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The Tele-Hospitalist Advantage: Transforming Staffing Challenges into Opportunities

By Eagle Telemedicine January 30, 2025Staffing, TeleHospitalist, Telemedicine

Indiscriminately, healthcare organizations across the U.S. face a persistent challenge: maintaining adequate staffing levels in an environment defined by unpredictable patient volumes, increasing demands for specialized care and ongoing workforce shortages. Traditional solutions such as locum tenens and conventional staffing continue to fall short. Bringing in tele-hospitalists offers a quality, flexible, cost-effective solution to address…

Top 5 Telemedicine Trends Hospital Leaders Need to Watch in 2025

By Jason Povio January 23, 2025Healthcare Trends, Hospital Metrics

The landscape of hospital care is undergoing a significant transformation, with telemedicine at the forefront. For all involved in the medical field, understanding and integrating these advancements is crucial to enhancing patient care, operational efficiency and keeping ahead of the competition. Here are key trends we predict will shape the coming year of telemedicine in…

Redefining Night Coverage with Telemedicine: A Game-Changer for Operational Efficiency and Patient Care

By Eagle Telemedicine January 16, 2025Healthcare Trends, Staffing, TeleNocturnist

Hospital night shifts are notorious for staffing shortages, high patient loads and elevated stress levels. Telemedicine offers a game-changing solution, enabling remote access to expert care and streamlining nighttime operations. Let’s explore how telemedicine addresses four key challenges: nighttime risks, staffing shortages, cost efficiency and access to care, all while improving overall efficiency. Reducing Nighttime…

Access, Balance, and Community Impact: The ABCs of Telemedicine

By Eagle Telemedicine January 6, 2025Healthcare Trends, Staffing

Telemedicine is shaking up the healthcare world in all the best ways. It’s tackling challenges like access to care, clinician support and community impact with practical, forward-thinking solutions. By making it easier for patients to get the care they need, helping clinicians achieve better work-life balance and boosting the economic and reputational health of hospitals,…

Bridging the Care Gap for the Future of Pediatric Care

By Eagle Telemedicine December 18, 2024Staffing, TelePediatrics

Growing healthcare costs and specialist shortages continue to rise, causing fluctuations in high-quality pediatric and neonatal hospital care. The impact is especially prevalent in community-based facilities where the need for specialized expertise outweighs the availability of in-house specialists. In recent years, telemedicine has entered the conversation, offering a promising solution. By integrating Tele-Pediatrics and…

How Telemedicine Can Boost Your Bottom Line in 2025

By Eagle Telemedicine December 12, 2024Costs & Savings, Hospital Metrics, Revenue Cycle Management

More than 500 rural hospitals in the United States face an immediate risk of closure due to financial losses and a lack of monetary reserves to support the operation’s bottom line. According to The Center for American Progress, although only 14% of Americans—or about 46 million people—live in rural areas, these areas account for almost…

From Surviving to Thriving: How Hospitals Are Handling the Behavioral Health Epidemic

By Eagle Telemedicine December 4, 2024Staffing, TelePsychiatry

As of recent reports, more than half, 169 million, of the U.S. population lives in a mental health shortage area. The varying structure in behavioral health providers’ scope of practice and increased burnout of physicians have impacted the accessibility of behavioral health nationwide. Due to these challenges, Tele-Psychiatry uniquely stands as a tool to expand…

How Telemedicine is Transforming Rural Healthcare

By Eagle Telemedicine November 13, 2024Healthcare Trends, Rural Hospitals

Access to specialty healthcare is a challenge across the United States, but it’s especially critical in rural areas where distances are vast and medical resources are scarce. Goodland Regional Medical Center (GRMC), located in the northwest corner of Kansas, took it upon themselves to address these challenges head-on. Through its partnership with the Eagle Rural…

Telemedicine: The Hospital Surge Protection Solution

By Eagle Telemedicine October 25, 2024Costs & Savings, Healthcare Trends, Staffing

Hospitals are grappling with the challenges posed by patient volume surges, especially in emergency departments (EDs). Whether it’s flu season, staffing shortages or a weather-induced challenge, these surges can lead to dangerous gaps in care, overworked physicians and higher patient mortality rates. To address this growing problem, hospitals have increasingly turned to telemedicine solutions such…

Rising Demand, Declining Workforce: The Strategic Advantage of Tele-Rheumatology in Addressing Mounting Challenges

By Eagle Telemedicine September 30, 2024Healthcare Trends, Tele-Rheumatology

Hospitals face ongoing difficulties in delivering specialized care for chronic conditions, with new obstacles emerging every quarter. In 2019, US Medicare reported that 5,667 clinically active adult rheumatologists were practicing across the US, yet only 5% of the active doctors practice in rural regions. This limited workforce is feeling the strain as caseloads increase. The…

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