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What the future holds for HHS-OIG health IT enforcement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" VanLandingham, who is senior counselor, Medicaid Policy/Acting Health IT at the agency, will be presenting at HIMSS21 this summer, HHS-OIG colleague, Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs Lisa Re. As one example, he pointed to telehealth, which has enormous potential to increase access to service and decrease burdens.

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Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO)

Health Populi

Across all health plans in the study, commercial plan members’ use of telehealth grew to 36%, an increase from 9% last year, as the lower portion of the first chart from the report shows: that’s the blue line illustrating “hockey stick”-like growth from 2020 to 2021. With more digital contact as well, J.D.

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Unifying the Healthcare Assembly Line

Mobile Health Matters

Instead, value-based care lays the foundation for a future where all industry stakeholders must collaborate in a new way, putting meaning and action behind the abundance of patient data. This transition to digital health technology left many providers feeling burned and created a more divisive healthcare environment.

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Care Innovations CIO Himanshu Shah to Speak at 2018 Connected Health Summit

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Sponsored by International research firm Parks Associates, the Connected Health Summit was launched in 2014 to more fully tap into the variety of benefits offered by “ connected health technologies , independent living solutions , and adoption of security and smart home products ,” per event organizers.

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Improving Health outcomes with Telemedicine

eVisit

In recent years, healthcare providers and medical professionals have turned to increasingly advanced technologies to serve their patients and maintain an advantage in the healthcare marketplace. Incorporating virtual care into a service line strategy has proven to have many benefits, not the least of which is improving patient outcomes.

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The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Our work recognizes that patient portals will be an increasingly important telehealth tool for healthcare communication moving forward, which must be constructed to mesh with busy schedules and other constraints, such as reimbursement, for providers." " Cara Babachicos, South Shore Health.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. We cannot afford to let that happen.