Innovator Health is working with one rural Arkansas hospital, the Great River Medical Center, to increase revenue (by $1.6 million/year) and deliver better care to patients. They are doing this by connecting patients in rural locations to qualified doctors through the innovative telemedicine solutions offered by Innovator Health. This way, patients can conveniently access specialized care for more complex medical cases. The hospital has overcome the problems with recruiting and retaining hospitalists. By having accessing to specialists through telemedicine, they can bill Medicare at the higher ..read more

Change is coming to health care. As telecommunications technology becomes more powerful, and more prevalent, health care providers are using it to evaluate, diagnose, treat and deliver services to more patients. However, many providers don’t recognize the other benefits available through telehealth services. The Benefits of Telehealth Services Many health care systems are already enjoying the benefits of telehealth and telemedicine in areas like hospital-to-hospital teletransfers – significantly reducing adverse events and increasing efficiency. Other providers are leveraging te ..read more

Hospital to hospital transfers are a significant source of growth and revenue for many health systems. It is estimated that an average of 3.5% of all hospital inpatient admissions come from interhospital transfers, with larger facilities having a significantly higher proportion of transfers accounting for their total admissions.[1] However, the interfacility transfer is still a fragmented process that can lead to medical errors and even death. Finding safer ways to receive transfers from other hospitals can improve patient care, decrease costs and increase patient and physician satisfaction. T ..read more

Healthcare and medicine are at crossroads. There are challenges facing the industry – an aging population in need of greater care, demands for lower cost treatment options, and a lack of specialists and doctors especially in rural areas. Healthcare leaders are looking for solutions, and not more complications. That’s where tools like telemedicine and telehealth can help. In this article, we’ll look at how forward-thinking leaders in healthcare are leveraging telehealth and telemedicine to overcome challenges and deliver benefits for patients, providers while growing their business. What is Tel ..read more

Telemedicine and telehealth technology are already having an impact on health care, but many providers struggle to see the benefits. Often it is a cultural struggle – leadership doesn’t provide enough support to the initiative or physicians are reluctant to change even if it is a benefit to patients. Other times, it may be a problem with the technology. Not all telemedicine systems are created equal, and without the right technology the solution may become an impediment, rather than building the relationship between the patient and doctor. Read more The post 4 Tips to Evaluating Telemedicine ..read more

Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, visited the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University on May 1st, 2018 to hold a town hall meeting and tour the two year old medical campus. While on his tour, Governor Hutchinson spent some time learning about the telemedicine curriculum and technology being used to train the 1st and 2nd year medical students. Read more The post Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas Fully Supports Innovator Health appeared first on Innovator Health ..read more

To save you the time of having to read anymore, the simple answer is yes. However, if you want to learn how, I encourage you to keep reading. Since, the term telemedicine is so broad, let’s narrow it down for the purpose of this post. The type of telemedicine referred to in this article is represented by live two-way video communications, where the patient’s validated real-time diagnostic data can be collected. Examples would include: A patient in an emergency room with stroke like symptoms seeing a tele-neurologist An urban based cardiologist following up with their patient who is located ..read more

Innovator Health is working with one rural Arkansas hospital, the Great River Medical Center, to increase revenue (by $1.6 million/year) and deliver better care to patients ..read more

Telemedicine and telehealth technology are already having an impact on health care, but many providers struggle to see the benefits. Often it is a cultural struggle – leadership doesn’t provide enough support to the initiative or physicians are reluctant to change even if it is a benefit to patients. Other times, it may be a problem with the technology. Not all telemedicine systems are created equal, and without the right technology the solution may become an impediment, rather than building the relationship between the patient and doctor ..read more

Change is coming to health care ..read more