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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

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Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

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billion in annual operating revenue, Memorial Healthcare System is one of the largest public health systems in the U.S. THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. With 15,000 team members, 3,000 providers and $3.1

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Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members

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Health Populi’s Hot Points: In an essay I wrote for The Huffington Post back in July 2016, I asserted that broadband connectivity was a social determinant of health.

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VA working with Apple to broaden telehealth access for veterans

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The new iPad initiative has its roots in the VA's Connected Tablet program , which launched in 2016 and, research shows, has created a more satisfying patient experience and made veterans less likely to miss appointments. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Email the writer: mike.miliard@himssmedia.com.

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The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

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Five years ago, in 2016, the W2O Group said that, “Relevance is reputation.” ” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. Keep an eye on the “S” in ESG for health care, along with E and G.

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

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“We” was a trio including Antoinette Thomas (@NurseTechExec1), Chief Patient Experience Officer with Microsoft, David Ryan (@DavidPRyan), former long-time Global Head of Intel’s Health/Life Science business; and, me. ” Assuring health equity in a post-pandemic world. Some are shown in this graphic.

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The American Hospital Association Looks at Retail and Tech Health Care Disruptors

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What underpins and inspires the seven “new” entrants to disrupt health care is consumer expectations. The post The American Hospital Association Looks at Retail and Tech Health Care Disruptors appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Can the provider partner with tech firms on data and research projects to improve care?