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AMA Launches Initiative to Redefine the Value of Virtual Care

May 19, 2021 - The American Medical Association has announced a new initiative that is designed to help healthcare providers and payers better understand and measure the value of virtual care. “Understanding the value of virtual care is vital to inform decision making that facilitates the shift to digitally enabled care models that blend the best...

Telehealth Becoming a Preferred Platform for Cardiovascular Care

April 06, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

The COVID-19 threat pushed more people onto telehealth platforms for cardiovascular care, according to new research out of Cedars-Sinai. But it also led to fewer tests and medications. Those takeaways...

mHealth Helps Compass Medical Get a Complete View of Patient Care

April 05, 2021 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...

CMS Expands Telehealth Coverage for Audiologists, Speech-Language Pathologists

April 02, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has expanded Medicare coverage for certain audiology and speech-language pathology services delivered via telehealth during the coronavirus...

Stanford Children’s Uses mHealth to Keep Young Patients at Home

April 01, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic curtailing in-person care, physicians at Stanford Children’s Health are using mHealth devices and telehealth platforms to monitor some of their youngest and...

CMS Facing Pressure to Add Telehealth to Diabetes Prevention Programs

March 31, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

The Alliance for Connected Care is leading a new lobbying effort to include telehealth in a Medicare-funded diabetes prevention program. The organization is lining up supporters behind a letter that...

Support Builds to Add Telehealth Options for Critical Access Hospitals

March 29, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before Congress aims to expand telehealth access for patients living with mental health concerns at rural hospitals. The Rural Health Behavioral Access Act, sponsored by US Reps. Dan Kildee...

What Are the 10 Factors to Patient Satisfaction With Telehealth?

October 09, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

One of the challenges of creating a sustainable telehealth platform is figuring out what to measure and how to measure it. While clinical outcomes and changes to provider workflows are on the top of...

Memorial Hermann Maps Out a Strategy for Primary Care via Telehealth

October 06, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

While the coronavirus pandemic may have changed the rules, health systems across the country are investing more time and energy in telehealth platforms that take primary care out of the hospital and...

Using Telehealth to Make Patient Rounding More Efficient and Effective

September 28, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

For hospitals across the country, rounding is both a vital and complex process, pulling together staff and specialists from across the enterprise to collaborate on patient care. At Franciscan Health,...

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