Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

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.

Telehealth 292

Telehealth Medicare Telemedicine Public Health 292

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you made your living in commercial real estate — and especially, working with hospitals’ and health systems’ office space — would the concept of telehealth be freaking you out right now? The firm asserts that, and I quote from the report, “telehealth is not replacing the physical office by any means.”

Telehealth 227

Telehealth Medicare Life Science Mental health 227

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

More than 230 healthcare and industry organizations wrote a letter to governors across the country asking for expanded access to telehealth via licensure flexibilities. The letter was signed by a diverse range of organizations, including: Industry representatives such as Amazon, Amwell, Epic and Kroger. WHY IT MATTERS.

Telehealth 183

Telehealth Public Health Healthcare IT Telemedicine 183

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

expressing support for the Telehealth Modernization Act and stressing the urgency of safeguarding access to virtual care before the public health emergency is set to expire. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., WHY IT MATTERS. In its letter, the CHI supported these provisions and urged Alexander and his colleagues to go further.

Connected Health 195

Connected Health Telehealth Medicare Public Health 195

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2022

The American Telemedicine Association and its ATA Action affiliate on Monday expressed support for a bipartisan bill that would extend the virtual care flexibilities of the public health emergency another two years. They also called for the legislation to safeguard two other provisions they said were key to health equity.

Telehealth 145

Telehealth Public Health Medicare Connected Health 145

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 1, 2021

By now, it's become a truism that telehealth use saw an enormous jump in 2020 , spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and enabled by the relaxation of federal regulations. What's less certain, however, is what that utilization will look like in the future, particularly as the end of the public health emergency looms.

Telehealth 167

Telehealth Public Health Healthcare IT Digital Health 167

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

representatives has reintroduced a bill aimed at expanding access to telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced this past week by Rep. A bipartisan group of U.S. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., cosponsored by Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., WHY IT MATTERS.

Telehealth 211

Telehealth Medicare Public Health Telemedicine 211

Advanced Medical Reviews

MAY 2, 2019

The future of telehealth continues to build interest due to its convenience and cost-effectiveness. Not only does it increase access to care and reduce travel time—especially for people living in rural areas—but telehealth also decreases the number of hospital stays and can improve communication between clinicians. utilize telehealth.

Telehealth 88

Telehealth mHealth Mobile Health Health Policy 88

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." " WHY IT MATTERS.

Telehealth 214

Telehealth Medicare Public Health Telemedicine 214

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A new report released this week from Bloomberg Intelligence predicted that the telehealth sector could bring in $20 billion in U.S. The Digital Reshaping the Health Care Ecosystem publication said that virtual care is set to "become a staple" of healthcare delivery. Who are the telehealth 'super utilizers?'

Telehealth 157

Telehealth Public Health Healthcare IT 157

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2021

The bill, HB 3308, requires insurance reimbursement parity for virtual mental health and substance use disorder services, as well as authorizing all other telehealth to be covered through 2027. Expands the early intervention services that can be provided through telehealth. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

Telehealth 181

Telehealth Telemedicine Leadership Mental health 181

Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.

Telehealth 374

Telehealth Mental health Medicare Telemedicine 374

Continue Education Journal

AUGUST 31, 2022

2022.2284), examined the impact of telehealth services for substance use disorder treatment and the provision of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) among Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study, published online in JAMA Psychiatry (doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry. About ATA Action. About the ATA.

Telehealth 130

Telehealth Psychiatry Medicare Telemedicine 130

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

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. Giving HHS the authority to determine appropriate telehealth services and providers. ON THE RECORD.

Telehealth 185

Telehealth eHealth Public Health Connected Health 185

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2023

As part of a new collaboration with the Connecticut Children's Care Network, Nest Collaborative will provide unlimited same-day telehealth appointments with certified lactation consultants for parents in need of prenatal and perinatal breastfeeding support. ON THE RECORD.

Telehealth 149

Telehealth Primary Care Mental health Healthcare IT 149

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

House of Representatives on Thursday aims to ensure telehealth is able to continue to build on its potential in the years ahead, by making permanent some policies enacted during the pandemic and protecting Medicare beneficiaries' ability to engage in virtual care. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

Telehealth 170

Telehealth Medicare Public Health Telemedicine 170

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

The Linux Foundation has launched a new project to harness open source software to help global public health agencies fight back against COVID-19 and prepare for future public health challenges. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. COVID Green was created by a team at NearForm in cooperation with the Irish government.

Public Health 116

Public Health Healthcare IT 116

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

Trust in the technology industry has crashed to an all-time low based on the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. ” The first chart shows the one-year trend on trust across industries through U.S. Most industries lost citizens’ trust between 2020 and 2021, most notably, Technology, dropping the greatest margin at 9 points.

Public Health 413

Public Health Digital Health Health Technology Mobile Health 413

Continue Education Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

For example, 56% of counties in the US do not have a psychiatrist, 64% of counties have a shortage of mental health providers, and 70% of counties are without a child psychiatrist according to McKinsey & Company. There is still uncertainty of the fate of other services as the public health emergency ends.

