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How Telehealth Is Improving Healthcare for Veterans

InTouch Health

Suicide, mental health, PTSD, and numerous chronic conditions are common among United States veterans. The 2016-17 program gave mHealth-enabled tablets to some 6,750 veterans in rural areas across the country. The Department of Veterans Affairs is responsible for providing healthcare to the nation’s 18.2

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Healthcare IT Today

Not to mention guides to protect sensitive health records such as substance abuse disorder, adolescent, mental health, and reproductive information. The organizations do suggest they support HHS’ efforts to “advance health data exchange and interoperability while advancing health equity for all.”

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How Intermountain Healthcare gets top marks for virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As a centralized service, it was possible to engage with a broad consortium of departments such as legal, finance, marketing, compliance and physician affairs to develop models, learn about the nuances of implementing telehealth as an embedded service and engage with clinical leadership on the opportunities.

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The 2020 Amwell Client Awards

American Well

At a time of tremendous stress and uncertainty for our healthcare system and our nation as a whole, the health plans and health systems recognized in the four categories below have shown exceptional vision and leadership in scaling virtual care and improving health outcomes for individuals and communities.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

The organizations featured on this list offer benefits and opportunities for employees to build successful careers above and beyond the average healthcare provider or company; they encourage professional development and promote leadership from within. Boston Business Journal named the hospital a Best Place to Work in 2012, 2014 and 2016.

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Voting for Health in 2020

Health Populi

Health is translating across all definitions for U.S. voters in November 2020: for health care and physical health, financial health, mental health, and societal health. And the energy to cast votes is a signal sparking Americans recognizing the importance of health citizenship.

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