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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The sprawling provider network continues to seek new ways to deliver better care to its members where they live, in their communities and their homes. VA is committed to increasing access to care for all enrolled veterans and has placed special emphasis on those in rural and remote locations. Evans, VA Office Of Connected Care.

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GlobalMed®, a Partner with Valor Healthcare, Awarded Contract to Provide Remote Patient Monitoring to the VA Office of Connected Care

GlobalMed

GlobalMed®, a Partner with Valor Healthcare, Awarded Contract to Provide Remote Patient Monitoring to the VA Office of Connected Care. 72,000 veterans with chronic care needs are currently enrolled in VA RPM-HT. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. GlobalMed technologies have facilitated over 63 million secure telehealth consultations globally.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"These tools have supported improvement in efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of patient care." While this gap is not easily overcome, Grady Health pursued and was selected as a participant in the FCC Connected Care Pilot Program for addressing such challenges." " Collaborative IT.

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Connected Care Is Essential to Telemedicine’s Success

American Well

Shared risk and team-based assessments are the new reality, and connected care — that is, telemedicine — is an essential business tool, because in the changing health care climate, telemedicine can help improve care and reduce costs.

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Connected Care Is Essential to Telemedicine’s Success

American Well

Shared risk and team-based assessments are the new reality, and connected care — that is, telemedicine — is an essential business tool, because in the changing health care climate, telemedicine can help improve care and reduce costs.

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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. "Connected Care is, and will remain, a critical part of how VA is able to care for the veterans we serve," he said. The COVID-19 crisis, though, triggered a rapid scale-up.

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MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. This grant comes as we near the conclusion this month of our first two-year, $1 million award studying how telehealth transformation impacted primary care access.