Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. Doing this enabled patients to know that a telehealth visit did not mean less quality. NextGen and Zoom for Healthcare both were proposed as telemedicine vendors. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2020

There's the massive electronic health record modernization , of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth. Indeed, telehealth continues to be a major priority for the VA. Evans, VA Office Of Connected Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." This would have a chilling effect on access to care across the entire U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“While telemedicine existed in our health system prior to COVID-19, the adoption of this technology accelerated exponentially due to the pandemic, which unlocked a new level of patient care,” she said. ” This opportunity allowed Temple to be flexible in the modality of telemedicine visits in multiple settings.

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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. " Growing telehealth capabilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 11, 2023

To confront the problem, Lehigh Valley began using telehealth and telecommunications technologies to mobilize resources to optimize a patient’s waiting time – while reducing the number of patients leaving the ED without being seen. Triaged patients often are sent for testing (for example, labs, imaging, etc.)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

United Methodist faced two different problems: One was falls in its skilled nursing environment and the other was effective telehealth visits for residents. Skilled nursing facilities take care of the frailest of the country’s elders. The other problem it was looking to solve was inefficient telehealth visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Department of Veterans Affairs to use distributed tablet devices to provide telehealth benefits to patients is working. “Telehealth technology remains a vital platform to provide high-quality healthcare to all veterans, regardless of challenges they may face in accessing care,” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said in a statement.

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Enzyme Health

APRIL 30, 2019

View research study > View article in mHealth Intelligence > Indiana Ocular Telehealth Lawsuit Highlights Ongoing National Battle. Visibly, a Chicago-based company that offers direct-to-consumer online eye exams, is taking the state of Indiana to court over the state’s ban of ocular telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

” These challenges prompted Mayo Clinic to develop a tele-neonatology program that allows neonatologists to establish a real-time audio/video telemedicine connection with care teams in community hospitals during these high-risk, low-frequency neonatal emergencies. for video and audio quality, respectively.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Telehealth expands access to care. It’s practically a mantra at this point – the very real ability of remote communication technology to connect underserved populations to top-notch medical care. But what happens when certain populations can’t even get access to virtual care?

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Enzyme Health

MAY 22, 2019

Retailers, insurance providers, and software companies are fast and furiously forming partnerships in the telehealth space. Explore some of the implications for patients and telemedicine providers and find out what we can expect in 2019. You may be wondering, what does this mean for my patients and my telemedicine practice?

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. EATONTOWN, N.J., & FREDERICKSBURG, Va.–(BUSINESS Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 8, 2021

Many providers have recognized their blindness to an opportunity right in front of them – to carry their telemedicine application beyond simple video calls and into the terrain of treating chronic, infectious and acute disease. But virtual care offers non-pandemic benefits, too. Changing Lives with Connected Care.

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American Well

OCTOBER 8, 2018

1] With wait times rising and healthcare costs increasing, many health systems have turned to telehealth as a means of increasing access to healthcare. Cerner and American Well have partnered to deliver telehealth that is fully embedded within Cerner’s electronic health record portfolio. per visit with telehealth.

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American Well

OCTOBER 8, 2018

1] With wait times rising and healthcare costs increasing, many health systems have turned to telehealth as a means of increasing access to healthcare. Cerner and American Well have partnered to deliver telehealth that is fully embedded within Cerner’s electronic health record portfolio. per visit with telehealth.

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care innovations

AUGUST 1, 2018

“Technology has the potential to improve the quality of health care and to make it accessible to more people. Telehealth may provide opportunities to make health care more efficient , better coordinated and closer to home.”. Telemedicine in Tennessee: How Chattanooga Is Leveraging Municipal Broadband for Greater Access to Care.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2020

As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, Congress appropriated $200 million in funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”). The Program will distribute emergency funding to health care providers to increase telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2020

As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, Congress appropriated $200 million in funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”). The Program will distribute emergency funding to health care providers to increase telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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American Well

DECEMBER 11, 2017

This November at the Becker’s Hospital Review 6 th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in Chicago, physicians from top health systems came together to discuss how they are ensuring quality standards are met and upheld during video visits. Will Daines, MD, Medical Director, Intermountain Connect Care.

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American Well

DECEMBER 11, 2017

This November at the Becker’s Hospital Review 6 th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in Chicago, physicians from top health systems came together to discuss how they are ensuring quality standards are met and upheld during video visits. Will Daines, MD, Medical Director, Intermountain Connect Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. Abnormal results trigger telehealth RN follow-up."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The title of the report, “Consumers are on board with virtual health options,” summarizes the bullish outlook for telehealth. But the tagline begs the supply side question: “Can the health care system deliver?” That’s the consumer-demand side of the equation.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Erwin Padinger, Meditar Founder and President , called GlobalMed “the right global solution to extend healthcare across Argentina” because of the companies’ shared telemedicine philosophies. Creating International Connected Care. Telehealth isn’t entirely new to Argentina. See event photos. Request a Demo.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Lately we’ve talked a lot about patient enthusiasm for telemedicine. A new Deloitte report supports that finding, with 57 percent of respondents reporting an interest in telemedicine and virtual health tools. Only one-third felt they received enough information during their virtual care visit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technologically. Here, we summarize 8 reasons why you should consider telehealth to be part of the holistic health practice of your hospital.

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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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American Well

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Telemedicine is a hot topic in healthcare, with consumers more willing than ever to see a doctor remotely. In a national study of over 2,000 consumers , 64% said they would be willing to have a telehealth visit with their doctor via video. And more than half of doctors themselves are willing to see patients over video.

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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. In a national study of over 2,000 consumers , 64% said they would be willing to have a telehealth visit with their doctor via video. And more than half of doctors themselves are willing to see patients over video.

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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. The platform has embedded video conferencing, or works alongside the video conferencing platform a health system has in place.

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care innovations

AUGUST 29, 2018

Access to telehealth services is expanding throughout the United States, and especially in rural communities , where lawmakers increasingly see technologies like virtual visits and remote patient management (RPM) as a means to extend care to those who live in areas too remote to effectively access high-quality care in person.

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