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American Hospital Association, Johns Hopkins and others launch pro-telehealth campaign

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This most recent effort has brought together a wide range of healthcare representatives, including: Adventist Health Policy Association. Alliance for Connected Care. American Telemedicine Association. Healthcare Leadership Council. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Athenahealth.

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Telehealth advocates ramp up pressure on elected officials

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association announced Friday that it had launched ATA Action, a new affiliated trade organization aimed at supporting the enactment of state and federal telehealth coverage throughout the United States. Signers also included the Connected Health Initiative, the Alliance for Connected Care, the U.S.

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Lehigh Valley streamlines ED triage with virtual docs and nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"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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COVID-19 presents a new chance to make telehealth accessible to the underserved

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"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. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." The new importance of telemedicine. " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. "We went ahead.

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FCC’s $550 Million Telehealth Program – Last Chance at $250 Million and How’s The Money Being Spent?

Healthcare IT Today

With last year’s $200M Telehealth Program and $100M Connected Care Pilot Program, this combined $550M investment is the government’s largest investment into connected health devices and services. The following is a guest article by Sid Kandan, CEO at Stel Life, Inc. As […].

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$200 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program from FCC as Part of CARES Act

Healthcare IT Today

This weekend we covered some of the billions of healthcare funding that was included in the CARES Act. One area of CARES Act funding we didn’t highlight for healthcare was $200 million in COVID-19 Telehealth funding that will be administered by the FCC.