Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

This trend is prevalent in both rural and urban regions – with the result of increased pressure on those remaining facilities and centers that are already overextended. Region Tag: Global Edition Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: Healthcare's new equation = technology + operations Featured Decision Content:

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Satellite (more than 8 million) enabled Internet access in rural areas. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking The numbers who don’t have Internet subscriptions have remained the same, perhaps because of cost, perceived utility, or living in a location where it is difficult to access.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Home care vs. assisted living – the demand is for home care. Hospitals continue to close , especially in rural areas. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Mobile PERS. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 14, 2021

Pew’s survey categories included : Age, Rural/Urban, Male-Female, Income, Race, and Education. category tags: Technology - AARP , computers, internet and social networking. Let’s assume that many are now concerned that older adults may have missed vaccine sign-up opportunities without access to the Internet. Crazy, huh?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Or are these ‘quality of life’ technologies for all ages, especially those who live alone or in rural areas? category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking , hearables , smartphones. Consider whether those four categories are AgeTech or ‘assistive solutions.’ Drawing the AgeTech line.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Many stakeholders have noted the importance of expanding access to broadband as a fundamental necessity – an endeavor that may run up, as Federal Office of Rural Health Senior Adviser for Telehealth William England put it , a "hundreds-of-billion-dollar" price tag.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

More than 14 million urban homes and nearly 4 million rural homes have no broadband. Annually, billions in government spending to replace obsolete networks passes over big cities, and is squandered by large telecom and cable companies before broadband reaches rural homes. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | June 27, 2023 News How RPM can solve many patient and provider problems in rural areas For example, the Mayo Clinic has shown that 72.5% Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Connected Health of remote patient monitoring patients comply with.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. Even in rural areas, making use of these pre-PHE authorities was not easy. These might include fixing the "rural glitch" or addressing the HCC risk score cap.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Hospitals are closing, particularly in rural areas – boosting expectations about care delivery in the home. Report is published -- read it here ] category tags: caregivers , healthcare , tech-enabled home care , home health care , senior living Consider the baby boomer population growth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Some parts of the country, mainly rural and sparsely populated regions, don't have adequate telecom infrastructure to ensure bandwidth needed for telehealth. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Has telehealth hit the high watermark? Featured Decision Content:

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Rural area reduced choices of services or providers – and without broadband, technological solutions (like telehealth and online support) may fail to fill the gap. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Another initiative was launched in March 2020 to improve the Broadband Data Maps , particularly concerned with rural broadband access, which required the FCC to use the "newly-created maps when making new awards of broadband fundin g." category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Seniors , telehealth.

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David Chou

MARCH 25, 2023

The move comes at a price tag of $3.9 Healthcare Crystal Ball One overlooked area is the rural parts of the country that lack sufficient healthcare delivery. Winning the Patient Acquisition Game The shift from fee-for-service towards value-based care requires a massive collection of patients to manage appropriately.

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33 Charts - Digital Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

While some practice situations necessitate this (rural, solo practice or concierge) in other circumstances I don’t think this is fully thought through. Another case is the critical MRI at the end of the day when I’m playing phone tag with a family. Here’s why I don’t give my cell phone number to patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Region Tag: Europe/UK Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Riding the digital wave through COVID-19 Featured Decision Content: A much-cited catalyst for change is that the crisis created a common purpose and urgency to make decisions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Telehealth can harness and focus broadband and hospital IT investments into digital advancements for urban and rural communities. Follow him on Twitter @cjsettles101 Region Tag: Global Edition Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices Featured Decision Content:

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Perhaps non-users are in rural areas. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors. On the other hand, according to Pew Research, only 66% of the 65+ (46 million) are broadband (that is, high enough speed) users to enable a smart speaker in the home. Which device/software will they ask and why?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Build out standalone high-powered Internet stations along rural routes to hospitals that emergency vehicles can connect to in case patients’ conditions deteriorate, or designate schools, libraries and other buildings as telehealth way-stations for vehicles. Region Tag: Global Edition. Follow him on Twitter @cjsettles101.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative, or TECC, at Boston Medical Center was developed out of the charge led by the federal government’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau to improve access to high-quality care for children and youth with epilepsy, especially those facing health disparities or living in rural regions. RESULTS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 25, 2018

