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Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic to Expand Home-Based Connected Health Program

by Eric Wicklund

Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic are planning to expand a relatively new care model that combines telehealth, mHealth and in-person visits to treat acute care patients in their own homes rather...

Senators Again Seek Telehealth Waivers for Home Healthcare Providers

by Eric Wicklund

Lawmakers are re-introducing a bill aimed at extending Medicare coverage for home health services delivered by telehealth during a public health emergency. S. 1309, introduced on April 22 by US...

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...

Deaconess Health Finds Success in Tailoring Telehealth to Specific Patients

by Eric Wicklund

Remote patient programs don’t just automatically work out. They have to be carefully planned and developed in order to gain traction and produce results. Most importantly, they have to target the...

Pilot Program to Study Telehealth Value in Advance Care Planning

by Eric Wicklund

Two Massachusetts healthcare providers are taking part in a federally funded in study to determine how telehealth can be used to facilitate advance care planning for patients with life-threatening...

New Coalition to Push Telehealth, RPM as a Mainstay for Home Care

by Eric Wicklund

A new coalition of healthcare providers aims to make the home a more acceptable – and permanent - site for care, including telehealth and remote patient monitoring. Moving Health Home announced...

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...

Baystate Health Addresses Value-Based Care Gaps With Connected Health

by Eric Wicklund

A hybrid mobile integrated health program launched by Baystate Health in late 2018 averted more than 1,000 emergency department visits and 40 admissions for at-risk patients and saved more than...

Humana Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Chronic Care

by Eric Wicklund

Humana is launching a home healthcare service that includes remote patient monitoring. The Kentucky-based insurer is partnering with DispatchHealth to launch the program in Denver and Tacoma, WA, for...

Tennessee Health System Looks to Use Telehealth, RPM Beyond Covid-19 Care

by Eric Wicklund

A telehealth platform launched last July at West Tennessee Healthcare to monitor COVID-19 patients has proven so good at boosting outcomes and reducing hospitalizations that officials are now planning...

OIG to Audit Telehealth Payments to Home Health Care Providers

by Eric Wicklund

Health systems and home healthcare agencies who have expanded their telehealth footprint to offer home health services during the coronavirus pandemic may soon be facing federal scrutiny. The Health...

Mount Sinai Extends Cancer Care to the Home With New Telehealth Program

by Eric Wicklund

The Mount Sinai Health System is launching a telehealth program aimed at improving care management for cancer patients at home. The New York health system will be sending high-risk oncology patients...

NY Healthcare Program Adds Telehealth Services for PACE Participants

by Eric Wicklund

A healthcare service run by the Archdiocese of New York is launching a home telehealth platform for seniors that coordinates care through their television. ArchCare, which offers services for seniors,...

Telehealth Study Touts Benefits of RPM for Joint Replacement Rehabilitation

by Eric Wicklund

A telehealth platform that includes mHealth wearables and a text messaging platform helped healthcare providers at Penn Medicine reduce rehospitalizations by 75 percent among patients who’d had...

Brigham and Women’s Sees Telehealth Success With Home Hospital Program

by Eric Wicklund

Dozens of health systems across the country are embracing a program that uses telehealth and mHealth to provide care at home for patients who would otherwise be hospitalized. Centers for Medicare...

CMS Unveils New Telehealth Program to Treat Acute Care Patients at Home

by Eric Wicklund

Six health systems across the country are expanding their telehealth platform to treat patients at home under a new program launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Acute...

Boston, NY Hospitals Collaborate on Telehealth Platform for COVID-19 Rehab

by Eric Wicklund

A telehealth program created at Harvard Medical School has shown value in helping COVID-19 patients rehabilitate at home. The platform, developed through a partnership with Spaulding Rehabilitation...

New Telehealth Accreditation Program Focuses on Home Health Care

by Eric Wicklund

Another accreditation service for healthcare providers has developed standards for telehealth, with a focus on the home healthcare market. The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has...

Senators Seek CMS Support for Telehealth Services for Expectant Moms

by Eric Wicklund

A bill introduced last week in the Senate aims to establish Medicare and Medicaid coverage for telehealth programs that monitor the health of expectant mothers. The Connected Maternal Online Mothering...

Ontario Invests in Telehealth to Give Seniors Access to Care at Home

by Eric Wicklund

Ontario’s government is investing roughly $5 million in a telehealth program aimed at bringing healthcare into the home for seniors on waiting lists for long-term care. The Community...

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