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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? I asked myself, then went to my Oracle of Telehealth: Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of ATA (once named the American Telemedicine Association). It is clear that there’s no better use case for digital/tele/virtual health than what is unfolding right now.

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Connected Health Initiative Letter to Congressional Leadership Regarding Digital Health Tools to Fight COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Leader Schumer: We applaud your leadership in developing a bipartisan supplemental appropriations package responding to the coronavirus, or COVID-19. 2741 / H.R. However, we also urge you to provide a general waiver of those restrictions.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Chronic care and preventive care are important work, and they are something that the senior leadership needs to identify as a priority. They need to translate that priority into clear goals, which should be reflected in the health center’s policies, procedures, business plans, and financial planning. Nurse Practitioners (NPs).

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Evara Health is tackling chronic conditions and saving lives with RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As an FQHC, Evara did not qualify for reimbursement from Medicare. "With more than half of our patients on Medicaid and another quarter uninsured, we had no way to fund the initial startup costs or the ongoing service costs," said Howard Rubin, CIO at Evara Health.

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Trinity Health's RPM program drops 30-day readmissions rate from 16% to 6%

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2017, the health system – which has 100 continuing care locations, including home care, hospice, PACE programs and senior living facilities – was in a bind, facing double-digit hospital readmissions of 16% across its high-risk Medicare population. THE PROBLEM. Trinity needed to reduce readmissions to single digits.

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