Connected Health

How Connected Health Tech Bolsters Chronic Care, Behavioral Health

October 25, 2023 - Connected healthcare technologies are transforming care delivery, patient outcomes, and provider workflows, particularly in the chronic disease management and behavioral healthcare arenas. The adoption and use of these technologies, including telehealth tools and healthcare wearable devices, skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This resulted in healthcare provider organizations...


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Connected Healthcare Strategies to Boost Rural Access, Digital Equity

by Anuja Vaidya

In the post-public health emergency (PHE) landscape, healthcare provider organizations are increasingly focused on incorporating and expanding hybrid, omnichannel, and connected models of care. These models leverage digital tools to...

How Healthcare Providers, Payers Are Connecting Patients to Care

by Anuja Vaidya

Providers have more ways than ever before to connect patients with healthcare services. The digital health boom, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, has resulted in a wide range of connected care technologies and strategies that can help...

Overcoming Digital Access, Technology Integration Hurdles to Connected Care

by Anuja Vaidya

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of connected care technologies, making them a 'must-have' rather than a 'nice-to-have' for most healthcare providers. But the rapid uptake has not been smooth, with providers facing...

Connected Health Initiative Urges CMS to Support mHealth Innovation in IPPS

by Mark Melchionna

As healthcare becomes increasingly virtual, the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and various other agencies...

FCC Closes Out Connected Care Pilot With $30M in New Grants

by Anuja Vaidya

The Federal Communications Commission has selected 16 new Connected Care Pilot Program projects to receive $29.7 million in funding. This is the fourth and final set of approved projects under the...

Tennessee Hospital Launches At-Home Hospital Program

by Mark Melchionna

To combat issues surrounding resource availability within hospitals and patient comfort levels, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has unveiled an at-home hospital program that enables clinicians to...

Mayo, Kaiser Join $110M Funding Round for Hospital-at-Home Company

by Anuja Vaidya

Medically Home, a Boston-based company that operates acute care-at-home programs, has raised $110 million in a new funding round, which includes investments from the likes of Mayo Clinic and Kaiser...

FCC Announces $42.7M for 5th Round of COVID-19 Telehealth Funding

by Victoria Bailey

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has awarded an additional $42.7 million in telehealth funding to be distributed among 68 newly approved healthcare providers as a part of its COVID-19...

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...

New Bill Targets Telehealth Provisions in High-Deductible Health Plans

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before Congress aims to improve telehealth coverage, particularly for primary care services, in high-deductible health insurance plans. The Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act (HR...

Biden Administration Emphasizes Telehealth in its Infrastructure Strategy

by Eric Wicklund

The federal government is making a concerted effort to link broadband connectivity and telehealth to the nation’s infrastructure. The Us Department of Agriculture last week unveiled more than...

FCC Announces 3rd Group of COVID-19 Telehealth Program Awards

by Eric Wicklund

The Federal Communications Commission has announced a third group of healthcare organizations to receive funding through the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Some 71 projects have qualified for roughly...

Digital Therapeutics Stakes its Claim to the Fast Growing mHealth Marketplace

by Eric Wicklund

The Consumer Technology Association has created standards for the use of digital therapeutics in an effort to define and establish value for the mHealth platform. “The biggest challenge in the...

DiMe, FDA, Amazon Eye Best Practices for Sensors in mHealth Devices

by Eric Wicklund

The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) is collaborating with the US Food and Drug Administration and some heavy hitters in the technology market to develop best practices for integrating mHealth sensors...

ATA Asks the Biden Administration For Assurances on Telehealth Coverage

by Eric Wicklund

Worried that Congress is too busy to take on long-term telehealth policy, telehealth advocates are calling on the Biden Administration to ensure that emergency measures enacted to expand access...

AtlantiCare Adapts to Consumer Healthcare With a Digital Directory

by Eric Wicklund

The key to success in today’s business world is online presence, and that’s no different in healthcare. A healthcare organization needs to have an appealing and convenient entry to virtual...

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