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Geisinger gets USDA rural development grant for inpatient virtual nursing

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WHY IT MATTERS With the grant, disbursed as part of the USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, will be used to outfit Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital with new telehealth technologies as part of Geisinger's Virtual Nursing Program, which launched this past year.

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HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

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Over the past few months, the organizations have deployed telemedicine services to support care in at least a half-a-dozen states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. For example, in Florida, Avel eCARE partnered with EMS workers to help get Regeneron delivered to homebound patients.

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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

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What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem. As Iris Telehealth's chief medical officer, Dr. Tom Milam manages a team of clinicians and guides them in telemedicine and industry best practices.

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St. Luke's University Health proves telehealth is as good as in-person care

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Luke's University Health Network realized it needed technology that could help expand care across its 14 hospitals throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey spanning both urban and rural areas. The organization was looking for a way to not only expand network coverage but also to reduce time to consult.

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

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It is Brooklyn's largest hospital, with more than 600 beds, 6,500 staff, 43,000 annual inpatient discharges and 600,000 annual outpatient encounters. At the time, Maimonides was not engaged in any telemedicine or other digital health initiatives. Maimonides Medical Center is an academic medical center located in Brooklyn, New York.

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Telemedicine improves care, keeps patients in place at skilled nursing facility

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Because of shifting demographics and the challenges they place on hospitals, skilled nursing facilities are receiving patients who are struggling with more significant health concerns than in the past. "That’s a long way from emergency medicine; it’s a different ballgame." THE PROBLEM.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

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The following 10 predictions that we have made for the global healthcare will define new ways of rethinking business and growth opportunities in 2021, and will help determine the future direction of the industry. Reenita Das Reenita Das is partner and senior vice president for transformational health at Frost & Sullivan.