the waiver of certain penalties for noncompliance with HIPAA regulations.
Continue Reading- 20 March, 2020
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healow TeleVisits: How Fast Deployment Helps
During the coronavirus pandemic, medical practices across the nation have been sounding an urgent note — “Get me telemedicine, stat!” Just how quickly can a practice get up and running with an industry-leading telehealth solution such as healow TeleVisits™?
Continue Reading- 13 March, 2020
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Brown Clinic: Community Values With Leading-Edge Technology
Brown Clinic has been in business since 1935, providing comprehensive, quality medicine to the residents of Watertown, South Dakota — with a friendly and down-to-earth attitude that reflects the strong community spirit found throughout the American Midwest.
Continue Reading- 11 March, 2020
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Expanding Access to Care With healow TeleVisits
On March 4, 2020, Congress appropriated $8.3 billion through the “Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020,” to combat the public health threats posed by the spread of coronavirus. The legislation includes $500 million allowing Health and Human Services to temporarily waive certain Medicare restrictions and requirements regarding telehealth services during the coronavirus public health emergency.
Continue Reading- 6 March, 2020
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Back to the Basics: Patient Engagement
Patients are busy. Having a quick and efficient means of setting up an appointment online through healow Open Access® can help you reduce no-shows, keep schedules full, and reduce administrative burdens on staff, all while giving patients the convenience they want of setting up appointments that work with their schedules.
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