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2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers

GlobalMed

Tribal lands sometimes have the lowest rates of broadband adoption; many Indian Health Services facilities lack the bandwidth to offer virtual care. FCC initiatives such as Connected Care NPRM and the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund strive to bring telehealth services to patients in underserved, rural and tribal areas.

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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Purchasing devices and platforms due to pricing was a concern, and HIPAA-compliant platforms and cybersecurity [were concerns] for PHI/patient safety." In 2017, AccessHealth set goals that were modeled after the Department of Health and Human Service’s Healthy People 2020 Program.

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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Even at a healthcare institution as prominent as Geisinger, the explosion of telemedicine since early 2020 has offered many lessons, especially that telemedicine now has a bigger role to play moving forward. The external network was instrumental in validating our ideas and plans for execution after I joined Harris in May 2020.

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5 Challenges and Solutions for Improving Telehealth Adoption Rates

InTouch Health

As we move further into 2020, the benefits of telehealth are well known. Health systems that use telehealth can take on more new patients, improve patient outcomes, and reduce the overall cost of care by reducing hospital readmission rates and the average patient length of stay. Helping Communities in Need Access Telehealth Services.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs. Where we physically lived in 2020 transformed into sites for the many daily verbs in our lives: working, learning, praying, cooking/baking/dining, exercising, and indeed, self-caring for wellness and medical care.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. This combination of objective data and subjective responses supports clinicians to make informed, timely care decisions. Vivify Pathways is a patient-centered, connected care platform. It is being updated regularly with more vendors.