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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. THE PROBLEM. ” RESULTS.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More than 250,000 patients and visitors across hospital entrances and community practice clinics were screened for COVID-19 symptoms. Utilizing a secure network, Geisinger is able to provide primary care and access to a wide array of specialties while practicing social distancing.

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'Telehealth titans' discuss cost-savings of virtual care, describe the hospital of the future

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Schoenberg sees the changes happening already: "Patients moving out of the hospitals – which include the outpatient clinic operations and community practices – to, very importantly, the lowest-cost care setting, which is the home. Which also happens to be the most humane place we want to be."