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Mar 21
2023
Mediguru
Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care
Integrating behavioral health improves patient outcomes and makes medical practice more satisfying. Here's one way to do it.Up to 75% of primary care visits include mental or behavioral health components. This includes behavioral factors related to chronic disease management, mental health issues, substance use, smoking or other tobacco use, and the impact of stress, diet, and exercise on health. Behavioral health factors have an outsized influence on morbidity and mortality, and are the source of a large portion of family physicians' frustrations with the health care system.
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Mar 20
2023
Mediguru
How To Combat The Hidden Healthcare Hazard Of Physician Burnout
Burnout can happen in any profession. It is especially rampant among healthcare providers, as they face stressors not seen in other jobs. For physicians, some causes of burnout include poor work-life balance, poor leadership, and lots of responsibility with little control in the medical field. These causes wear down emotional, spiritual, and physical energy, leaving physicians exhausted.
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Mar 20
2023
Mediguru
Primary care providers increasingly addressing mental health concerns
From 2006 to 2018, the proportion of primary care visits addressing mental health concerns jumped by almost 50%, highlighting the need for resources that support behavioral health integration into primary care, according to researchers.
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Mar 20
2023
Mediguru
Bringing Behavioral Health Into Your Practice Through a Psychiatric Collaborative Care Program
Learn how to implement an integrated behavioral health program that will more than pay for itself while increasing patients' access to care.
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Mar 13
2023
Mediguru
Telehealth and primary care most virtual visits don't lead to in person appointments
An Epic analysis shows in most telehealth visits for primary care, patients did not need to see their doctor in person. Danessa Sandmann of Epic Research talks about the study and its implications.
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Mar 14
2022
Mediguru
MEDIGURU ANNOUNCES ADVISORY BOARD
Some of the industry’s brightest and wisest minds. MediGuru founder and CEO, Siva Nagalingam, and his team consisting of Chief Innovation Officer, Dr. Mark Kestner, and Senior Director of Business […]
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Feb 16
2022
Mediguru
Innovating Healthcare
How Mediguru is taking on this massive challenge? MediGuru is a medical platform that connects patients with doctors without interrupting the medical process. In this episode, we dig into how […]
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Feb 15
2022
Mediguru
This Medical Platform is Helping Minority Communities
The amount of technological innovation that has emerged since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is nothing short of remarkable. But from home delivery mobile platforms and services like Instacart and Chewy, […]
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Jan 24
2022
Mediguru
Mark Kestner: Redefining Benchmarks in the Telemedicine Space
We live in a world where business leaders with visionary ideas are stirring paradigm shifts and raising the benchmarks of innovation and progress for others around the world. These leaders […]
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Jan 08
2022
Mediguru
How Technology Can Save Us From a Doctor Shortage
The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on doctors is profound. Reports of anxiety, burnout, and depression, which began to surface within the first few months of the pandemic, […]
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Nov 18
2021
Mediguru
Telehealth Becoming Widespread Across Healthcare
By Mark Kestner, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, MediGuruTwitter: @Medigurullc While the use of telehealth to provide patients with health-related services is not new, the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded its use exponentially. According to […]
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Nov 17
2021
Mediguru
Look to HROs to Sustain Healthcare Innovation
Despite advances in medical science and technology, our healthcare system doesn’t always translate knowledge into practice. All too often, this leaves healthcare providers questioning the key business decisions that impact […]
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Nov 17
2021
Mediguru
The Best Opportunities for Marketers Within Telehealth
By Mark Kestner, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, MediGuruTwitter: @Medigurullc In April 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, the use of telehealth surged with 32% of office and outpatient visits occurring via telehealth. […]
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Nov 17
2021
Mediguru
Does Telehealth Need to Become Widespread Post Pandemic?
By: Mark Kestner, Chief Innovation Officer at MediGuru I sleep with it next to me and it wakes me in the morning. I listen to the news through multiple podcasts. I […]
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Nov 11
2021
Mediguru
Changing Healthcare to Accommodate Telehealth
By: Mark Kestner, Chief Innovation Officer at MediGuru If we want to continue to leverage telehealth within the healthcare industry post-pandemic, several factors must be addressed. First, we need to value […]
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Oct 24
2021
Mediguru
Changes the Telehealth Industry Must Make to Sustain Post-Pandemic Demand
By Mark Kestner, MD Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry needed to pivot to continue serving patients consistently. One of the ways they did this was via telehealth services. Providers […]
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Oct 20
2021
Mediguru
Looming Clinical Workforce Shortage
By: Dr. Mark Kestner, Chief Innovation Officer at MediGuru The recent pandemic has accelerated physician-practices consolidation, leading to physicianemployment. Nearly seven in 10 physicians are now employed. Life-style expectations, thecosts […]
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Oct 06
2021
Mediguru
Healthcare is now a Team Sport
By: Dr. Mark Kestner, Chief Innovation Officer at MediGuru The financial model of medicine until recently drove members of the care team to their respective silos. The workflows were not […]
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Sep 28
2021
Mediguru
Reflections from the MediGuru Flight Deck. Sept’21
I’m relaxing here in Ixtapa (Mexico), kickstarting the weekend as part of a 2-week workcation. As I ponder over the weekend to prioritize the work week, it seemed the right […]
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Mar 29
2021
Mediguru
HIPAA Security – In the beginning…
HIPAA Security – In the beginning… . While bringing-in insurance portability, rules, and standards regarding responsible handling of electronic Protected Health Information is also presented as a federal code. This is to be […]
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Mar 07
2021
Mediguru
MediGuru Strategy
We are a software company that built a telemedicine solution for mid to large hospitals. You might wonder as to why one more telemedicine software? Why now? What differentiates us […]
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Feb 15
2021
Mediguru
Technology and workflow
MediGuru recognizes telehealth to be an integral part of care delivery package in the future. The question really is, how does an existing practice blend telehealth in their care service […]
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Jan 10
2021
Mediguru
Think outside the box!…or don’t
Thinking outside the box has been such a strong metaphor for creativity and maverick thinking in the business community for a while now. There is no shortage of experts who […]