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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. Congress to address telehealth right now? has known how to deliver.

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How to Plan for & Profitably Operate a Telehealth Program

Mend

A great telehealth program is true to the core values of the healing arts. With telehealth programs, health systems have a unique opportunity to make quality remote medical care accessible to all. With telehealth programs, health systems have a unique opportunity to make quality remote medical care accessible to all.

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How MedStar Health went from 7 to 4,150 daily telehealth visits in two months

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As MedStar Health launched its telehealth response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of the health system’s caregivers first rose to the challenge of meeting a historic surge in demand for the existing MedStar eVisit urgent care, on-demand telehealth offering. " Dr. Ethan Booker, MedStar Health Telehealth Innovation Center.

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

Power has undertaken a survey on consumer satisfaction with 31 telehealth providers across 15 measures, which will be published in November 2019. In advance of the full report, the organization released a summary on telehealth access and satisfaction, which I’ll discuss in this post. Power polled 1,000 consumers in June 2019.

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How one 500-doc physicians group scaled up telehealth to 130 clinics in a week

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Back in 2017, Millennium Physician Group, one of the largest independent physician groups in the U.S., Consequently, the group felt healthcare delivery was moving away from the physician’s office and into the patient’s home, with services like routine check-ups via telehealth and remote patient monitoring.

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Patients are just as satisfied with virtual visits, Cleveland Clinic study finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patients seem to like the convenience of telehealth, as well as the ability to remain safe from COVID-19 transmission – especially before the vaccine rollout in the United States. Although patient satisfaction is certainly important, patient access will also be a priority for telehealth's future.

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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

Health Populi

Rock Health has gauged consumes’ digital health adoption fo a few years, showing year-on-year growth for “Googling” health information, seeking peer patients’ physician and hospital reviews, tracking activity, donning wearable tech, and engaging in live telehealth consultations with providers, as the first chart shows.

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