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Connected Care is Better Care

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

Robert Pearl, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, speaks at Health Affairs briefing on Feb. Photo courtesy Health Affairs). 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.

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Mississippi Telehealth Network Could Be FCC’s Model for RPM Expansion

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Roger Wicker proposed the $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, designed to “support telehealth and telemedicine programs for underserved populations, including remote patient monitoring programs that have shown past success in treating rural patients with diabetes and veterans,” as Eric Wicklund reported at mHealthIntelligence.com. “The

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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

Health Populi

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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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

They provide health measures of patients and transmit them back to providers – or in some cases are reported back to providers – to facilitate healthcare decisions from afar. The platform also is designed for direct-to-patient telemedicine. Vivify Pathways is a patient-centered, connected care platform.

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How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

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.