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September 30, 2022
America’s physicians are facing unprecedented levels of burnout, fatigue, and exhaustion according to a new study by the American Medical Association (AMA), published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. About 68…
September 26, 2022
For the Bright.md team, this summer will be remembered as chock-full of outdoor memories mixed with exciting progress on new product capabilities to continue to improve our provider and patient…
September 20, 2022
Asynchronous telehealth has been proven to help leading health systems address some of today’s top concerns—including patient experience, provider efficiency, workforce shortages, and patient navigation among an abundance of care…
August 25, 2022
Patients want more control over their healthcare experience, and they want that to happen digitally—those were the primary findings from KLAS Research’s newest report, Patient Perspectives on Patient Engagement Technology…
August 16, 2022
As today’s economic strain continues to plague the everyday American (think food, gas, and rent prices at an all-time high), the healthcare industry is also grappling with the effects of…
August 8, 2022
We’re excited to announce Bright.md has been named one of The Top 100 Healthcare Technology Companies of 2022 by The Healthcare Technology Report. This recognition comes on the heels of…
August 4, 2022
By now, much has been written about the recent Amazon acquisition of One Medical. The tech giant’s expansion into healthcare has sparked conversations around the impact on consumer expectations, along…
July 11, 2022
Seven months ago, one CIO looked into the year ahead and wrote on Healthcare IT News what he believes executives should focus on from a technological perspective in 2022. Areas…
June 28, 2022
How can asynchronous telehealth and clinical decision support drive value in today’s healthcare landscape? That’s a question we’re constantly looking to answer at Bright.md. Recently, in an effort to increase…
June 14, 2022
Did you know? When users were presented with care options for an asynchronous visit and a video visit, more people chose an asynchronous visit for anxiety/stress/depression, ear infections, and bladder…
June 7, 2022
According to a report recently released by Kaufman Hall and covered by FierceHealthcare, hospitals and health systems saw a fourth straight month of negative operating margins, due to the recent…
May 27, 2022
About 47 percent of healthcare executives recently polled during a Bright.md webinar said their biggest concern when it comes to telehealth adoption and patient preferences is educating patients, providers, and…
May 20, 2022
It’s mental health awareness month, and at Bright.md, bettering access to critical and often out-of-reach support like mental health services lays at the heart of our solution. According to Mental…
May 16, 2022
Is primary care simply “tumbling,” or has the system failed us all together? That was the initial question panelists grappled with at the final session of the American Telemedicine Association’s…
April 20, 2022
"Today there are so many threats out there, and I think that's why asynchronous care is gaining traction. The reality is that many direct-to-consumer options don't want our complex, multi-problem…
February 24, 2022
Unlike other virtual care platforms, asynchronous telehealth solution Bright.md includes proprietary clinical content for all of the conditions it can help treat, which make up more than 50 percent of…
February 21, 2022
At Bright.md, we believe an asynchronous interview is the easiest, more efficient way to deliver virtual care. Asynchronous technology doesn’t just increase care access—it also allows providers to treat patients…
February 8, 2022
*This is part three of a three-part series focusing on strategies for increasing revenue using asynchronous technology. You can find part one here, and part two here. Competition for healthcare…
January 24, 2022
Health systems can see a number of benefits by implementing an asynchronous telehealth solution—reduced administrative burden for clinicians, fewer patients in the ED or urgent care, and even decreases in…
November 30, 2021
In a move to make care as simple as possible for patients, Bright.md, the leading asynchronous telehealth solution transforming the patient-provider experience and VitalTech, a market leader in virtual care…
November 16, 2021
Three out of every five consumers would opt to find healthcare either online, via an app, or at a clinic versus their traditional health system, according to a new survey…
November 10, 2021
At Bright.md, we believe that an asynchronous interview adds meaningful value to every clinical interaction for patients and providers. By utilizing asynchronous care during more interactions, increased access to healthcare…
November 5, 2021
With physician and nurse shortages on the rise, burnout reaching crisis levels among staff, and health systems stretched for revenue, many executives are looking to alternative means to help stem…
October 28, 2021
About 6,600 people shipped up to Boston for an epic in-person return to HLTH. This year’s theme was “Dear Future,” and HLTH brought together an exceptional group of thought leaders…
October 21, 2021
It’s common to have misconceptions around new technologies—especially in healthcare—and how implementation could affect physician workflow, care quality, patient retention, and more. As asynchronous technology continues to grow in popularity,…
October 13, 2021
Sixty-two percent of people feel as though today’s healthcare system is intentionally confusing, according to Harvard Business Review—and we can’t blame them. Combine that with overwhelmed call centers, growing provider…
October 6, 2021
Staffing, staffing, staffing—that’s what’s top of mind for UnityPoint Health’s Managing Director Matthew Warrens. But this isn’t a new issue for the organization, along with many others across the U.S.…
October 5, 2021
Imagine this: it’s 1925, and on the cover of your favorite magazine is a funny device, aptly named a “Teledactyl.” It’s revolutionary, with its founder Hugo Gernsback citing a fresh,…
September 16, 2021
This blog post was contributed by Steven Bui, a computer science student attending Oregon State University who spent the summer of 2021 with Bright.md’s software engineering team through the Emerging…
August 19, 2021
We’re delighted to introduce Bright.md’s new Chief Medical Advisor. Dr. Edward Abraham has been on the forefront of technological advances in healthcare throughout his career. Most recently, he served as…
July 12, 2021
As the world transitions to life post-Covid, health systems across the U.S. continue to deal with the aftermath of the pandemic. And with the onslaught of virtual care as a…
July 6, 2021
As of June 2021, there have been a confirmed 181,007,816 cases of Covid-19, with 3,927,222 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. But the impacts of the virus extend beyond…