Telehealth 130

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Mental health 130

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

"The future of mental health care requires omnichannel care where telehealth plays a role in a larger continuum of treatments," said Dr. Carlene MacMillan, vice president of clinical innovation at Osmind, in a statement. We are thrilled to partner to offer their industry-leading solution." " THE LARGER TREND.

Psychiatry 136

Psychiatry EHR Telehealth Mental health 136

Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as peoples’ daily lives shifted closer and closer to home, and for some weeks and months home-all-the-time, health care, too, moved beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and doctors’ offices. TripleTree is an investment bank that has advised health care transactions since 1997.

Telehealth 380

Telehealth Public Health Life Science Primary Care 380

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2022

senators and representatives urged congressional leadership to safeguard Medicare telehealth services this past Friday. "Telehealth has been a critical tool during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that patients continue to receive the health care they need while keeping health care providers and patients safe," read the letter.

Telehealth 136

Telehealth Medicare Leadership Public Health 136

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency set to expire on May 11, the U.S. At issue for a large number in the telehealth, behavioral health and medical communities as well as some policymakers would be the barriers to care access many patients experienced before the pandemic.

Telehealth 99

Telehealth Telemedicine Public Health Healthcare IT 99

Health Populi

MAY 2, 2024

May is Mental Health Awareness Month each year, so time to be even more vigilant in calling out the Gallup findings and continued stigma and barriers to accessing needed services. In the meantime, more older people feel the mental/physical health service gap even more acutely than younger health citizens.

Mental health 193

Mental health Primary Care Telehealth Public Health 193

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Mental and behavioral health. Four in five U.S.

Telehealth 156

Telehealth Primary Care Telemedicine Public Health 156

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

The report, from data and analytics company GlobalData, found that fewer than half of the cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonology and respiratory specialists surveyed were using telehealth before the pandemic. But uncertainty about those regulations also dogs the industry. THE LARGER TREND.

Telehealth 213

Telehealth Telemedicine Public Health Healthcare IT 213

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2021

Virtual care aligns with strategic imperatives to improve health outcomes, enhance patient safety, and optimize the patient experience for populations with medical complexity and high healthcare needs. As a result, it will pay off if healthcare can continue the expansion of telehealth started by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Telehealth 206

Telehealth EHR Interoperability Patient Experience 206

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power and BDO illustrate some mis-alignment between the demand and supply side of telehealth.

Telehealth 203

Telehealth Telemedicine Patient Experience Accountable Care 203

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The report, released this week from consumer credit reporting company Experian, notes that the pivot to new technologies necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic will continue to leave businesses, including those in the healthcare industry, vulnerable to data breaches. "Cyberattacks are nothing new to the healthcare industry.

Telehealth 208

Telehealth Digital Health Public Health Healthcare IT 208

Ortholive

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We’re nearing the end of the fourth quarter, 2019, and telehealth shows no signs of abating. In November, one of the largest insurance companies in the nation reported extremely high patient satisfaction scores for their subscribers, along with a cost reduction from using telehealth.

Telehealth 52

Telehealth Public Health mHealth Telemedicine 52

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I covered the event here in Health Populi, as I have for most of the past decade, highlighting the growth of digital health and, this year, the expanding Internet of Healthy Things called-out by Dr. Joseph Kvedar in 2015. Telehealth, too, is embraced by 3 in 5 people for both physical and mental health services.

Mental health 335

Mental health Telehealth Public Health Digital Health 335

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2022

Healthcare provider organizations and clinicians are fortunate that telehealth has gone mainstream as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes. Please explain.

Telehealth 214

Telehealth Nursing Patient Experience Healthcare IT 214

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. "Today we have the opportunity to consider how we can deploy telehealth to expand access to healthcare for everyone," said Sen. " Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. HELP Committee Chairman Sen.

Telehealth 166

Telehealth Telemedicine Public Health HIPAA 166

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

(FYI you might know of NABIP by its former acronym, NAHU, the National Association of Health Underwriters). NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting.

HIPAA 340

HIPAA Public Health Leadership Mental health 340

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

With the rise of the coronavirus Delta variant, two out of five American adults would use telehealth to get medical care, according to a recent Jarrard poll. And Americans, as the Jarrard poll shows, are still ready to go when it comes to telehealth. Use of virtual care spiked big-time last year, and remains in wide use today.

Telehealth 203

Telehealth Telemedicine Healthcare IT Public Health 203

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions. Digitally-enabled care is the future of telehealth – “telehealth” has become industry norm since the start of the pandemic and used as a catchall term for everything from virtual doctor’s appointments to at-home testing kits.

Telehealth 119

Telehealth Health IT Digital Health Mental health 119

InTouch Health

APRIL 2, 2020

Advancing the Reaches of Telehealth. Several major health crises forced the industry to reconsider the status quo, leading to sweeping changes throughout the United States’ health system. were nearing the Industrial Revolution, and many individuals were flocking to major urban areas in search of work and a better life.

Medical Technology 52

Medical Technology Public Health Chronic pain management Telehealth 52