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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

I was scheduled to meet with Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader of Connected Care at Philips, at HIMSS in Orlando on 9th March 2020. This second graphic diagrams a patient journey map for the coronavirus, across the continuum of care settings from the community and home to primary care, emergency, hospital, and post-acute.

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VA working with Apple to broaden telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The new iPad initiative has its roots in the VA's Connected Tablet program , which launched in 2016 and, research shows, has created a more satisfying patient experience and made veterans less likely to miss appointments. Evans, chief officer in the VA's Office Of Connected Care, spoke with Healthcare IT News earlier this year.

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Health Populi

Krista Drobac, who leads the Alliance for Connected Care, was quoted in Modern Healthcare noting that the JLL survey , “failed to specify the types of services leading to in-person referrals and whether telehealth helped patients avoid emergency or urgent care,” the journal said.

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

If they don't act before the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the groups said, Medicare beneficiaries "will lose access to virtual care options which have become a lifeline to many." Remove Restrictions on Medicare Beneficiary Access to Mental and Behavioral Health Services Offered Through Telehealth.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

By saving time, telehealth allows the doctor to fit more patients into the week.Several respondents said that televisits would bring more people into the health care system, especially mental health patients. But at least one type of value-based care is getting reimbursed: digital monitoring for behavioral care.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*