04
Sep
A study conducted by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine determined that regular telephone conversations with a nurse can substantially reduce hospital re-admissions for high-risk patients. Patients in the program were one-third less likely to be readmitted than similar patients who were not in the program. Overall health care costs decreased by approximately $1,225 […]
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17
Apr
stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: American Telemedicine Association (ATA), costs of care, e-consults, health systems and telemedicine, healthcare systems, home telehealthcare, hospital systems, Mayo Clinic, Mercy Health Systems, mergers and acquisitions, physicians and technology use, specialty care and telemedicine, virtual care
By Jon Linkous There has been increasing attention lately to the rise of “Big Med.” Coined by Atul Gawande, MD at Brigham & Women’s Harvard teaching hospital, in the August 2012 edition of The New Yorker (link), the term refers to the accelerating instances of mergers, acquisitions and affiliations that are taking place throughout healthcare. […]
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