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7 Tips for Choosing the Right Telehealth Partner

MeMD

Amid COVID-19, telehealth has become an essential part of healthcare delivery and a preferred means of accessing care. With large and growing demand for virtual care, telehealth companies nationwide have rushed a host of solutions to market. Second, the U.S.

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Digital Side Door Part 2: Attract and Retain Patients with These Tips

Xealth

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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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

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). In fact, today, we’re seeing telehealth reimagine care in a more profound and meaningful way than we’ve seen historically.

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5 Tips for Having Your Best Online Doctor’s Visit

MeMD

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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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We already had developed a virtual personal protective equipment model in our special pathogen unit of our Medical ICU, or iSOCOMS," said Dr. Karen Rheuban, cofounder and director of the Center for Telehealth and medical director of telemedicine at the University of Virginia Health System.

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[Free Webinar] The Ins and Outs of Telehealth Selection

eVisit

With the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent spikes, and a potential second wave , many hospital and health system leaders are now conducting a comprehensive telehealth technology search with the future in mind. How do you envision enabling virtual care in our organization? Updated: Aug. The Top 5 Considerations. #1

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Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic. ” As we saw during the pandemic, delaying care can have dire results, and virtual-first all but solves the issue. And what does this ultimately mean for telehealth?