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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

Clinicians from Scripps Research and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine collaborated on this work, calling out the relatively fast adoption of HaH programs during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

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With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

My firm's work with health systems on their digital health and digital transformation programs suggests that while telehealth technologies have matured rapidly in the wake of the pandemic, the implementation of virtual care programs has been a struggle. Who is my telehealth consumer? Where does my consumer live?

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

Consider: fighting health insurance appeals, crafting countless medical necessity letters, justifying being discharged against medical orders, and other battles fought hand-in-hand with her husband on behalf of Emmett and his well-being. Then 2020 was the Twitter take-off,” she explained, launching her Twitter handle @Stacy_Hurt.

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, Program means another mile of telehealth potential geographic market share. BEAD is the largest component of the $65 billion in broadband programs contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known also as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.

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Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We recently provided testimony before the Missouri legislature about the ties between digital equity and telehealth, how not having internet connections at the requisite speeds means you can't have telehealth", says McClain Bryant Macklin, director of policy and strategic initiatives at the Health Forward Foundation.

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Five technologies for older adults November 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The platform currently offers more than 150 classes on essential life-changing skills, from professional development to technology, health, wellness, and hobbies and casual social hours, with trained expert guides holding graduate and master's degrees in business, music, science, and more." Learn more at GetSetup. HomeThrive.

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Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Its competitor American Well has raised nearly $ 200 million to keep up with the "skyrocketing" demand for telemedicine, and Doctor on Demand collected $75 million for meeting the increased demand for its platform and services. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Has telehealth hit the high watermark?