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Encounter Featured in “2019 Best Tech Startups in Omaha”
Encounter Telehealth was featured for the second year in a row in the Tech Tribune’s “Best Tech Startups in Omaha,” based...
Covering Out-of-Pocket Costs Associated with Alzheimer’s Care
Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels Nearly 44 million American seniors currently suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Treatment and care for...
The Costs of Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits
With increasing focus from Medicare on reducing rehospitalizations and shorter stays, eliminating unnecessary emergency department visits (such as visits that...
Telehealth Changes Could Help Rural Seniors Age in Place
“Telemedicine providers can’t catch senior citizens when they fall. But health services delivered over broadband can make it possible for...
Challenges, Risks and Solutions for Critical Access Hospitals
Over 7% of care offered at critical access hospitals (CAHs) is uncompensated, compared to 5% at urban hospitals. In fact,...
Chatanooga Catches the Telehealth Bug
“Chattanooga, Tenn.’s investment in community broadband allows the city to bring more than just fast Internet browsing to citizens.” ...
Collaboration With Encounter Helps Maintain Compliance and Quality Improvement
Unnecessary Medications (survey tag F329) is a top ten regulatory citation in skilled nursing facilities. With antipsychotic use still high,...
Retain Staff and Reduce Turnover: How Encounter Can Help
In long-term care, staff turnover is at a staggering 40%, twice the national average across industries. New staff are costly...
How to Improve Sleep Quality
In Matthew Walker’s 2017 book “Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams,” Walker says that two-thirds of...
Challenges and Strategies in Psychiatric Patient Treatment at Skilled Nursing Facilities
We found Dr. Robert Figlerski’s list of challenges and strategies in treating psychiatric patients in a long-term care setting, originally...
6 Common Telehealth Myths
Telehealth has grown rapidly over the past few years. 76% of health systems are expected to have implemented telehealth by...
Podcast
Contributing Factors is a podcast series produced by Health : Further to promote a deeper discussion and understanding of depression.
Jen Amis, president and CEO of Encounter Telehealth, was asked to participate in the podcast series. We will continue to add episodes as they are released. Look for Jen in Episode 5 mid-March.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS | Season One: Depression
Welcome to Contributing Factors
Episode 1 | What is Depression and Why Does it Matter?
Episode 2 | Biological Context: Depression from the Inside
Episode 3 | Social Context: Depression from the Outside
Episode 4 | The Healthcare System
Episode 5 | Business and Innovation: What’s Here and
What’s Next?
Featuring Jen Amis in a discussion on videochat therapy
Episode 6 | Wrapping it All Up
Bonus: Contributing Factors
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