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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In addition to providing specialty and primary care at destination medical campuses in Rochester, Minnesota; Jacksonville, Florida; and Phoenix, Arizona, the Mayo Clinic Health System services more than 50 communities in the Midwest. Telemedicine has helped to bridge the access divide between the clinic’s rural and urban communities.

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Analytics and outreach key to telehealth success at Southwestern Health Resources

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The team quickly focused established communications channels with community providers – physician pod meetings, newsletters and more – on educating them in the use and reimbursement process for telehealth visits. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To meet this need, a digital screening method, along with an administrative dashboard, was created to replace the ad hoc paper process. More than 250,000 patients and visitors across hospital entrances and community practice clinics were screened for COVID-19 symptoms. Telemedicine availability has also rapidly expanded.