South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 8, 2018

Consumer need is driving the development of telehealth programs across the country. Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs. Reimbursement is also key to telehealth program growth.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 6, 2023

While many practitioners have been using telehealth systems for years, many have as yet to begin using patient gateways to augment their services, in-person or through telehealth systems. The following addiction telehealth scenario involves a recently immigrated Nigerian wife and mother struggling with opioid addiction.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. Behavioral health EHR Valant launched Prospective Patient Management , a tool for matching patients and providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024. Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels.

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iSALUS Healthcare

APRIL 9, 2019

Patients need the proper tools that meet them where they are in life and help simplify the process of maintaining a relationship with their provider. These tools include things like the patient portal, online billing services, appointment reminders, the mobile app, and telehealth. Telehealth eliminates any travel costs.

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Xealth

JANUARY 18, 2024

In a previous blog post, I explained the side door concept as the tendency of patients to seek lower-value services outside their primary care network. The digital side door encompasses various online touchpoints – from websites and patient portals to mobile apps and telehealth services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Doing this enabled patients to know that a telehealth visit did not mean less quality. " They also had to ensure that all staff were aware of the types of telehealth visits that were beneficial to patients. Staff would offer Zoom telehealth capabilities for medical and mental health patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. Behavioral health EHR Valant launched Prospective Patient Management , a tool for matching patients and providers.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. The first chart illustrates consumers’ use of digital health tools, showing that online health information and online provider reviews.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Innovate long-term care. Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Note that WHO’s approach to digital health adoption includes equity, access, palliative care, privacy, and security. Help our children achieve their potential. Accelerate digital health. Advance academic medicine. Deliver breakthrough treatments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2022

" Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, El Camino had moved in the direction of telehealth, but virtual care was still a tool the hospital did not yet have. We selected Amwell as our telehealth vendor and planned to initiate implementation during the first quarter of 2020." " Then COVID-19 hit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

"Prior to COVID, we had very limited use of e-consults and asynchronous telehealth services to support patients' needs for certain specialty services," Silvestri noted. Pre-COVID, there were technologies available to support telehealth, but reimbursement was not uniform nor at parity with in-person or face-to-face visits.

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American Well

JANUARY 21, 2015

As telehealth grows in popularity in the U.S., there are still telehealth myths that persist. Below we’ve addressed the ones that come up most frequently: Telehealth Myth #1: All Doctor visits need to be in person. Telehealth Myth #2: Labs can’t be done online. Telehealth Myth #3: The doctors aren’t real.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the landscape of ambulatory care with rapid shifts to telehealth. Many states have directed insurers to temporarily cover COVID-19-related services via telehealth while mandating parity of reimbursement for telehealth visits with in-person visits for their Medicaid program.

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MeMD

MARCH 16, 2021

While telehealth has gotten lots of attention during the pandemic, this technology—albeit in more primitive forms—has been used for decades to facilitate care in difficult environments, such as for rural patients. One of the most significant challenges for patients approaching telehealth appointments is finding the right place for it.

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American Well

JANUARY 21, 2015

As telehealth grows in popularity in the U.S., there are still telehealth myths that persist. Below we’ve addressed the ones that come up most frequently: Telehealth Myth #1: All Doctor visits need to be in person. Telehealth Myth #2: Labs can’t be done online. Telehealth Myth #3: The doctors aren’t real.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2022

Patient portal use and telehealth visits have changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world, especially healthcare, upside down. In your hands-on experience working with healthcare provider organizations and IT, what changes have you observed in patient portals and telehealth visits since COVID-19 broke?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2019

“The result is nationally high rates for utilization of high-expense ‘place of service’ for acute, low-intermediate acuity care,” he said. Texas continues to be ranked near the bottom nationwide in ratio of primary care physicians to population. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 29, 2023

Federal privacy laws protect them, such as HIPAA in the United States and PIPEDA in Canada. Specialists, primary care physicians, and other healthcare professionals can securely access and exchange patient information, improving care coordination and continuity. Telehealth and Telepsychiatry Integration.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 3, 2023

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is a digital health tool that allows for the remote monitoring of patients’ health conditions. It is an essential tool for patients with asthma, as it helps to manage their condition better and improve their outcomes.

