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Solving Access to Specialty Care for Rural Communities

GlobalMed

Limited access to specialty providers and internet connectivity continues to be a barrier to quality healthcare for rural communities worldwide. Rural patients typically have less income than those in urban areas, limiting their ability to afford care even if they can manage the travel to an urban location.

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Celebrating Three Years of Transformative Telemedicine in Oaxaca, Mexico

19 Labs

As we celebrate the third anniversary of the Oaxaca telemedicine program, we reflect on the remarkable journey we've undertaken with the Health Secretary of Oaxaca and the profound impact we've had on local healthcare and communities. The Telemedicine program solves this healthcare inequity in such a rural landscape.

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Kaiser Permanente gives $143K toward telehealth expansion in Hawaii

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Kaiser Permanente has donated a total of $143,000 to four safety net organizations that aim to expand virtual care to low-income and unhoused communities across Hawaii. Telehealth can play a particularly impactful role in Hawaii, where many of the residents would have to board a plane to access specialty care.

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New survey sheds light on providers' embrace of telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Your survey has discovered fascinating things about Virginia providers' feelings about continuity of care and quality of care they’re able to offer patients via telehealth. We saw growth in the areas of providers agreeing or strongly agreeing that telehealth is an effective tool for providing care.

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When Social Determinants of Health Limit Virtual Care Access

GlobalMed

Telehealth expands access to care. It’s practically a mantra at this point – the very real ability of remote communication technology to connect underserved populations to top-notch medical care. But what happens when certain populations can’t even get access to virtual care?

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How Telepsychiatry Helps Impact Social Determinants of Health

Iris Telehealth

Depending on an individual’s circumstances, these conditions can create and exacerbate mental illness and make it difficult to access mental health care. By investing in solutions like telepsychiatry , healthcare organizations can positively impact their communities’ mental health. Providers see the value, too.

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How Measurement Based Care Improves Care Quality for CCBHCs

Iris Telehealth

Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs) are required to meet a strict set of standards to ensure high-quality, timely care for their patients. In this blog, we’ll look at how a quality-focused, virtual behavioral health partnership can help CCBHCs meet their metrics and set new standards for care in their communities.