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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patients experienced a lack of resources in the areas of having data coverage for video transmission and living in rural areas where there was not a significant signal, which affected how e-consents would be signed. Staff would offer Zoom telehealth capabilities for medical and mental health patients. MARKETPLACE.

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How the VA laid the groundwork for a pandemic-fueled telehealth spike

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many of those patients, however, face mobility hurdles and other challenges that can make it difficult to reach in-person care. Leonie Heyworth, director of synchronous telehealth and a deputy director in VA's Office of Connected Care. The COVID-19 crisis, though, triggered a rapid scale-up.

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VA Connected Care Chief: Telehealth Is 'Going to Become Health Care'

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“This is going to become health care,” says Dr. Neil Evans of telehealth. A physician board certified in both Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics, Dr. Evans also serves as Chief Officer for the Office of Connected Care (OCC) at the U.S. The VA Office of Connected Care & ‘Anywhere to Anywhere’ Initiative.

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FCC awards Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium $3.1M

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

million grant stems from the FCC's Connect Care Pilot Program , which is designed to help eligible provider organizations defray the costs of offering virtual care and study how the FCC's Universal Service Fund can help support the trend toward connected-care services. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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AWS announces healthcare workforce accelerator cohort

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The location-based solutions can help optimize the utilization of supporting teams throughout a hospital – like cleaners and allied health professionals. A practice-wide communications system that can help free up primary care reception staff. Rose Health. Babblevoice. IoT Solutions Group. PathologyWatch.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recent HIMSS Market Intelligence survey found that nearly one in two respondents between the ages of 18 and 56 preferred seeing their primary care provider via video after the COVID-19 pandemic. HIMSS is the parent company for Healthcare IT News.). " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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When Social Determinants of Health Limit Virtual Care Access

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Patient access to a connective device such as a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Technical literacy, such as knowing how to use devices and interact with electronic health record (EHR) portals and video interfaces. Connecting Patients in Need to Virtual Care.