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Amazon unveils new telehealth options, Lee Health to launch hospital-at-home program + more · Becker’s Healthcare Digital Health + Health IT

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  This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital
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  Health Podcast. Here's your daily industry news briefing
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  for today, November 18th.
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  First, Lee Health is planning to launch an
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  acute hospital at home program and expand its
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  remote patient monitoring program.
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  The health system has partnered with BioPharmus, a
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  technology company offering platforms that support in home
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  acute care delivery to support the programs.
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  Under the new partnership, BioPharmus will support Lee
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  Health's entire RPM service line and support the
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  launch of a new
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  hospital at home program. Lee Health is a
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  5 hospital system in Southwest Florida with a
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  daily with an average daily census of more
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  than 700 patients. Its RPM program is one
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  of the largest in the country and has
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  driven a 50% reduction in 30 day readmission
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  rates for all pathways according to the release.
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  CMS approved Lee Health at home model in
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  May 2023
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  at 2 of its largest hospitals, Lee Memorial
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  and Health Park Medical Center.
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  2nd,
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  Centerra Health has launched a new virtual nursing
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  program powered by Andadora Health's AI driven think
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  Andor platform.
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  The health system is launching the think Andor
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  virtual nursing program at Centerra Norfolk General Hospital.
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  This system is designed to free up bed
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  space bedside nurses for direct patient care by
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  automating administrative tasks, including admission and discharge planning.
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  The program will start in the medical surgical
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  and intermediate care units with plans for expansion
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  across the health system.
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  3rd,
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  Amazon has launched a new telehealth option for
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  its Prime members that display the prices upfront.
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  Here are five things to know. The service
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  unveiled November 14th offers Prime members a monthly
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  rate or per use cost for telehealth visit
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  via video or messaging,
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  treatment plan, and medication delivery.
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  The offering combines Amazon One Medical pay per
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  visit, previously called Amazon Clinic and Amazon Pharmacy.
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  Brijen Penhart, general manager for Amazon One Medical
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  pay per visit, said in November 14th statement,
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  quote, we're committed to giving customers convenient affordable
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  care options that put them in control of
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  their health. This new offering makes it easy
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  for Prime members to get expert clinical advice
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  and prescribe medical
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  prescribe treatments for common health, beauty, and lifestyle
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  needs, all from the comfort of their home,
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  end quote.
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  For prime Amazon Prime members, the service starts
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  at $10 a month for antiaging skin care
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  treatment, $16
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  a month for men's hair loss, $19 a
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  month for erectile dysfunction, $43 a month for
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  eyelash growth, and $2 a visit for motion
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  sickness.
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  Amazon Pharmacy offers free delivery of medications as
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  well as same day delivery in nearly a
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  dozen cities, including Los Angeles, New York, and
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  Seattle.
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