Consider doctors , especially in rural areas, and the investment in digital health , including remote diagnostics and consultations with specialists. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. For such an innovative society, so far there are no good ideas.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 30, 2020

The new study by researchers from Harvard Medical School and the American Board of Family Medicine attempts to put a price tag on that hit by running a microsimulation for projected 2020 revenues based on volume data for general practices, general internal medicine practices, general pediatric practices and family medicine practices.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 1, 2022

While these services save considerable time and legwork, they often come with a hefty price tag — especially if multiple providers will be using the platform. These platforms, such as Pivot or Foundation Directory Online, perform much of the data collection, sorting, and analysis you need to identify potential grant funding sources.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Hospitals continue to close , especially in rural areas. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , computers, broadband, and social networking , baby boomers. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ? Home care vs. assisted living – the demand is for home care.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

This is impacting optical retailers, from the corporate giants to the still-large presence of Mom-and-Pop brick-and-mortar storefronts in shopping strips, mega-malls, and even practitioners’ homes in exurban and rural geographies. The tag line of the book is how AI can help humanize health care.

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Iris Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2021

While these services save considerable time and legwork, they often come with a hefty price tag — especially if multiple providers will be using the platform. These platforms, such as Pivot or Foundation Directory Online, perform much of the data collection, sorting, and analysis you need to identify potential grant funding sources.

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American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

The use of telemedicine across state borders has long been predicted as a way to improve access to care—particularly for patients in rural areas—as well as to give physicians and patients access to talented sub-specialists. Quantifying the Value of Pediatric Telemedicine in Rural Communities. Dark Daily.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In the last 20 years, telemedicine has radically cut healthcare costs and brought life-saving care into rural and underserved areas ; during the same period, cybercrime has boomed, with attackers repeatedly targeting healthcare organizations’ rich stores of valuable data.

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GlobalMed

MAY 27, 2020

At GlobalMed we know telemedicine can bring care to remote areas , but even with advancements in technology, people in rural and remote locations continue to face limitations in accessing healthcare. Rural areas across the world lack specialist care and many patients will travel to areas where their condition is better treated.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

Telehealth services can address geographic and physical barriers by improving access to quality care for patients living in rural and underserved areas, for patients who rely on caregivers for mobility, and shift workers who have difficulty accessing care during standard office hours. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Finally, telehealth facilitates the possibility of providing care to patients who reside in areas that are less accessible, like rural areas, he said. For example, if a patient’s blood tests come back and I need to discuss with him how to manage high cholesterol, I can schedule a telehealth visit instead of playing phone tag.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2022

urban and rural, where a major disaster can take out the power for a week or two while making freeways and streets unusable for a month. Region Tag: Global Edition. Communities may want to increase these mobile units. Creating emergency telehealth centers. There are many places in the U.S., Follow him on Twitter @cjsettles101.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 11, 2023

Shelley, a nurse in rural Eagle County, Colorado, went to her car and called a telehealth company to arrange an appointment with a sexual assault nurse examiner, or SANE. To avoid this scenario, teleSANE services are expanding across the country in rural, sparsely populated areas. Training costs money and takes time.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 11, 2023

Shelley, a nurse in rural Eagle County, Colorado, went to her car and called a telehealth company to arrange an appointment with a sexual assault nurse examiner, or SANE. To avoid this scenario, teleSANE services are expanding across the country in rural, sparsely populated areas. Training costs money and takes time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

TigerTouch allows providers to control communication by initiating communications with a patient’s cell number via text message, thus solving phone-tag and voicemail problems. The system also enables care providers to securely exchange photos, videos and file attachments on their smartphones. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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