GlobalMed

APRIL 26, 2021

GlobalMed, a telehealth industry leader, announced today their support of a $250M COVID-19 telehealth funding program offered by the FCC to eligible nonprofit and public health care providers. 2020 was grim in many ways, but you can’t deny it’s offered a fast-track education in healthcare strategy.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

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. Collaboration can help insure as well as assure health.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took refuge online. Clinical sites that had long ignored the appeals of telehealth advocates suddenly adopted virtual visits. Improved workflows.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

The high-deductible health plan design in fact prevents many people from seeking preventive care or testing: uninsured patients could pay at least $500 for a test, and a 10-day hospital stay can tally $75,000 according to Gerard Anderson , professor of public health at Johns Hopkins.

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Henry Kotula

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Pandemic-induced telehealth booms, continued strain due to understaffing and pressure from big tech disruptors are just some of the issues that have presented themselves this year. Here are five major trends that hospitals and health systems may see in 2022. Telehealth expansion. In late December, the FCC approved $42.7

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Health Populi

JUNE 17, 2021

The vanguard of health care leaders has begun to recognize this value and importance delivered by unpaid caregivers. ” Underpinning these strategies to support caregivers are a portfolio of technologies used to communicate with folks. Remote monitoring is utilized by 1 in 5 health care leaders.

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Lloyd Price

MARCH 13, 2024

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 20, 2021

"Now patients can see a healthcare professional in a telehealth visit and then have the medications mailed to their home," Moore added. Since its initial approval, it has been subject to a so-called Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, which required it to be dispensed at a clinic, hospital or medical office.

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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. Policy and reimbursement consultancy Applied Policy hired Steven Johnson as Health Policy Director.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Among them are new allowances for telehealth and remote monitoring, for what CMS is calling the Acute Hospital Care at Home program. With the new Acute Hospital Care At Home program, eligible hospitals will get further regulatory flexibility to treat eligible patients in their homes, through telehealth and remote monitoring.

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Mend

MARCH 14, 2024

Flexibility and Telehealth : In response to evolving healthcare needs and public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the regulations allow for flexibility in treatment delivery In this article, we’ll explore the recent key changes to 42 CFR Part 8 and their implications for healthcare professionals striving to combat OUD.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

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. The largest retailer in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

President, Emirates Nursing Association. Al Mahri is also group chief nursing officer at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, or "SEHA," where she was the first senior nursing leader to identify the importance of the nursing informatics specialty. They are: Aysha Al Mahri. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Sue Feldman, RN.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2022

Later that year, the three organizations launched the Advanced Care at Home Coalition , aimed at working with Congress to ensure continuity of care beyond the public health emergency. But not everyone has been pleased: Nurse unions criticized the strategy, saying it undermined their role and potentially endangering patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs. Casetivity can ingest, standardize, and share health data. I talked to Diana Zuskov, associate vice president for healthcare strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions , about uses for their data.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The report, which calls telehealth “one of the most promising quality of life opportunities in the United States today,” looks closely at the lack of broadband access in rural areas. It also examines the lack of digital readiness in hospitals, research facilities, public health agencies and payers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic generated uneven experiences for millions of Americans as physicians, therapists, nurse practitioners, hospitals and other caregivers – all coming to telehealth with varying levels of experience themselves – tried suddenly to meet patients where they were, said PwC researchers.

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Health System CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2020

He also talks about how the innovative culture at UT Health Austin has enabled his team to flourish, their strategy when it comes to contact tracing, the enormous potential telemedicine offers in terms of health equity, and why he feels like two years has “flown by.”.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MAY 10, 2023

In this article, we will explore the importance of patient education in healthcare outcomes and strategies for effective patient education. We will also examine how remote patient monitoring technology can enhance patient education and contribute to improved health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it was making almost $48 million available in American Rescue Plan funding for public health capacity in rural and tribal communities, through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions And now, check out our community’s Telehealth and VR predictions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But at the same time, the pandemic public health emergency is scheduled to end in May, which means action is needed by lawmakers to keep reimbursement going in 2023. We interviewed Gorton to get his expert perspective on what may be the big trends in telehealth this year. There's lots going on, to say the least.

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Digital Health Today

JUNE 17, 2021

Telehealth is one of the foremost digital solutions introduced during this strange period and ,alongside dedicated regulation, aimed to ensure continuous treatment, especially for chronic patients. We have to follow the flow, adapting strategies to change and transform the global health ecosystem as much as possible.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2020

The Korean government has made a strategy to triage COVID-19 patients based on their risks. In order to prevent the in-hospital spread of COVID-19, SNUBH adopted two strategies. How has your organization worked with the health authority in managing the COVID-19 situation in your country?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs. Check back for additions in the days and weeks ahead.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Looking to 2024, automation will remain another valuable strategy to address shortage-related issues by digitizing manual tasks and streamlining workflows. Developing a competitive workforce strategy remains critical to attract and maintain top talent. However, the workforce must be prepared for advanced technologies.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 27, 2020

and stay-at-home orders were implemented nationwide, telehealth became a necessary way for urgent care to continue. Some of that will be rolled back, but much may persist as patients and providers grow more used to using telehealth and platforms become smoother. When the number of COVID-19 cases first surged in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. We need to refine the Ryan Haight Act to develop a telemedicine registry that can safely prescribe controlled medication virtually.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

However, the Chronic Care Model offers approaches that could help us address this critical public health crisis. The Chronic Care Model is a framework that identifies the essential elements of a health system that promotes high-quality chronic illness care. registered nurses, etc.) Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs).

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American Well

MAY 28, 2020

Virtual care was a key part of the organization’s response strategy. AU Health had already partnered with Amwell on a direct-to-consumer urgent care program, AU Health Express Care, which it planned to roll out to its employees on April 1, 2020. A COVID-19 Ecosystem Emerged — with Telehealth at the Center.

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Henry Kotula

AUGUST 5, 2020

Arguably, the nation’s public health defenses should anticipate global pandemics and apply resources. Instead, COVID-19 hit the public healthcare infrastructure suddenly and hard. They were able to flip the switch on telehealth, use data and analytics to pinpoint patients at risk for. of a charging Gray Rhino.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2023

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) turns 75 today. As The Lancet stated on July 1, 2023, “Strengthening of primary and community care, public health, and broader preventive measures beyond the health sector” will be an important remedy to assure NHS survival and effectiveness.

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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. Indiana University Health. Gundersen Health System.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

They might have had some pieces; some health systems were large and ready to scale. But I don't think there's a single system, really, that we've talked to, that didn't see exponential growth in terms of the number of uses of telehealth and other digital health solutions," Wolf continued.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Africa is facing a dramatic public health crisis - with high communicable and chronic disease rates, maternal mortality, neonatal deaths, and a shocking number of HIV/AIDS cases. A primary factor in this crisis is the lack of access to health care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Personal value-based care will continue to grow in 2024 and it will be critical for healthcare providers to create digital access to support in-person and telehealth visits in order to maximize outcomes for both healthcare organizations and patients while driving consistent operational efficiency.

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