FierceHealthIT

JULY 25, 2018

WASHINGTON—Commissioner Brendan Carr joined a group of telehealth stakeholders Tuesday to discuss more details about the FCC's $100 million connected care pilot program. Although the program is still in the early days of development, Carr did reveal some details about where that money will go.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

Following conversations in Washington and state capitals, the American Telemedicine Association published its new Health Data Privacy Principles this week. State laws and policies should also define consumer health data with the uniform language defined as protected health information under HIPAA, the group said in its announcement this week.

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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

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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

MaineHealth wanted telemedicine technology that could easily integrate into its care models and that would be highly accessible for patients to use. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " MARKETPLACE. Click here to read the special report. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2020

At the same time, say industry leaders, vulnerable groups – especially people of color – are being left behind. "Regrettably, minority groups are being left behind by the telehealth revolution," said David Smith, executive director for the Medicaid Transformation Project, in an interview with Healthcare IT News.

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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. 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. Photo courtesy Health Affairs).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

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." "Congress not only has the opportunity to bring the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S. senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. Advocates cheered the CONNECT for Health Act's reintroduction, calling it a major move toward expansion of access to virtual services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2023

Google Cloud adds Pager's virtual care platform Pager announced Monday that its 23 million-member-strong virtual care navigation and collaboration platform is available on Google Cloud Marketplace, which means its customers can now access cloud-based tools like artificial intelligence and analytics capabilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

The bill was immediately greeted with enthusiastic approval from a chorus of healthcare industry groups. "It is clear that telemedicine is part of the future of our healthcare system, and should be continued as an attainable tool post-pandemic," said Rep. ON THE RECORD.

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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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GlobalMed

MARCH 17, 2020

Telemedicine reimbursement is a notoriously complex topic. We’re talking about “steering” – defined as when a payer announces that a virtual visit will only be covered if the patient and clinician use a specific telemedicine vendor. Some providers run into this so often that it halts their plans to offer telemedicine services.

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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 optimize RPM for physicians. How CIOs can help shape strategy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

Among the many insights they've gained over the past year-plus, they discuss the need to secure a place for telemedicine and expand its capabilities, deploy and scale new technologies faster, and embrace Agile processes and collaborative IT. The new importance of telemedicine. " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. "We went ahead.

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SteadyMD

MARCH 17, 2022

As hospitals and doctors’ offices continue to be overburdened by staff shortages and patient overload, telehealth offerings keep pace in providing a wide-range of patient care access, overcoming racial inequality, transportation barriers from rural communities, and treating chronic medical conditions.

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American Well

JULY 30, 2017

The CONNECT for Health Act would improve coverage of telehealth and remote patient monitoring as basic benefits in Medicare Advantage. But, the CONNECT for Health Act has been stuck in committee, so the Alliance for Connected Care is exploring braking the bill apart to push select reforms forward piece-by-piece. “If

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American Well

JULY 30, 2017

The CONNECT for Health Act would improve coverage of telehealth and remote patient monitoring as basic benefits in Medicare Advantage. But, the CONNECT for Health Act has been stuck in committee, so the Alliance for Connected Care is exploring braking the bill apart to push select reforms forward piece-by-piece. “If

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The task force, which was convened by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Alliance for Connected Care and the American Telemedicine Association, represented a broad spectrum of stakeholders who spent the summer building consensus around the challenges and opportunities for virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2022

In this interview with Healthcare IT News , she spells out these three ways to help provider organization CIOs and telemedicine executives to boost virtual care. For example, does a patient need to visit the ER or urgent care center, or can their condition be diagnosed and treated in a virtual setting? Questions that he answers.

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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. Information blocking rules: Health industry groups call for Congressional oversight. Collection.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Telemedicine is a hot topic in healthcare, with consumers more willing than ever to see a doctor remotely. The Alliance for Connected Care concludes that a telehealth visit for acute care represents $126 in savings over an in-person visit. The Lay of the Land. Technology.

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American Well

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Through this program, they offer: A direct-to-consumer platform, Beacon Connected Care, for urgent care, nutrition and behavioral health services. An employer group offering that has employers seeing a positive return on investment in just one year. Intermountain Healthcare – reducing costs through virtual care.

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American Well

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Through this program, they offer: A direct-to-consumer platform, Beacon Connected Care, for urgent care, nutrition and behavioral health services. An employer group offering that has employers seeing a positive return on investment in just one year. Intermountain Healthcare – reducing costs through virtual care.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Telemedicine is a hot topic in healthcare, with consumers more willing than ever to see a doctor remotely. The Alliance for Connected Care concludes that a telehealth visit for acute care represents $126 in savings over an in-person visit. The Lay of the Land. Technology.

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American Well

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Will Daines, MD, Medical Director, Intermountain Connect Care. For multiple sclerosis patients who travel long distances for care, Cleveland Clinic holds pre-visits via telehealth to go through paperwork and imaging to help determine if an in-person visit would be meaningful and help treat that patient. “If

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American Well

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Will Daines, MD, Medical Director, Intermountain Connect Care. For multiple sclerosis patients who travel long distances for care, Cleveland Clinic holds pre-visits via telehealth to go through paperwork and imaging to help determine if an in-person visit would be meaningful and help treat that patient. “If

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs. Check back for additions in the days and weeks ahead.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Intuitive software tools can help to connect care teams and patients. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Patient and Clinician Experiences with Telehealth for Patient Follow-up Care, Am J Manag Care. A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Remote patient monitoring technologies are akin to telemedicine technologies, since they automatically observe and report on patients, often with chronic illnesses, so caregivers can remotely keep tabs on patients. Typically, the health systems and payers work together in a value-based care arrangement that involves shared risk and reward.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

Our uninsured and Medicaid populations receive some of the most fragmented care due to the difficulty in finding consistent primary care and available specialists. So, let’s make coordination between providers easier, make telehealth more accessible, and ensure everyone has access to not just basic care but informed and connected care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 29, 2020

More than 80 organizations led by the Alliance for Connected Care called this week for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to implement a telemedicine special registration that would allow providers to remotely prescribe controlled substances. THE LARGER TREND. Tech has played a vital role in combating the opioid crisis.

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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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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

To that end, a group of industry representatives recently met at a closed-door meeting at the White House to discuss “ways to increase choice and competition in telemedicine,” as reported by Politico’s Arthur Allen. In that meeting, which included White House representatives along with officials from the U.S. Giroir, MD.

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