South Central Telehealth Resource Center

OCTOBER 24, 2017

House of Representatives, allows for an expansion of telehealth/telemedicine coverage under the Medicare Advantage Plan B. While the act does not require a Medicare Advantage Plan to offer additional telehealth services, it does allow the option. Traditionally, telehealth has been seen as a way to provide health care in rural areas.

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Telehealth Medicare Accountable Care Telemedicine 57

Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Connected Health Initiative is continually looking for ways to ensure that patients and providers can use all the digital tools available to them. For that to happen, we need Congress to recognize the importance of digital medicine and telehealth tools, and address provisions that hinder their use.

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Digital Health Connected Health Medicare Telehealth 52

Health Populi

JULY 22, 2021

The range of clinical areas covered by these apps is shown in the “wheel” above, illustrating that mental and behavioral health, diabetes, heart and cardiovascular, digestive system, and respiratory applications together represented over one-half of the digital health categories and disease states in 2021.

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Digital Health mHealth Mental health Telehealth 361

care innovations

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Changes to policy regarding telehealth and remote patient management (RPM) — and, specifically, changes affecting the reimbursement for these services offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — are having an effect on the usage of digital delivery on the larger healthcare industry.

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Telehealth Nursing Primary Care Medicare 45

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

Roy and I discussed Philips’ journey to this moment, starting in 2015—that doubling-down to becoming a health-tech company, a vision of digital health on both the hospital/professional and consumer sides of the equation. At that point, the company left behind other businesses not core to health. equipment and hardware).

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Connected Care Digital Health Telehealth Public Health 374

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health. Rock Health’s top-line findings were that: Patient-generated health data creates opportunity, and potential challenges. of total consumers, followed by: 9.6%

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Digital Health Health Information Health Data EHR 191

Consumer eHealth Engagement

JULY 6, 2015

As an innovative healthcare organization, Ochsner, a large Louisiana- based health network with 12 hospitals, 40 clinicians and an a 1,000+ Physician Group Practice, is committed to helping consumers use mobile and wearable connected health tools for self- management and care collaboration. Apple Watch for Patient Pilot.

Connected Health 28

Connected Health Primary Care eHealth Mobile Health 28

Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2021

While Apple product purchases in 2015 were. The older adult consumer segment for Apple Watch adoption has the greatest growth, increasing 15% in 2019. Now women AND men are acquiring Apple watches. Initially it was a guy-thing – an Apple. Watch was perceived to make one look cool. purchased by women. greatest growth, up 15% in 2019.

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Digital Health Medicare Telemedicine Health Technology 332

Consumer eHealth Engagement

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Over the years, D-H has invested in technologies that empower patients to collaborate with providers through shared decision tools and Telehealth, treating “patients and their families as partners in care” D-H has been a pioneer in innovative payment models with both the government and commercial payers.

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Health Analytics Connected Health Patient Experience EMR 28

care innovations

APRIL 25, 2018

million in telehealth claims per year “did not meet Medicare requirements,” the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has thrust new light upon America’s byzantine telemedicine reimbursement policies and the limitations they place on the expansion of value-based care.

Telemedicine 49

Telemedicine Medicare Telehealth Health Policy 49

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Last year, Humana hired Heather Cox in the new post of Chief Digital Health and Analytics Officer, reporting directly to Bruce Broussard, Humana’s CEO. You can read more about Broussard’s consumer-centric approach discussed at HIMSS 2015 here in Health Populi ). Thus began the reinvention of Humana from V 1.0

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Digital Health Health Data Patient Experience Connected Health 220

Health Populi

JANUARY 20, 2019

To accomplish such an audacious goal, one element must be added: that is the self-care and engagement of patients and consumers in their own health. A seminal article in JAMA from October 2015 was a lightbulb moment for my thinking on this — titled, Value-Based Payment Requires Valuing What Matters to Patients. .

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Patient Experience Digital Health Leadership Medical Technology 242

Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2023

Millions of global health citizens have taken to telehealth who never used a health care “digital front door” before. Other patients adopted remote health monitoring to avoid perennial visits to doctors for managing chronic conditions like diabetes or heart disease.

Connected Health 156

Connected Health Digital Health Interoperability Telehealth 156

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Leveraging clinical algorithms that can be tailored to the individual patient, Current Health identifies when a patient needs clinical attention, allowing organizations to manage patient care remotely or coordinate in-home care via its integrated service partners. Current Health, founded in 2015, is now used in at least a dozen U.S.

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Digital Health Telehealth Connected Health Telemedicine 170

Consumer eHealth Engagement

DECEMBER 3, 2015

In January 2015, Stanford Medicine launched ClickWell Care, a new type of Primary Care clinic which leverages technology to allow patients to virtually connect with their own Stanford primary care clinicians and wellness coaches via video or phone visits. We also want to expand the use of connected health devices.

Primary Care 28

Primary Care EMR Patient Experience Connected Health 28

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

According to a 2015 study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, healthcare practices that billed CPT code 99490 for CCM services provided by nonphysician healthcare practitioners (i.e., Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a health innovation in the telehealth industry, rapidly gaining ground in chronic care and disease management.

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Nursing Medicare Health Information 40

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2020

The agenda for that session looks like a blur between HIMSS, Health 2.0, Connected Health and the ATA Conference – covering digital health and value-based care, reimbursement, home care, and clinician/technology partnerships. This is something that we forecasters would have put in the “wild card” category nine years ago.

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Digital Health mHealth Life Science Connected Health 310

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Atrium Health, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System, employs individuals at more than 900 care facilities across the Carolinas. The health system maintains relationships with partnering organizations including the Charlotte (N.C.) The health system is also committed to diversity and in 2018 held the Northeast Ohio Transgender Job Fair.

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Leadership Nursing Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 32

Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

The blurring of mobile and digital into overall business process is a meta-trend for the global economy, and certainly for the health care ecosystem. 2015 – Musings with Mary Meeker on the Digital/Health Nexus. 2014 – Health Care at an Inflection Point: digital trends via Mary Meeker.

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eHealth mHealth Public Health FHIR 264

Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Ironically, more social spending by the public sector could help address health outcomes for people, something for which we’ve had evidence for many years. This Health Affairs research published in 2015 made it clear that State spending on social health services builds citizens’ health beyond medical services.

Public Health 314

Public Health Mental health Medicare Primary Care 314