Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 9, 2020

Using funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the plan aims to expand telehealth and remote monitoring nationwide as the U.S. combats the coronavirus public health crisis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 24, 2022

Teladoc Health. In the near term, ATA Action says it is pushing for at least a year's extension of the temporary flexibilities put in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency, along with longer-term goals of making policies permanent. Reinstating benefits for millions of Americans.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

The legislation seeks to push forward with wider access to and use of telehealth – even beyond this public health emergency with its numerous waivers, allowances and temporary rule changes. Mike Thompson, D-California, Peter Welch, D-Vermont, Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, and Doris Matsui, D-California.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

Drug Enforcement Administration's proposed permanent changes to the e-prescribing of controlled medications at the close of the COVID-19 national public health emergency. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Earlier this year, ATA and ATA Action led a groundswell of commentary on the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 9, 2021

During lockdown, not only did telemedicine play an important role in continued, connected care, it also proved to be a cost-effective and time-efficient alternative, the paper stated.

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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." "Unfortunately, this progress is in jeopardy," they wrote.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

"The telehealth cliff is looming, casting much uncertainty and concern for the health and safety of Medicare beneficiaries, and the sustainability of our already overburdened healthcare system," said Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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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.

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Connected Health Initiative

APRIL 3, 2020

Both the COVID-19 Telehealth Program and Connected Care Pilot represent key efforts to combat the current public health emergency, and to drive a much-needed transformation of the American healthcare system. “We

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

That the company devoted financial resources to invest in a consumer/patient survey on telehealth says a lot about the changing nature of health care delivery and the expanding retail health ecosystem that can deliver care almost anywhere there is broadband connectivity, and a licensed clinician and patient at either end of that connection.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. In addition to this important reminder, here are three insights for HIEs and health system leadership from the Civitas for Health 2022 event. .

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Ramón Figueroa Castellanos called the new solutions “a very important leap in quality, since they are the new strategies that allow us to have a more equitable, fairer and much more accessible system for public health.” Creating International Connected Care. Want to learn more about our connected care solutions?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*

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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. THE LARGER TREND.

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American Well

APRIL 1, 2020

Mirroring the federal response, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have declared state or public health emergencies , and more than 30 have broadened access to telehealth in order to mobilize more physicians and create new pathways to care for people under quarantine. Connecticut State Department of Public Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

More than 40% of total inpatient cases include a behavioral health diagnosis. Temple also is a critical access point for vital public health services. Each year it serves thousands in its emergency department, inpatient behavioral health unit, labor and delivery unit, and other departments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

” Because residents will have the opportunity to receive primary care services in a safer environment through telehealth, Parker will contribute to public health goals of reducing the spread of COVID-19 while reducing excess burden on the hospital systems throughout New York City that may be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

Studies A report from Health Gorilla found that 95% of patients are concerned about the possibility of data breaches affecting their medical records , and 65% distrust “Big Tech” to store their data. West Virginia-based Vandalia Health is expanding its Oracle Health EHR implementation to all 12 hospitals in its network.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 8, 2021

Maybe you remember an ominous report from the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health which predicted chronic diseases would cost the global economy more than U.S. $30 Never have providers been under more pressure to deliver cost-effective care. Changing Lives with Connected Care.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2021

That’s a big promise and vision, so to kick the tires on such a Holy Grail I had the opportunity to meet, virtually, with two key leaders of Philips’ health care business: Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader Connected Care, and Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Leader, Post Acute & Home.

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SteadyMD

MARCH 17, 2022

Unfortunately, many telehealth waivers were created to be temporary and limited to the duration of the COVID-19 PHE–even though they have improved patient access to care and affect both public health programs and private health coverage.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

It also examines the lack of digital readiness in hospitals, research facilities, public health agencies and payers. Tribal lands sometimes have the lowest rates of broadband adoption; many Indian Health Services facilities lack the bandwidth to offer virtual care. Challenge: Broadband Internet.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Digital delivery of connected care allows services like Dario to provide a huge amount of data to the payers who fund their service. To explain why I’m devoting a special section of this article to behavioral health, I must digress into a discussion of health care costs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

Like Fisne at Geisinger, Hilburn of Grady Health System has had his hands full with telemedicine during the past year or so. Hilburn said one lesson that Grady has learned is that its telehealth capabilities required significant expansion in order to rise to meet the public health need. " Rapidly standing up a call center.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The six photos shown above are but a few examples displayed and explained in the Philips Innovation Gallery.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

CES 2021 featured some obvious quick-pivoting products that had the pandemic written all over them, with sessions invariably speaking to the way the public health crisis impacted companies and strategic plans. motivating the move of patients from acute care settings to their homes where patients were found to be improving. [For

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

The result is more of a bolted-on capability than an integrated whole that can truly transform healthcare delivery in ways that improve outcomes, lower costs, reduce health disparities and re-imagine the patient experience to a fully evolved and connected care journey. Some important considerations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 9, 2021

"These new care from anywhere innovations ensure that we continue this digital transformation in healthcare and empower providers, payers, care coordinators and pharmaceutical companies to deliver care for patients wherever they are," he added. Vivify Health's remote care enhancements.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

The platform is being leveraged around the globe by public health departments, academic researchers, health systems and managed care organizations. Within less than 24 hours, InTouch Health can deploy cloud-based software to enable secure end-to-end patient care, whether scheduled or on-demand.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Last year, Abbott made a big splash with the company’s Board Chairman/CEO delivering a keynote addressing connected care. Indeed, the COVID-19 public health crisis accelerated consumers’ embrace of digital tools for living, working, cooking, shopping, praying, playing, learning from, and exercising at home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Intuitive software tools can help to connect care teams and patients. BMC Public Health. For example, treating major chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular diseases or cancer requires continuously monitored data to optimize medication. Sharing medical information in real-time is key to structuring patient engagement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

The quickly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency has warranted the growing use of telehealth and non-invasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate patient monitoring while reducing patient and healthcare provider contact and possible exposure to the virus. Vivify Pathways is a patient-centered, connected care platform.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

More than 330 healthcare and industry organizations asked Congress this week to facilitate a pathway to comprehensive, permanent telehealth reform after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. healthcare system. This past week, dozens of U.S.

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American Well

MARCH 30, 2020

These regulatory exceptions, which will remain in effect for as long as the public health emergency is in effect, have created a new and rapidly evolving situation for telehealth. During the public health emergency, yes. Additional resources: CMS Medicare Telemedicine Health Care Provider Fact Sheet (3/17).

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