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GlobalMed®, a Partner with Valor Healthcare, Awarded Contract to Provide Remote Patient Monitoring to the VA Office of Connected Care

GlobalMed

GlobalMed®, a Partner with Valor Healthcare, Awarded Contract to Provide Remote Patient Monitoring to the VA Office of Connected Care. 72,000 veterans with chronic care needs are currently enrolled in VA RPM-HT. Expanding access to care for veterans is core to our vision of creating A World Without Disparity of Care.”

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How the VA laid the groundwork for a pandemic-fueled telehealth spike

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many of those patients, however, face mobility hurdles and other challenges that can make it difficult to reach in-person care. As Evans explained, VA video-to-home telehealth encounters increased by 3,147% from 294,847 encounters in fiscal year 2019 to 9,575,958 encounters in fiscal year 2021. Also in 2021, VA provided more than 2.3

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Algonquin College and Queensway Carleton Hospital Partner for Hands-On EHR Training using MEDITECH Expanse

Digital Health Global

This partnership provides students with unique EHR training, using the same technology we have at the hospital,” said Queensway Carleton Hospital Vice President, Mental Health, Diagnostic Services, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer Tim Pemberton.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The CONNECT Act would aim to answer at least some of those questions, at least where Medicare is concerned. A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S. Twitter: @kjercich.

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How U.S. healthcare leaders are shifting course to navigate a changed world

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" This seventh annual edition of the report from global technology vendor Philips analyzes feedback from nearly 3,000 healthcare leaders across 15 countries on the impact of digital health technology in the adoption of connected care. healthcare leaders in 2021, but a priority for 29% in 2022, according to the report.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*