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Covenant Health uses telemedicine to get specialists to rural areas – and much more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Covenant Health, a health system based in Knoxville, Tennessee, had a problem with telemedicine – a lack of physician specialists needed in rural communities. Covenant Health began its journey with telehealth a decade prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and served as a pioneer in the region in virtual care. THE PROBLEM.

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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. "In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine."

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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. State level. For this research, J.D.

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A Fresh Look at Telehealth Patient Demographics in 2019

Enzyme Health

Recent patient surveys shed light on who is using telemedicine, why they are using it, and how benefits and barriers to telehealth use are rapidly shifting as adoption grows. Explore the latest insights on telemedicine patients and find out what to expect the next time you pick up a telemedicine call.

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Best Practices for Engaging Clinicians in a Telehealth Program

care innovations

Demand for remote patient management services is skyrocketing among patients : A 2016 survey by the American Telemedicine Association revealed that, among those who aren’t currently using telehealth services, the majority of people still “thought telehealth would be more convenient, even though their provider did not offer virtual appointments.”.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Boston Business Journal named the hospital a Best Place to Work in 2012, 2014 and 2016. As a 73-bed acute care hospital, Bailey Medical Center was recognized with Ardent Healthcare’s Ardent Cup as an outstanding facility in four times from 2012 to 2017, and it earned a five-star CMS rating in 2017.

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Payer, provider trends to watch in 2019

Henry Kotula

Effusive digital health funding and increases in mobile and telehealth services show no signs of abating, and neither does general M&A activity. Progress on behavioral and population health is happening in tandem with — or perhaps existing symbiotically alongside — the growth of telemedicine. Doubling down on digital.