Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 1, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General recognized telehealth's potential while cautioning that steps must be taken to ensure virtual care will not be compromised by fraud. "OIG is conducting significant oversight work assessing telehealth services during the public health emergency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 5, 2021

The Philips Future Health Index 2021 report found that nearly two in three healthcare leaders are prioritizing investments in telehealth – but that priorities will shift to artificial intelligence in three years. by collaborating with other private hospitals and health technology companies. A whopping 89% of U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

How can digital health and other consumer-facing technologies help our health? Specifically, there is a two-year extension of Medicare telehealth services that began in the early coronavirus era in 2020. We ended 2022 with this new, sobering statistic from the Centers tor Disease Control (CDC). Life-Years?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

Additionally, the company announced the launch of its enhanced measurement-informed care system, which will allow it to elevate the care experience for clients and providers and make value-based behavioral care accessible for all patient populations, including Medicaid and Medicare members.

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Connected Health Initiative

AUGUST 3, 2020

Today, the Connected Health Initiative released a statement from executive director, Morgan Reed: “The executive order is a critical step in expanding telehealth coverage for some of the most vulnerable Americans during the pandemic and ensure these digital health services are made sustainable and permanent.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 16, 2020

There's no doubt that telehealth has proven to be an integral tool to keeping healthcare accessible amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "Telehealth has continued to grow and has continued to really set the pace" for digital innovation, said CHIME president and CEO Russ Branzell. '" Mahoney continued.

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Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2021

For older people who are digital immigrants, they will remember their initial Zoom get-together’s with much-missed family, ordering groceries online in the first ecommerce purchase, and using telemedicine for the first time as a digital health front-door.

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Connected Health Initiative

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

They are critical in times of a public health emergency like COVID-19, revolutionizing delivery of care to Medicare beneficiaries and other underserved populations “On behalf of the CHI Steering Committee and membership, I want to thank the House co-sponsors, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), Rep. Buddy Carter (GA-1), and Rep.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. What happens when people avoid health-related in-person care? But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

The pandemic exposed the need for the rapid adoption of increasingly innovative digital health technologies. And while telehealth, a key component of this, has received much of the focus and spend, RPM has been gaining traction since the beginning of the pandemic. Then COVID-19 hit. Then came COVID-19.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

With the urgent need to identify more efficient and lower-cost health care delivery models, we look to growing evidence for digital health technologies that support the Hospital at Home (HaH) model, considered in a new review article published in late February in npj Digital Medicine, The hospital at home in the USA: current status and future prospects. (..)

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Connected Health Initiative

JUNE 24, 2020

In just a few short months, we made more progress in opening up Medicare and Medicaid to telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and other connected health solutions than in the previous decade. billion in 2018.

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Connected Health Initiative

MARCH 26, 2020

(WASHINGTON, DC) March 25, 2020 - Today, the Connected Health Initiative released a statement from executive director Morgan Reed regarding the congressional passage of the latest Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This makes it far more difficult for them to take advantage of telehealth opportunities.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

Digital health is unquestionably becoming part of healthcare lexicon and fabric. Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. These are what I consider the ‘biggest bang for the buck’ ones doable today.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Samsung Health is using the b.well Connected Health Platform to help users to create a longitudinal health record and connect to providers at Walgreens and various hospital networks. Walgreens also announced plans to launch telehealth visits later this month, according to Healthcare Dive.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Its financial checklist offers physicians and administrators 14 tips to help business during the public health emergency, such as consolidating administrative resources like coding tools and making better use of digital health technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 8, 2024

So there was much consternation recently when the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) released a report saying that digital interventions weren’t helping people with diabetes much and weren’t worth their added costs. Digital technologies do play an important role in Virta’s strategy.

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Digital Health Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

During this year’s HLTH conference, Demi Radeva, one of Digital Health Today’s global ambassadors, had a one-on-one with Aaron Friedkin, Chief Business Officer at Homeward Health. Homeward Health is a technology-enabled healthcare provider delivering care to those who don’t have it with an initial focus on rural communities.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 21, 2023

The higher revenue multiple for HealthTech companies reflects the fact that the healthcare market is growing rapidly and there is a lot of demand for innovative digital health solutions. The average revenue multiples for different types of HealthTech companies in 2023 are: Telehealth companies: 5.5x Wellness companies: 4.0x

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The Digital Health Corner

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) has been used since 2015 as a metric to determine negative Medicare payment adjustments to providers who do not meet quality standards. I will discuss below some of the most useful applications of such exemplary registries. Provide real-world data for regulators.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), brings pivotal updates in healthcare reimbursement. This article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these changes, which are crucial for healthcare providers.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We can expect value-based contracting in 2023 to embed health equity incentives, such as this contract struck between Independence Blue Cross and Jefferson Health to address health for residents of Philadelphia including the Accelerate Health Equity initiative. That’s the upside and it’s promising and exciting.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Foley’s 2017 Telemedicine and Digital Health Survey reflects a surging demand for telemedicine services among providers and patients, and a broader acceptance of the technology by other major players in the health care industry. Click HERE to discuss how BHM helps payers. Questions of legality abound.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 30, 2023

This shortage has been further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has placed significant additional strain on health systems worldwide. One solution to address the shortage of health professionals is the use of telehealth , which enables remote care and consultation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

In this scenario, a patient can digitally determine who should have access to the medical record (and which portion), which person(s) or entities saw or modified the record (and what portion) and when. Herding a patient’s data from many sources into a single record has always been a lofty goal of digital health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

In 2023, we’re going to see much greater investment in technology that can increase provider capacity and streamline workflows while improving patient access—things like asynchronous telehealth, digital front door technology, and remote patient monitoring. Jason Gorevic, CEO at Teladoc Health.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Within healthcare, innovation driven organizations are exploring how to empower patients with virtual health agents to access relevant care information (e.g. Patient Considerations: Determine fit with the patient’s current technology. schedule and participate in a virtual visit) and get guidance on a care plan (e.g.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

By leveraging the latest in digital health technologies, RPM empowers patients to manage their health conditions in the comfort of their own homes, while providing healthcare professionals with real-time data to make informed decisions. Key trends to keep an eye on include: 1.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

But for those of us working with and innovating solutions for health and health care, #CES2021 was baked with health goodness , in and beyond “digital health” categories. In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Personal value-based care will continue to grow in 2024 and it will be critical for healthcare providers to create digital access to support in-person and telehealth visits in order to maximize outcomes for both healthcare organizations and patients while driving consistent operational efficiency.

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Connected Health Initiative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Recent Medicare data shows Blacks were hospitalized with COVID-19 at a rate nearly four times higher than Whites. The rise of digital health technology gives us a unique opportunity to help advance health equity, improve access to care, increase health care quality and lower costs,” said Rene Quashie, vice president, digital health, CTA.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Notably, Weight Watchers/W began to offer a new telehealth program for weight loss featuring the use of GLP-1 medications – which has been endorsed by W spokeswoman Oprah Winfrey, long-associated with weight loss endeavors. As AI gets embedded into consumers’ health care, patients will come to trust the technology and its capabilities more….with

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