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Telehealth has staying power, should benefit from lasting regulatory changes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Led by researchers from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study found that 2,656 unique providers conducted 144,940 video visits with 115,789 unique patients over the course of six weeks. "Medicare announced its coverage at noon, and we saw our first [Medicare] patient at 5 that day." Twitter: @kjercich.

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Zealous for Wellness: Deciding What Kind of Change You Want

Healthcare IT Today

The technique involves finding data from public sources such as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Data shows that in-home care leads to a shorter course of treatment, lower utilization of the health care system, and better medication adherence. offering in-home treatment.

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Remote therapeutic monitoring is reimbursable – here's what you need to know

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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Former Amazon medical officer examines Surgeon General's clinician burnout warning

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Maulik Majmudar, chief medical officer and cofounder at Biofourmis, a vendor of personalized, predictive health IT – who prior to that served as Amazon’s medical officer who led the launch of Halo – sat down with Healthcare IT News to discuss the crisis and potential solutions.

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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

So let’s take a deeper look into healthcare at home to see how it has evolved over time, the technology that is driving this change, and how it is impacting our patients and providers. We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today community to get their insights into this topic. The following is what they had to say.

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With the Silver Tsunami on its way, telehealth is ready for its moment

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" There's another about "inspired aging and virtual care transformation" and another touting home care successes thanks to a "virtual care-enabled remote monitoring program." " None of that is a coincidence, of course. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Podcast: Telehealth for Parkinson’s care

Meaningful HIT News

We, of course, discussed cross-state licensure holding back wider use of remote care, a subject that is very much in the news right now. In fact, Health Data Management just published a story I wrote about, in part, the launch of the Alliance for Connected Care. MP3, mono, 128 kbps, 16.3 Running time 17:54.