Telehealth
Telehealth is vital in increasing access to healthcare. Healthcare providers can use audiovisual, audio-only or asynchronous telehealth tools to facilitate virtual visits, improving patient experience and, in some cases, reducing healthcare costs. But hurdles like the digital divide and racial disparities, which can widen existing health inequities, must be tackled.
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19 Nov 2024
How the virtual ECHO model is boosting Black maternal health
The Black Maternal Health ECHO program uses telehealth to improve maternal health equity by fostering collaboration, extending education and addressing biases in care. Continue Reading
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13 Nov 2024
Telehealth does not raise rates of low-value primary care
New research shows telehealth use in primary care doesn't increase low-value services, like unnecessary tests, addressing concerns about wasteful healthcare practices. Continue Reading
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19 May 2021
AMA Launches Initiative to Redefine the Value of Virtual Care
The American Medical Association has introduced a new framework to improve the way payers and providers assess the value of virtual care. Continue Reading
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18 May 2021
Nova Scotia Launches Telehealth Pilot to Connect Residents With PCPs
The Canadian province will use a telehealth platform to improve access to care for roughly 7 percent of the province's population that doesn't have a primary care provider. Continue Reading
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17 May 2021
Maine Home Health Program Uses Telehealth, RPM to Combat Loneliness
Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice has launched a new program through its remote patient monitoring platform that connects lonely and isolated patients with volunteers to talk about whatever they want to talk about. Continue Reading
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14 May 2021
Federal Funding for Emergency Home Visits for Families Includes Telehealth
The Health and Human Services Department is including allowances for telehealth in the disbursement of $40 million in pandemic relief funds to the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Continue Reading
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13 May 2021
Pequot Nation Shows Promising Diabetes Results with Telehealth
After partnering with a telehealth program and receiving virtual treatments, the Pequot Tribal Nation members have shown compelling results in diabetes care management. Continue Reading
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13 May 2021
Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic to Expand Home-Based Connected Health Program
The two health systems are investing $100 million to scale up a connected health program that uses telehealth, mHealth and home health services to manage care for acute care patients at home. Continue Reading
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12 May 2021
Vendor Survey IDs Challenges for Remote Patient Monitoring Programs
A survey of cardiac remote patient monitoring programs by Vector Remote Care finds that many aren't optimizing their platforms to get all the clinical and financial benefits they should be getting. Continue Reading
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11 May 2021
WVU Researchers Try to Determine How Much Telehealth is Enough
A research team at West Virginia University is trying to determine the right number of telehealth 'doses' to achieve positive results. They're finding it's not that simple. Continue Reading
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10 May 2021
AdventHealth Expands Walt Disney World Partnership to Include Telehealth
The Florida health system is expanding a 20-year partnership with Walt Disney World to add a telehealth platform and mHealth app to the Magic Kingdom's list of attractions. Continue Reading
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06 May 2021
Providers Adapt to Telehealth to Identify Signs of Child Abuse and Neglect
With the pandemic cutting out in-person care and curbing wellness checkups, healthcare providers are using telehealth platforms to try and identify - and treat - cases of child abuse and neglect. Continue Reading
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05 May 2021
Ochsner Launches Telehealth Service For Stressed Teachers, Support Staff
Ochsner Health is partnering with the Louisiana Department of Education on a telehealth program designed to help elementary school teachers and support staff access mental health services. Continue Reading
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03 May 2021
Another Benefit for Telehealth: It's Good for the Environment
One of the nation's largest health systems has found that its telehealth platform is not only helping patients and providers, but reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving trees. Continue Reading
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29 Apr 2021
Is Telehealth More Stressful for Nurses Than In-Person Care?
