Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took refuge online. Clinical sites that had long ignored the appeals of telehealth advocates suddenly adopted virtual visits. Improved workflows.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 17, 2020

Telemedicine reimbursement is a notoriously complex topic. That’s one reason clarity is so important when it comes to telehealth reimbursement – not just because it impacts provider paychecks, but because it can shape the future of virtual health adoption. Now imagine you’re that patient’s primary care provider (PCP).

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 14, 2020

After all, GlobalMed is a telemedicine company and we should be all about expanded options for remote care. Telehealth should never be the fast food of the clinical world. Unfortunately, these convenience consults rarely add long-term gain to a patient’s care outcomes or a clinician’s insights. Closing gaps in care.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2020

As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, Congress appropriated $200 million in funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”). The Program will distribute emergency funding to health care providers to increase telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2020

As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, Congress appropriated $200 million in funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”). The Program will distribute emergency funding to health care providers to increase telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2023

Here’s what I wrote about the 2020 FHI , research conducted in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic. That was in the midst of the fast-pivot toward virtual care and telehealth on-ramps welcomed by both clinicians and patients.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 8, 2021

2020 was grim in many ways, but you can’t deny it’s offered a fast-track education in healthcare strategy. Many providers have recognized their blindness to an opportunity right in front of them – to carry their telemedicine application beyond simple video calls and into the terrain of treating chronic, infectious and acute disease.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technologically. Here, we summarize 8 reasons why you should consider telehealth to be part of the holistic health practice of your hospital.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs. Check back for additions in the days and weeks ahead.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. Navigate the 360° around the room, and you’ll see Audrey’s tablet sitting on a coffee table which has her patient engagement app connecting her to her care team.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. Remote patient monitoring technologies are akin to telemedicine technologies, since they automatically observe and report on patients, often with chronic illnesses, so caregivers can remotely keep tabs on patients.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

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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Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Gary’s Book Club featured my HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen at the 2020 CES. Last year, Abbott made a big splash with the company’s Board Chairman/CEO delivering a keynote addressing connected care. FYI, “Gary” is Gary Shapiro….

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GlobalMed

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

If you’re a telemedicine advocate, you know it can transform rural healthcare. Virtual care is extending emergency services to South American villages unreachable by ambulance ; it’s helping to stem the rising tide of communicable and chronic disease in Africa. Telemedicine works best when it adapts to existing healthcare strategies.

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