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Legislators and healthcare orgs rally in favor of bipartisan telehealth bill

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Several healthcare organizations and elected officials came together on Thursday in support of legislation safeguarding access to telehealth after the pandemic. "We have seen the positive impact of telehealth across the nation," said Jen Covich Bordenick, CEO at eHealth Initiative. " "Telehealth is not new.

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Judy Faulkner talks lessons learned from Epic's COVID-19 response

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

On the promise of telehealth and virtual care: Telehealth is going to be a real change for healthcare around the country. It's not [going] back to where it used to be, and it never will. And we as a country have to figure out what we do with telehealth for the indigent population who don't have the access to it.

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Patrick Yount, CIO, Lincoln Community Hospital and Care Center, Chapter 2

Health System CIO

He’ll discuss his strategy in selecting a vendor, the “fantastic opportunity” Lincoln has to become a leader in behavioral health, the approach he took as the organization’s first CIO, and why, despite its faults, he’s still a champion of Meaningful Use. Behavioral health teleservices — “It’s very exciting”.