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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. WHY IT MATTERS. Despite bipartisan support such legislation has failed to gather significant momentum.

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A Solution to Help Realize Remote Patient Monitoring’s Potential

Connected Health Initiative

With the many challenges presented, a cornerstone of any policymaker decision to use remote monitoring technology needs to start with an understanding of how it provides value to patients and providers. The post A Solution to Help Realize Remote Patient Monitoring’s Potential first appeared on Connected Health Initiative.

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CHI urges Congress to focus on opportunities to modernize the American healthcare system through the responsible uptake of innovative technology tools to achieve value-based care goals

Connected Health Initiative

This is a timely topic, especially now that the public health emergency (PHE) has ended, removing access to a number of flexibilities designed to improve access to healthcare. Members of the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) used these flexibilities to better reach patients, improve the quality of care, and reduce costs for caregivers.

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Telehealth Is Just Healthcare Now – One Post-COVID Certainty, Three Reports

Health Populi

McKinsey’s report models outpatient and office visits that can be virtually enabled for patients covered by both commercial and public sector health plans (Medicare and Medicaid). 35% of home health services, and. ” Those estimates include, 20% of diverted emergency department visits.

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Patients-As-Health Care Payers Define What a Digital Front Door Looks Like

Health Populi

A just-breaking report from the CDC explores the demographics of patients between 18 and 64 years of age (that is, not children and not folks of Medicare-age) who avoid prescription drugs due to cost, in Characteristics of Adults Age 18-64 Who Did Not Take Medication as Prescribed to Reduce Costs: United States, 2021.

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Add Behavioral Data to Social Determinants For Better Patient Understanding

Health Populi

The Sage team explains that, by layering knowledge about peoples’ behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes on top of the traditional SDOH factors, health care providers can mash-up SBDoH – “socio-behavioral determinants of health” — your new acronym to add to your growing list of healthcare ABCs.

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Bringing Telehealth to the Rehabilitation Industry

Advanced Medical Reviews

In addition, telehealth is presenting this industry with a lot more options with which to engage patients. As the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) notes, different telehealth modalities include: Live video: referred to as “synchronous” format and uses live interaction between two parties over video.