Health System CIO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Reimbursement coding doesn’t quite have ‘buzzword’ status, but without it, adoption of remote monitoring will continue to lag, says Dr. Joseph Kvedar, who breaks down the latest developments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

EarlySense, a vendor of contact-free continuous monitoring technology, has sold some of its assets to Hillrom, which develops connected care and collaboration tools. "We look forward to bringing this critical technology to additional customers around the world as we deliver on our vision of Advancing Connected Care."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Robert Pearl, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, speaks at Health Affairs briefing on Feb. Photo courtesy Health Affairs). Connected care” is gaining more momentum in the health care industry. Health care providers are adopting electronic health records with federal support and standard setting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 24, 2022

Signers also included the Connected Health Initiative, the Alliance for Connected Care, the U.S. The organizations also pointed out that elected officials have put forth several bipartisan bills that would extend the benefit. Chamber of Commerce and Healthcare IT News parent company HIMSS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Kyle Brewer, telehealth administrator at University of Mississippi Medical Center; Kuldeep CEO of Biofourmis; Laura Kreofsky, VP at Pivot Point Consulting, and Neil Patel, president of Healthbox, offered their perspectives on the new connected health tools and data management imperatives needed to make RPM work.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

AUGUST 15, 2023

a leading provider of Connected Health Technology Solutions, is pleased to announce that the company is one of the four winners who has been awarded the U.S. “We are not just delivering technology; we are revolutionizing health care for the nation’s heroes by providing timely and comprehensive insights into their health.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The consequences of cyber risks can be incredibly severe as healthcare data is particularly personal and sensitive," said Kelly Rozumalski, secure connected health director at Booz Allen, in a statement to Healthcare IT News. "Cybersecurity isn’t always a priority when it comes to healthcare, but it should be.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

"We are pleased to support the CONNECT for Health Act as a significant step toward removing outdated barriers to Medicare’s coverage of live audio and video healthcare services for vulnerable populations," said Connected Health Initiative Executive Director Morgan Reed in a statement. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2023

This last chart taken from the 2023 FHI identifies top factors in the choice of workplace for younger healthcare professionals — led by being and working at the forefront of AI in health care and connected care delivery, along with working in a culture of collaboration while maintaining autonomy and being freed-up to operate at the top of one’s (..)

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

That the company devoted financial resources to invest in a consumer/patient survey on telehealth says a lot about the changing nature of health care delivery and the expanding retail health ecosystem that can deliver care almost anywhere there is broadband connectivity, and a licensed clinician and patient at either end of that connection.

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

My last post earlier today got me thinking: we still haven’t reached a consensus on how to describe what some people have dubbed wireless health, mobile health, telehealth, digital health and connected health. More accolades for Topol as ‘connected health’ gains.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

But the consumer pressures, along with evidence-based self-service options for health – both for “care” and for wellness, fitness and prevention – bring us to this inflection point for virtual health.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2019

Deepthi from Humana offered three considerations concerning how care will transform. First, connected care: one in five U.S. Today, fewer than 1% of Medicare beneficiaries have had any telehealth encounter, Kaveh explained, and fewer than one in eight doctors are aware of offering telehealth in their practice.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

"The ATA remains committed to working collaboratively to ensure Medicare beneficiaries can continue to access care when and where they need it." "HIMSS and PCHAlliance urge Congress to swiftly act to make the Medicare coverage changes permanent, to give patients and providers access to the tools they need and deserve.

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InTouch Health

APRIL 15, 2019

Improving access to broadband services was the main topic of discussion at the 2018 Connected Health Conference, where Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai spoke about the benefits of broadband internet and telehealth. That’s why he’s trying to get Americans connected to the internet in greater numbers.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2021

That’s a big promise and vision, so to kick the tires on such a Holy Grail I had the opportunity to meet, virtually, with two key leaders of Philips’ health care business: Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader Connected Care, and Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Leader, Post Acute & Home.

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care innovations

OCTOBER 24, 2018

At the recently concluded Connected Health Conference in Boston, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai delivered a keynote speech expressing his agency’s dedication to expanding federal funding for key telehealth initiatives, along with a few new proposals for accomplishing them.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Connected Care: VA, Virtual Health and the Patient Experience | #Engage4Health + #HIMSS18. Patients as Consumers: How Leading Providers are Digitally Transforming Patient Consults | #Engage4Health + #HIMSS18. A New Era: The CMO’s Role at the Healthcare Consumerism Table | #Engage4Health + #HIMSS18.

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care innovations

AUGUST 21, 2018

The leading remote care delivery organizations will be well prepared for this service addition. This has already started with CPT 99091, and will accelerate into 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

We'll share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. Connected care, upskilled workers, tax reform, a Southwest Airlines approach, private equity and the Affordable Care Act all will impact healthcare organizations in 2019, a new PwC report says.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But at least one type of value-based care is getting reimbursed: digital monitoring for behavioral care. Digital delivery of connected care allows services like Dario to provide a huge amount of data to the payers who fund their service. ” How does all this relate to revenue, the topic of this article?

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. See that their home is a one-story design in the connected health neighborhood, a good choice for a couple seeking to age well in their home without stairs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2023

a market-leading digital health and personalized care company, has acquired the assets of Trapollo LLC , a connected health, technical support, and device logistics provider that helps healthcare organizations care for patients at home. Validic Inc. , ” Validic is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2021

"With the help of an innovation grant, Trinity Health at Home – Trinity's home health business unit – launched a 30-day RPM pilot to 55 patients," said Karen Joyce, RN, vice president of clinical and virtual operations at Trinity Health at Home. managing more than 4,000 patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

"The appropriate connected devices were sent to enrolled patients, such as pulse oximeters to measure blood oxygen levels along with the blood pressure cuff, scale and glucometer. There are many vendors of connected health and remote patient monitoring technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

[For more context on Philips’ pivot to hospital-to-home care in the wake of pandemic, see my post here on Health Populi published on the company’s commitment to connected care across the continuum]. Hygiene and the clean home.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Last year, Abbott made a big splash with the company’s Board Chairman/CEO delivering a keynote addressing connected care. You might not think about pharmaceutical companies showing off technology at the “Consumer” Electronics Show, but the pharma industry has had a growing presence at CES for the past few years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

"Congress must act to provide more certainty to beneficiaries and healthcare providers alike, while ensuring sufficient time is taken to analyze the impact of telehealth on patient care throughout the pandemic to inform permanent telehealth reform,” said Krista Drobac, executive director of Alliance for Connected Care, in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This infographic illustrates that with statistics that include how those stakeholders are planning to invest in connected care and telehealth relative to overall technology spending this coming year. But how much is that reflected in their planned spending?

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Mend

JANUARY 18, 2021

Telehealth advocates aren’t impressed with the lack of support for connected health services in the latest pandemic relief package. But those calls were largely ignored. Years of telehealth advocacy have been devoted to removing these restrictions.

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