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VA, Verizon to offer new telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This past month the Federal Communications Commission announced the agency would vote to advance a $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, enabling telehealth expansion for low-income Americans nationwide, including veterans and others in medically underserved areas. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Europe’s Unique Telemedicine Potential

GlobalMed

Some were already using connected care to better serve their patients while others were still investigating its clinical benefits. That diversity lines up with the results of the European Union Commission’s 2018 Market Study on Telemedicine , which examined the ways virtual care is transforming healthcare outcomes across Europe.

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CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

CVS Health Virtual Primary Care will feature a member-selected physician-led Care Team – comprising, for example, nurse practitioners, RNs or licensed vocational nurses – who can be accessed through the platform. Aggregated data will enable the use of personalized health alerts to help close care gaps, officials say.

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A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The result is that clinicians have their patient’s complete history and can make evidence-based care decisions no matter where the patient is located. Since the data is integrated with the EHR using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) protocols, the provider also receives the data in a way that is usable and actionable.

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The future of Health Startups remain linked to Enterprise-scale players, reports Rock Health

Lloyd Price

Since 2011, the number of digital health deals has risen steadily, from $1.2bn spent within 92 deals, to $3.4bn over 193 deals in 2018. Healthcare has witnessed a number of vertical integrations in H1, such as CVS & Aetna, Optum’s acquisition of the DaVita Medical Group, Humana and Kindred Healthcare, Cigna and Express Scripts and others.

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