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Why have billion dollar digital health companies struggled since the pandemic?

Lloyd Price

Digital health funding pre pandemic: 2018 Digital health companies raised a total of $8.1 billion in funding in 2018. There were 368 deals in the digital health space in 2018, with an average deal size of $22.2 This represented a 42% increase from the previous year's total of $5.7

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What is the Future of Virtual Wards?

Lloyd Price

It is important to ensure that virtual ward programs are designed with health equity in mind. Staff training and support: Healthcare providers who work in virtual wards may require additional training and support to adapt to remote care models. This can include training on the use of technology and communication skills.

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What is the Future of Virtual Wards for patients, providers and payers?

Lloyd Price

It is important to ensure that virtual ward programs are designed with health equity in mind. Staff training and support: Healthcare providers who work in virtual wards may require additional training and support to adapt to remote care models. This can include training on the use of technology and communication skills.

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

Health Populi

I’d called WiFi a social determinant of health in a Huffington Post column I wrote back in 2016 , recognizing the emerging virtual health opportunity and potential for furthering the digital divide without bolstering broadband “everywhere.” ” Assuring health equity in a post-pandemic world.

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Telehealth, RPM, and the End of PHE: Where to From Here?

Clear Arch Health

Ann, you’ve had a pretty exceptional career and then taking the helm of ATA as CEO in 2018. And the end of the PHE we talked, you talked, about some of the things that happened immediately: reinstatement of copay, for example, on remote patient monitoring for that 20% that the patient is responsible for.

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Telehealth, RPM, and the End of PHE: Where to From Here?

Clear Arch Health

Ann, you’ve had a pretty exceptional career and then taking the helm of ATA as CEO in 2018. And the end of the PHE we talked, you talked, about some of the things that happened immediately: reinstatement of copay, for example, on remote patient monitoring for that 20% that the patient is responsible for.

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New Illinois Law Highlights Efforts to Expand Rural Telehealth Access

care innovations

To this end, the FCC recently announced its Connected Care Initiative, which seeks to develop broadband access throughout these remote areas to better connect residents to primary and specialty care. Besides spreading access, telehealth is also an effective tool for avoiding some costly healthcare scenarios.