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TheraNest

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If a client struggles with transportation or lives too far away, consider doing telehealth sessions instead. Collaborate with Other Professionals In certain cases where therapists observe consistent dropout patterns, collaboration with other professionals, such as primary care physicians or psychiatrists, may be necessary.

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TheraNest

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If a client struggles with transportation or lives too far away, consider doing telehealth sessions instead. Collaborate with Other Professionals In certain cases where therapists observe consistent dropout patterns, collaboration with other professionals, such as primary care physicians or psychiatrists, may be necessary.

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Redox

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Telehealth is the obvious example here. Pre-covid, most health systems saw telehealth as a nice-to-have feature, something their few digital native patients would vibe with. Nowadays, it’s the primary way providers see patients. This example is so obvious that many investors aren’t even excited about telehealth anymore.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

This speaks to the fact that in emerging countries, health citizens are often leap-frogging health access using digital health tools, compared with patients and consumers in wealthier nations which have capital-intensive, bricks-and-mortar built medical care infrastructures.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Lighthouse Telehealth is a subsidiary of Harbor, formed in 2018 to meet the growing demand for telehealth. Access to psychiatric care has been a challenge across the country. " Sandy Hall, Lighthouse Telehealth. It serves more than 23,000 individuals annually. THE PROBLEM. ” PROPOSAL.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 27, 2023

Remote diabetes monitoring is a form of telehealth service that utilizes digital health tools and diabetes devices to help people with diabetes better manage their condition effectively. Compared to usual care, diabetes remote monitoring has been shown to improve diabetes control and health outcomes.

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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

In health care, scenario planning is a must-have tool in your tool-box if you have any role in foresight in your job – whether providing a service in your community, planning the launch of a new molecular entity, or innovating a novel food product going direct-to-consumer for well-being and self-care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2021

United Physicians, based in Bingham Farms, Michigan, is always on the hunt for programs that empower its primary care providers to serve as the medical home for patients. "For the past several years, we had been looking for a way to integrate behavioral care management into the primary care medical home," Coleman said.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 30, 2019

Meanwhile, investors are pouring billions of dollars into technologies that can enhance care in the home. Patient empowerment tools received the most funding of any function in 2018, according to a recent StartUp Health report. The top-funded specialty within this function was primary care at $591.8

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 5, 2024

Limited patient engagement: Traditional care approaches may lack mechanisms for engaging patients actively in their COPD management, leading to poor adherence to treatment plans and suboptimal self-management practices. Clear communication channels and collaborative care plans are vital components of successful care coordination.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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Mend

JANUARY 24, 2021

Telehealth is more important now than ever. Below is an excerpt from Mend’s latest eBook which discusses how practices of all sizes can easily integrate telehealth. If you would like to download the entire eBook, you can do so for free by going to The 2021 Guide to Fully Integrating Telehealth and Eliminating No-Shows.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Growing adoption of “broad-spectrum” self-care – including digital health tools. This only accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, and this time around, bolstered by digital health tools and access to broadband unavailable 14 years ago. Digital citizenship: whither health and personal data privacy in 2023?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

AI-enhanced workflow tools will be used to enhance existing processes to become more efficient and solve legacy industry challenges such as staffing burnout and the lack of harmonization for healthcare operations. 2023 was a tipping point for telehealth treatment. With the shortage of healthcare professionals in the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

So a patient will have to travel to a primary care or clinic setting and the on-site providers will set up a telemedicine cart within their room. " Staff had to figure out, fast, how to integrate this new model of care in a HIPAA-compliant model. " Integrating telehealth into the EHR.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

As we do each year, the Amwell team has selected from a highly competitive field of clients those who stand out for their innovation and achievement in telehealth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system saw an unprecedented surge in virtual care. Cleveland Clinic continues to be a model of provider engagement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 7, 2020

When Dr. Mehta adopted telemedicine for his practice six years ago, it represented a small percentage of his primary care business. Ashok Mehta, Hopdoc cofounder and owner of SimplyCare family practice in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Now he conducts hundreds of virtual visits a month.

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