June 23, 2021
As the world settles back into a more typical pace post-pandemic, much has changed. The onslaught of virtual care solutions and remote workflows has forced health systems and providers alike…
June 15, 2021
What does it take to drive meaningful change as a woman in the world of health IT? Just ask Bright.md’s Julia Millard, who was recently named to The Healthcare Technology…
May 6, 2021
We’re honored to share that Bright.md has been named the ‘Best Overall Telehealth Solution’ in the fifth annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards! The last year has accelerated innovation and adoption of…
April 7, 2021
Each year on April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) marks World Health Day, with special focus on mental health, maternal and child care, and the impacts of climate change…
April 5, 2021
Patients are consumers. More importantly, they are human. That was the overriding theme during a recent panel discussion that was part of Healthcare Innovation’s March digital healthcare delivery series. The…
March 23, 2021
Provider burnout, disengagement, clinician shortages. A recent survey found that these are the largest disruptors healthcare systems and the executives who run them will face in 2021. While the global…
March 19, 2021
Patient expectations have changed. While COVID-19 dramatically increased the use of virtual visits, many healthcare systems have yet to modernize the end-to-end patient experience. With the rise of direct-to-consumer care,…
March 11, 2021
Telehealth is here to stay. Over half of consumers say they plan to use telehealth post-pandemic. 95% of providers report the same, and payers are continuing to incentivize virtual care…
March 3, 2021
At almost this exact time last year, Bright.md joined thousands of other companies around the U.S. and sent our employees home to work virtually to prevent contributing to the spread…
February 25, 2021
Think about just what it means to live through a global healthcare crisis. Healthcare has suddenly become a normal dinner time conversation for families all across the globe. - Rachel…
December 17, 2020
In the earliest days of the coronavirus, many healthcare systems added online COVID-19 screening tools—like the one we introduced in March—to their websites. These tools helped keep “worried well” patients…
September 16, 2020
My name is Farhiya Osman and I am a student at Oregon State University studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. These past ten weeks…
August 13, 2020
Hospital systems around the country are still managing the effects of COVID-19 and seeking to understand how the pandemic will change the healthcare industry in the future. Between March 2…
June 26, 2020
Rates of COVID-19 cases are on the rise in 29 states. Despite hopes that summer would bring a reprieve from coronavirus and give healthcare systems time to take a few…
May 15, 2020
Is it just me or did March feel like a year and April flew by like a four-day week? I sit here on a Sunday morning in what was a…
March 12, 2020
In this time of public health crisis, we each have a responsibility and commitment to do whatever we can to keep our communities safe. Though the risk of contracting Coronavirus…
February 29, 2020
We’ve collected and created some of the most current and reliably sourced information to help healthcare executives and providers stay informed during the pandemic. CARES Act Support Put the CARES…
January 30, 2020
When healthcare systems innovate with AI-driven virtual care automation, they bring needed human-to-human transformation back to a broken primary and urgent care system, and win Quadruple Aim results within six…
January 28, 2020
Doctors typically go into medicine for noble reasons, but a fractured primary and urgent care system is burying physicians in a level of busy-work that’s burning them out and creating…
January 20, 2020
In today’s primary and urgent care crisis, healthcare delivery systems must act now to innovate and transform or fall behind and disappear. Learn how adoption of an AI-driven virtual care…
January 9, 2020
The same AI-powered technology that drives so many other mobile-friendly solutions that consumers trust to manage their daily lives can help health delivery systems “WOW” primary and urgent care healthcare…
December 11, 2019
It’s the holiday season, which means there are more cookies than usual in the office (and there are usually a lot of cookies in the office), the tree is up,…
October 3, 2019
Guest blog post by Amanda Shelley, PA-C from Physician Assistants in Virtual Medicine and Telemedicine The explosion of telehealth offerings over the past several years has been great for patients.…
August 28, 2019
As we enter hurricane season, it’s worth pondering what role telehealth can play in disaster recovery. We’ve already seen some success stories, but as access to virtual care grows, so…
August 7, 2019
Senator Ron Wyden (D, OR) visited the Bright.md offices to discuss healthcare and how telehealth platforms like SmartExam can help the chronically ill. Senator Wyden architected the Chronic Care Act…
July 24, 2019
How will an aging American population impact an already overburdened healthcare system? Forbes asked three healthcare industry leaders what issues and problems they're identifying and working to solve. Why An…
July 10, 2019
When we think about EHRs and their link to physician burnout, we picture tired clinicians punching keys late at night. But a new study has found a connection between burnout…
June 26, 2019
The water cooler (i.e. Slack) conversations in the Bright.md office recently include discussions of what patients really complain about regarding their healthcare; how the town of Paradise, California, is rethinking…
June 11, 2019
Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, shared the top seven myths about telehealth at last week’s Telehealth19 in Atlanta. A few that we’d be happy to see…
May 8, 2019
At Bright.md, we have a Slack channel called #newsandresources. Anyone in the company can share links to news or items of interest they found on the web. (This channel is not…
March 27, 2019
Changing regulatory and reimbursement landscapes are shifting the emphasis from volume to value. Telehealth can be the solution. But how can you be assured your telehealth vendor's clinical content is…
December 27, 2018
Our goal with the Bright Ideas Blog is to share our expertise in the arena of virtual care, and to give our readers thought-provoking stories on the healthcare industry. We want to…
September 12, 2018
Physician burnout is at a frightening all-time high. In a recent study conducted by Stanford University School of Medicine, more than half of the 6,000 surveyed physicians reported feelings of burnout,…
July 16, 2018
It’s routine. “There’s an app for that.” Who among us hasn’t uttered those words? We use our smartphones to summon rides to the airport, order takeout, and buy groceries. Conveniences…