Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2020

"Telehealth is now a household world," said American Telemedicine Association president Dr. Joe Kvedar during his keynote address Monday, the first day of the virtual ATA2020 conference. Through software, he said, "Our patients will feel cared for and we'll be able to extend our doctors and nurses across more patients."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

"When it comes to climate events – huge, natural disaster kinds of events … all the issues are compounded," said William Kiefer, CEO of Chambers Health, a community-based system in southeastern Texas. During the storm, many patients and providers alike were unable to make it into health facilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

With the sudden easing of restrictions by the government and equally sudden reimbursement from payers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s very clear telemedicine has never been more used or more vital. Hospitals and health systems have gone from dozens to thousands of telehealth visits per week. " Jason Bellet, Eko.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Fortunately, there’s a solution that can benefit both provider revenue and population health: telemedicine. While virtual health can’t solve every Medicaid issue, it can dismantle many typical roadblocks: Providers and patients can meet as scheduled even if the patient has missed their bus or had a childcare cancellation.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2021

In preparing for our virtual meeting, I found that Ron had been trained as a nurse, and was a young pioneer working with the Maine telemedicine network 25 years ago. ’ Reliable video communications like Zoom are a way of life,” the company foresees.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Power points out several granular perspectives to keep in mind as we design and implement omnichannel health care services: Two-thirds of U.S. consumers has accessed video telehealth services in the 12 months from June-July 2021. economy, not just in the health care economy. “Patients really like telehealth,” J.D.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. Thanks to new regulations from the government and subsequent new rules from commercial payers, telemedicine services are being reimbursed. Moore is all for telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. A massive nationwide scale-up of telehealth and remote patient monitoring unlike anything yet seen.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Access to doctors and nurses through Urgent Care on the phone. For more on the Lively Flip, check out this video… The post Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. The GreatCall link app for family caregivers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2021

The need to quickly integrate telemedicine, and an opportunity for a better patient care model, caused a digital transformation roadmap to get accelerated. "Addressing the technology comfort level of the clinicians about how well they can do their jobs via video is another matter," Darrow observed.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 24, 2018

As a condition of payment, telehealth services must be provided using an interactive audio and video telecommunications system that permits real-time communication between the distant site, and the beneficiary at the originating site. This booklet targets the Fee-For-Service Provider and may be helpful to you.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

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Digital Health Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

I recently sat down with Dr. Joe Kvedar, President Elect of American Telemedicine Association, to discuss the future of digital healthcare at the Connected Healthcare Conference in Boston. Q1: What first sparked your interest in connected health and digital health?

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

million Northern California members in a discussion sponsored by the journal Health Affairs. Here is Dr. Pearl’s article in the recent issue and a video recording of the event and slides. Grabowski described the positive impact of telemedicine to support the care of nursing home residents after hours and on weekends.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2022

There are challenges in getting timely blood pressure data if dependent on a visiting nurse or if coming into the doctor's office with an infant is sometimes impossible. There are many vendors of connected health and remote patient monitoring technology and services on the health IT market today. MARKETPLACE.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 29, 2023

Virtual healthcare refers to delivering healthcare services remotely, using telemedicine, telehealth, and e-health. Virtual healthcare can be accessed through various platforms, including phone, video, email, and online portals. Virtual healthcare has several benefits. What is Virtual Healthcare? How Does it Work?

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

The health system provides employees opportunities to take part in global mission trips, and its wellness program offers incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). For two consecutive years, the health system was named among the Best Places to Work in Illinois.

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