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Innovation
West Virginia Targets Crowded ERs With New Pediatric Behavioral Health Program
Coordinated by Community Care of West Virginia and Aetna Better Health for West Virginia, the program will provide on-demand emergency...
Marketing
Funyuns and Flu Shots? Gas Station Company Ventures Into Urgent Care
MedWise has opened 12 clinics so far, all in the Tulsa area.
Technology
New Partnership Pushes Cardiac Care Management Out of the ER and Into the Home
A digital health collaboration aims to give health systems and health plans access to both virtual visits and on-demand house...
Telehealth
I/DD Care Provider Uses Telehealth to Save $100K in ER Costs Over 2 Years
Mainstay Life Services, which offers support for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in Pennsylvania, reduced ER and urgent care...
Telehealth
Northwell Health Launches Teleburn Network
The New York-based health system is using telemedicine to triage calls from three outlying hospitals so that ED doctors can...
Technology
UPMC: AI Beats Gold Standard for Diagnosing Heart Attacks
Researchers in Pittsburgh found that an AI tool outperformed the three most common practices for analyzing ECGs of patients being...
Innovation
CMS Ends ET3 Alternative Payment Model 2 Years Early
The agency says the innovative program that allowed EMS providers to seek alternative care pathways instead of the routine ED...
Technology
USC Studies Potential for AI-Enabled Drones in Emergency Care
Researchers are studying a Toronto-based program that deploys drones equipped with AED devices alongside ambulances to emergencies involving cardiac arrest...
Technology
Examining the Challenges of Data Interoperability for EMS Providers
A discussion at the HIMSS 2023 Interoperability Showcase highlights the barriers to data transfer between ambulances and hospitals.
Technology
Intermountain Health Adds AI, Interoperability to CDS Platform
The health system has upgraded its clinical decision support technology to give care providers on-demand, FHIR-enabled access to important data...
Innovation
South Dakota Program Adds Telemedicine to Ambulances
A state-funded effort to improve EMS services uses a virtual care platform to connect paramedics with emergency care specialists.
Technology
Pain Translation Technology Aims to Improve Emergency Care
The Rhode Island School of Design's Center for Complexity has developed a new tool that helps non-English patients accurately describe...