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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. Many patients from the community practice might travel to Rochester for a specialty procedure.

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Analytics and outreach key to telehealth success at Southwestern Health Resources

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And telehealth, which had not played a significant role in patient care previously, was the clear solution.” 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.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a panel this past week at the HIMSS Connected Health Conference in Boston, Dr. John Halamka, international healthcare innovation professor at Harvard Medical School, and four other telehealth experts tried to arrive at a definition of just what telehealth is. "It's a tool. Just like the EHR is a tool.

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Automation In Rural Health: It Should No Longer Be An Afterthought

Healthcare IT Today

Providers need a health IT platform that supports needed customizations and telehealth integrations. Many rural and community practices and hospitals have wanted to evolve for some time but did not for various reasons. This is usually best deployed through a technology-enabled service.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. More than 250,000 patients and visitors across hospital entrances and community practice clinics were screened for COVID-19 symptoms.