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Temple uses $1M of FCC telehealth funding for virtual care platform, tablets and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patients dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid make up roughly half of the Medicare inpatient base. More than 40% of total inpatient cases include a behavioral health diagnosis. Temple also is a critical access point for vital public health services. ” USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Health Populi

At the same time, health system leaders in the study cite three key strategies topping their list, including the need to grow revenue, recruit and retain staff ( think: burnout ), and reduce costs. Connectivity as a social determinant of health. These trends began to take hold in the U.S.

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How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes. Hopefully the Congress and state legislatures will act soon to ensure the temporary reimbursement expansions for telemedicine will continue after the public health emergency ends.

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Scene Health Secures $17.7 Million Series B Financing Led by ABS Capital Partners

Healthcare IT Today

This funding is a critical milestone to defining a new, modern standard for supporting medication adherence using evidence-based public health strategies.” About Scene Health Scene (formerly emocha) brings healthcare professionals, patients, and their families together to solve the $500 billion medication nonadherence problem.

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Dr. Burnout – The 2021 Medscape Physician Burnout & Suicide Report

Health Populi

When the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) developed the concept of the Triple Aim in 2007, it was founded on three pillars: enhancing patient experience, improving population health, and lowering per capita health care costs. Four in ten U.S. As we consider re-investing in the U.S.

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CMS launches Acute Hospital Care at Home program to help with COVID-19 surge

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

b) and (b)(1) of the Hospital Conditions of Participation, which require nursing services to be provided on premises 24 hours a day, seven days a week and the immediate availability of a registered nurse for care of any patient. " CMS has set up an online portal to expedite the submission of requests to waive §482.23(b)

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The American Hospital Association Looks at Retail and Tech Health Care Disruptors

Health Populi

hospital sector is facing major challenges on all fronts: staffing (especially nursing and more broadly, clinician burnout), supply chain, financial stressors, demographics, and cross-industry politics vis-à-vis pharma and health insurance.