Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills. The newly proposed Act (H.R.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday unanimously voted to move forward with plans for a $100 million pilot program to promote telemedicine services. The FCC voted to adopt a notice of proposed rulemaking for a program dubbed the Connected Care Pilot. He cited data from the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Alliance for Connected Care. American Telemedicine Association. We owe it to our patients to make health care access easier, and patients with Medicare should not be excluded from this opportunity," said Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, medical director of digital health and telemedicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in a statement.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills. The newly proposed Act (H.R.

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Enzyme Health

APRIL 30, 2019

Visibly, a Chicago-based company that offers direct-to-consumer online eye exams, is taking the state of Indiana to court over the state’s ban of ocular telemedicine. The lawsuit highlights a national battle between ocular telehealth companies and the 11 states where connected care eye exams are banned.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 14, 2020

After all, GlobalMed is a telemedicine company and we should be all about expanded options for remote care. Unfortunately, these convenience consults rarely add long-term gain to a patient’s care outcomes or a clinician’s insights. Moving from Convenience Consults to Connected Care. Closing gaps in care.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Does telemedicine work the same way all over the world? A large part of virtual care’s value is that it can connect any patient to any provider anywhere across the globe. Then there’s Europe, which is especially interesting because its telemedicine challenges and potential rewards come from the same place.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“While telemedicine existed in our health system prior to COVID-19, the adoption of this technology accelerated exponentially due to the pandemic, which unlocked a new level of patient care,” she said. ” This opportunity allowed Temple to be flexible in the modality of telemedicine visits in multiple settings.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

The Center for Connected Care at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is focused on the resourcing and diffusion of digital health solutions in partnership with the Mayo Clinic practice, extending Mayo Clinic’s knowledge and expertise and increasing patient access to clinical care, even at a distance. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. This grant comes as we near the conclusion this month of our first two-year, $1 million award studying how telehealth transformation impacted primary care access. Since health systems across the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2020

It's already responsible for the biggest telemedicine infrastructure in the nation, and use of its telehealth services is surging. The sprawling provider network continues to seek new ways to deliver better care to its members where they live, in their communities and their homes. Evans, VA Office Of Connected Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 11, 2023

"The audio/video connections for this service were built internally many years ago, with multiple technologies in the mix," noted Joe Tracy, vice president, connected care and innovation, air products center for connected care and innovation, at Lehigh Valley. to help get to the final model.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The massive expansion of telehealth services in response to the pandemic is likely to change the way bad actors target data. The COVID-19 crisis triggered an enormous boom in the use of virtual care, aided by federal regulatory flexibilities. "Large U.S. But with that boom, say experts, comes risk. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Through the VA's Center for Strategic Partnerships, the agency is working with Apple to enhance the platform and optimize telehealth experience for veterans and their caregivers, according to the VA – which notes that the devices will also give patients the ability to view and download their own medical data using the Health Records app.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 10, 2020

With FHIR-enabled integration powered by DIMS, data collected during a virtual care encounter is no longer siloed between healthcare delivery ecosystems. Did it incorporate additional FHIR resources that allow it to ingest and share new categories of data that it couldn’t before? Telemedicine Integration and Interoperability.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2019

What will telemedicine look like in 2030? Telemedicine used to be about solving access to no care,” Kaveh introduced the conversation. Now, it’s about serving people who already have care through different mechanisms.”. Deepthi from Humana offered three considerations concerning how care will transform.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

He said that in January 2019 – more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated, in short order, an even bigger, more sustained and more widespread scaling up of virtual care services than could ever have been imagined two years ago. How to shore up telehealth cybersecurity. How to cultivate clinician buy-in.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

We know that rural and underserved communities can benefit from strong virtual care programs, but those same communities may have digital connectivity barriers and social determinants of health (SDOH) that stop patients from accessing telemedicine. Train staff to help patients use EHR portals and telemedicine devices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The survey is part of the Telehealth Impact Study prepared by the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Telehealth Workgroup, which includes the American Medical Association, American Telemedicine Association, Digital Medical Society, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, MassChallenge Health Tech, Mayo Clinic and MITRE Corporation.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 8, 2021

Many providers have recognized their blindness to an opportunity right in front of them – to carry their telemedicine application beyond simple video calls and into the terrain of treating chronic, infectious and acute disease. But virtual care offers non-pandemic benefits, too. Changing Lives with Connected Care.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Erwin Padinger, Meditar Founder and President , called GlobalMed “the right global solution to extend healthcare across Argentina” because of the companies’ shared telemedicine philosophies. Creating International Connected Care. Want to learn more about our connected care solutions? See event photos.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2021

This week at the 2021 annual HIMSS conference, Philips is “making the case for moving to the cloud,” discussing the Philips HealthSuite, a cloud-based platform for connecting providers and patients, devices (and the data they generate), and care across the health care continuum.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Patient satisfaction surveys and claims data from CMS and private health plans tell a compelling story of the large-scale transformation of our nation’s health care system over the past year and,importantly, demonstrate strong patient interest and demand for telehealth access post-pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2020

"Organizations should start by using data to identify current gaps in care and develop targeted interventions to address those gaps." "Healthcare organizations need to prioritize vulnerable and minority groups in the early stages of their development of comprehensive digital strategies," Smith said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

” These challenges prompted Mayo Clinic to develop a tele-neonatology program that allows neonatologists to establish a real-time audio/video telemedicine connection with care teams in community hospitals during these high-risk, low-frequency neonatal emergencies. ” PROPOSAL. " Dr. Jennifer Fang, Mayo Clinic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Among the recent efforts is a mobile application called Launchpad, which helps streamline access for both vets and their caregivers, and coordinates various VA apps in one place, as well as enables easier sharing of EHR data and access to telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The American Telemedicine Association maintains a US bills related to telemedicine and their status. But at least one type of value-based care is getting reimbursed: digital monitoring for behavioral care. Data ranges from patient engagement to changes to “time in range” for people with diabetes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

” In addition, United Methodist’s new telehealth system ensures that all residents are given the ability to remotely connect with their primary care providers in a safe and secure environment. “We anticipate being able to connect our residents with their care teams more frequently through these visits,” he said.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Lately we’ve talked a lot about patient enthusiasm for telemedicine. A new Deloitte report supports that finding, with 57 percent of respondents reporting an interest in telemedicine and virtual health tools. Only one-third felt they received enough information during their virtual care visit.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

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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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

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

Data is automatically collected and transmitted to the clinical team for review. " Based on the patient, the nurse could schedule a provider visit or contact the patient's primary care physician to discuss interventions, he noted. We consider the program to be a high-touch/high-tech solution to patient care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

Parker is using the Healow application by eClinicalWorks for its telemedicine program. ” Based on the data that Parker has about COVID-19, that puts Parker’s nursing home residents at the highest risk for serious illness and mortality as a result of exposure. ” PROPOSAL. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Experts from across the health IT field will share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. Reducing the cost of care requires aligning incentives of providers, payers and patients. AWS: AI, data analytics and cloud converging to cut costs, boost care quality.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Enrollment of the patient into the program entails their registration in the technology solution that will be used for program management and the collection and review of device data. Simply put, RPM is about optimizing care delivery with connected care technology in lower cost remote care settings.

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