IZiel Healthcare

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) | April 24, 2020

The Trump administration has laid out a plan for how to disperse the remaining $70 billion to providers struggling financially due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allocated $30 billion to providers out of a $100 billion pot passed in an economic stimulus package by Congress a few weeks ago. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said on a call with reporters on Wednesday the agency will distribute money for skilled nursing facilities and providers ...

AI, Digital Healthcare

Globenewswire | April 18, 2023

TeleVox, an industry-leading provider of omnichannel digital patient technology, unveiled its latest innovation at the HIMSS Conference (April 17-19). Iris™ is the newest addition to the company's end-to-end digital patient engagement platform, HouseCalls Pro. Iris is a powerful AI-driven virtual agent accessible via web, voice, and SMS interactions and embedded into HouseCalls Pro patient engagement workflows. Utilizing Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service with its large-scale, genera...

Health Technology

Shasta Networks | October 07, 2021

As a major employer and key provider of health services in Inyo County, California, Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD) requires state-of-the-art technology to stay on pace with the evolution of the healthcare industry and continue to provide excellent patient care. For its conversion to Cerner CommunityWorks EHR, NIHD leveraged its 17-year partnership with Shasta Networks for its third EHR transition since 2004. NIHD’s needs included maintaining the legacy EHR production environme...

HIT Consultant | March 16, 2020

Virtual care provider Teladoc Health announced that the company is experiencing unprecedented daily visit volume in the United States as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread globally. This week, patient visit volume spiked 50 percent over the prior week and continues to rise. The company had been handling visit demand consistent with peak flu volumes, but last week Wednesday began to see that number accelerate to as much as 15,000 visits requested per day. Teladoc Health has prov...