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Mayo Clinic uses $1M in FCC funds for connected devices to expand telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Today, more than one million people from all 50 states and 140 countries come to Mayo Clinic to receive care at sites in Minnesota, Arizona, Florida, Iowa and Wisconsin. This community practice includes general acute care hospitals, rural health clinics, physician offices and critical access hospitals.

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Analytics and outreach key to telehealth success at Southwestern Health Resources

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As a value-based care organization, it provides population health management for its parent organizations, Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Primary care providers saw a more than 50% drop-off in volumes during the second quarter of 2020. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM. ” RESULTS.

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Geisinger's digital strategy to combat COVID-19 and accelerate enterprise transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As social distancing measures prevailed as a primary way to reduce the spread of COVID-19, visitation policies across the hospital changed rapidly in response to (nearly daily) updates in guidelines. To meet this need, a digital screening method, along with an administrative dashboard, was created to replace the ad hoc paper process.