Care Coordination

Virtual Multidisciplinary Rounds Help Cut Length of Patient Stay

August 25, 2023 - Virtual multidisciplinary rounds, combined with interventions like discharge huddles, can reduce patient length of stay (LOS) and observation hours, according to a new study. Previous research, stretching back more than a decade, has shown a correlation between in-person multidisciplinary rounding and reduced patient LOS. For instance, a study...


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Amazon Care Veterans Create Virtual Care Service For Latino Community

by Anuja Vaidya

Zócalo Health, a membership-based virtual care service focused on the Latino community, has raised $5 million in seed funding to support its launch.   Founded by Erik Cardenas and Mariza...

Ensuring Care Continuity Through an EHR-Integrated Telehealth Platform

by Anuja Vaidya

After investing heavily in virtual care over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems must now determine how best to integrate telehealth with existing digital tools to create a seamless care journey for patients. In the rush...

Incorporating a Human Element Into RPM Services

by Anuja Vaidya

Over the past two years, remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs have increased, with health systems using the care modality for various clinical activities, including tracking chronic disease patient outcomes. Both providers and...

OSU Wexner Medical Center to Launch In-Home Heart Failure Care Program

by Anuja Vaidya

Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is working with health technology company WellSky to implement an at-home heart failure program that aims to reduce readmissions for this...

Colorado Medicaid Program Supports New Teleneurology Project

by Eric Wicklund

Colorado’s Medicaid program is funding a three-year telehealth project aimed at offering virtual visits with neurologists to patients with Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease...

Amazon Enhances Alexa for mHealth Platforms in Hospitals, Senior Homes

by Eric Wicklund

Amazon is ramping up its connected health platform with new services designed to expand Alexa’s capabilities in healthcare organizations and senior living facilities. Offered through the Alexa...

mHealth App Improves Heart Attack Treatment, Care Coordination

by Victoria Bailey

Physicians at the Mount Sinai Health System have developed an mHealth application to improve care coordination and speed up care delivery for heart attack patients. The app seeks to improve health...

WVU Researchers Try to Determine How Much Telehealth is Enough

by Eric Wicklund

With telehealth use skyrocketing over the past year and a half due to the coronavirus pandemic, some have wondered if there’s a limit to its effectiveness. Is there a certain number of virtual...

New mHealth Study Takes on Health Outcomes Among the Homeless

by Eric Wicklund

A new study being launched out of the University of Texas aims to see whether mHealth can improve healthcare access and outcomes for homeless people. Funded by a grant from the Health and Human...

Is Telehealth More Stressful for Nurses Than In-Person Care?

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth is often touted as a method for improving workloads and reducing stress on healthcare providers. But a recent study is questioning whether those services actually put more pressure on...

South Shore Health Leverages Telehealth, RPM in New ‘SNF at Home’ Program

by Eric Wicklund

South Shore Health is adding remote patient monitoring capabilities to its Mobile Integrated Health program, giving the one-year-old program telehealth and mHealth tools that aim to improve care...

Emory Healthcare Links EMS Providers to Telehealth For Emergency Care

by Eric Wicklund

A Georgia health system is launching a telehealth program aimed at putting its providers at the scene of emergency calls to help treat patients before they reach the hospital. Emory Healthcare is...

Intermountain Bolsters Connected Health Footprint With Air Transport Service

by Eric Wicklund

Intermountain Healthcare has announced plans to acquire an air medical transport company, a move that officials say will also improve its telehealth program. The Salt Lake City-based health system...

mHealth Helps Compass Medical Get a Complete View of Patient Care

by Eric Wicklund

A Massachusetts-based health system that saw a more than 50 percent decrease in office visits during the height of the coronavirus pandemic is using mHealth to make sure patients are still getting the...

Telehealth, RPM Programs Can Benefit Greatly From a Nurse’s Perspective

by Eric Wicklund

When the Blessing Health System recently launched a remote patient monitoring program to provide care for newly-discharged COVID-19 patients, officials were quick to point out that the platform would...

Simple Virtual Solutions Promote Senior Care Beyond COVID-19

by Emily Sokol, MPH

There is no denying telehealth has played a critical role in care delivery throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Even the senior population – falsely accused of being slow adopters of new technology...

NY City Uses Telehealth to Curb ER Traffic, Improve Care Coordination

by Eric Wicklund

A city in New York is reducing emergency department traffic and improving time to treatment by deploying a telehealth program through its fire department. The Schenectady Fire Department launched the...

Telehealth Is ‘The Best Tool’ in the Healthcare Toolbox for FQHCs

by Eric Wicklund

Federally qualified health centers looking to expand their telehealth footprint need to take a closer look at why their patients are having problems accessing healthcare. Transportation issues,...

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