A new study out of the University of Missouri finds that nurses in some telehealth programs may be doing twice the work that they'd be doing treating patients in person. Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2021
Telerehabilitation Boosts Patient Satisfaction for Young Patients
While just 6 percent of care episodes in the study utilized telerehabilitation, patient satisfaction was similar to in-person outpatient rehab. Continue Reading
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26 Apr 2021
New Telehealth Certificate Track Focuses on Behavioral Health Services
The American Board of Telehealth is launching a new certificate program - the board's second - that aims to validate and provide resources for healthcare providers focused on telemental health. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2021
Florida Lawmakers Add Telehealth to Resources for Students in Crisis
Florida lawmakers have passed legislation that would allow schools and law enforcement to use telehealth to connect behavioral health counselors with students in crisis situations. Continue Reading
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22 Apr 2021
FQHC Consortium Using FCC Award, Telehealth to Tackle the Digital Divide
A coalition of 35 Massachusetts FQHCs is using money from the FCC's Connected Care Pilot Program and other sources to expand is telehealth platform and take on socioeconomic barriers to care that plague underserved populations. Continue Reading
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21 Apr 2021
South Shore Health Leverages Telehealth, RPM in New 'SNF at Home' Program
The Massachusetts health system is integrating remote patient monitoring tools into its year-old Mobile Integrated Health platform to improve care at home for patients with complex health concerns. Continue Reading
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20 Apr 2021
Emory Healthcare Links EMS Providers to Telehealth For Emergency Care
Emory Healthcare's new ER-TEMS program gives rural EMS providers a telehealth link to ER doctors and specialists at the Atlanta hospital, helping to triage and treat patients in an emergency. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2021
Intermountain Bolsters Connected Health Footprint With Air Transport Service
Intermountain Healthcare is acquiring an air transport service that reaches eight states, a move that officials say will support and improve its far-reaching telehealth platform. Continue Reading
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16 Apr 2021
FCC's COVID-19 Telehealth Program Reboots in 2 Weeks
The Federal Communications Commission will accept applications for the second round of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program from April 29 to May 6. Continue Reading
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15 Apr 2021
5 Guidelines to Establishing a Post-Pandemic Telehealth Strategy
Telehealth adoption has soared during the coronavirus pandemic, and it will be part of the process once the crisis is over. Medical practices need to develop a strategy now that mixes in-person and virtual care. Continue Reading
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15 Apr 2021
COVID-19 Telehealth Delivery Reaps High Patient Satisfaction
More than 70 percent of people reported high satisfaction with telehealth and indicated that they want to use virtual care after COVID-19 is over. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2021
HHS Unveils Telehealth Grants to Address Rural Maternal, Obstetrics Care
HHS is kicking off Black Maternal Health Week by offering three four-year grants, totaling $12 million, to projects aimed at boosting maternal health outcomes among underserved populations in rural America. Continue Reading
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12 Apr 2021
Deaconess Health Finds Success in Tailoring Telehealth to Specific Patients
The Indiana health system has fine-tuned a remote patient monitoring program to treat specific chronic care patients and those with COVID-19, and is showing a significant decrease in hospitalizations and total costs of care. Continue Reading
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09 Apr 2021
Acute Direct-To-Consumer Telehealth Leads To More Follow-Up Care
Direct-to-consumer telehealth patients had 4 percent more follow-up encounters compared to patients who had initial in-person acute care visits. Continue Reading
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09 Apr 2021
New Awards Target Research on Telehealth Value in Rheumatology
The Rheumatology Research Foundation has unveiled four awards aimed at boosting research on how telehealth can be used to improve care and outcomes for patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Continue Reading
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06 Apr 2021
Telehealth Becoming a Preferred Platform for Cardiovascular Care
A Cedars-Sinai study finds that patients - especially minorities and underserved populations - took advantage of telehealth to meet with their care providers for cardiovascular services during the pandemic. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2021
Boston Children's to Launch Telehealth Pilot for Newborn Audiology Screening
The hospital is using a grant from the CARES Act to create a telehealth program that provides audiologists for virtual screenings at Cape Cod Hospital. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2021
FCC Approves Plan to Relaunch COVID-19 Telehealth Program
The Federal Communications Commission will likely open the application window within a month for the second round of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, with amended guidelines that promote transparency. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2021
Chicago Hospital Uses Telehealth to Manage DBS Treatment at Home
Rush University Medical Center has launched a telehealth platform that allows its doctors to remotely monitor and adjust care management for patients undergoing deep brain stimulation treatment at home. Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2021
Social Determinants of Health Stymied Pandemic Telehealth Use
Social determinants of health contributed to telehealth care access disparities among privately insured members at the beginning of COVID-19. Continue Reading
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23 Mar 2021
Telehealth Access Disparities In COVID-19 Virtual Care Boom
Among privately insured Americans, telehealth use was highest for members in affluent and/or urban areas, raising concern for access disparities. Continue Reading
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18 Mar 2021
Florida Lawmakers Debate Veterinary Telehealth Expansion
Two bills making their way through Florida's Legislature would allow veterinarians to treat animals via telehealth without first needing an 'in-person' exam. Continue Reading
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18 Mar 2021
FCC Sets New Guidelines for COVID-19 Telehealth Program Relaunch
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to launch the second round of its COVID-19 Telehealth Program, with new guidelines designed to help health systems qualify for reimbursements. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2021
Amazon Announces Nationwide Telehealth Platform, Open to Other Businesses
The retail giant announced today that its telehealth platform, previously available only to employees and their families in Washington, would roll out nationwide this summer and be offered to other businesses. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2021
Navigating the Benefits - and Challenges - of Telehealth From Home
New Jersey-based counselor Nicole Glover is finding a new comfort level in treating patients via telehealth from her home office. And she plans on staying there well after the pandemic. Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2021
Broadband Deal Gives UNC Children's a Springboard to Telehealth Expansion
UNC's Children's Hospital is partnering with a network of North Carolina broadband providers to help expand its telehealth platform to parts of the state where access to care is a challenge. Continue Reading
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15 Mar 2021
As CMS Moves Forward With ET3 Model, Will Telehealth Get Its Chance?
CMS has announced its final round of participants in the Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) model, an innovative Medicare program that could use telehealth and mHealth tools to improve care for 911 callers. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2021
mHealth Robotics Can Improve Patient Satisfaction, Aid ED Triage
Over 90 percent of patients reported satisfaction after an mHealth robotic-facilitated interview, showing promise for telehealth in ED settings. Continue Reading
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11 Mar 2021
Cleveland Clinic's 'Un-Meeting' to Focus on Telehealth Research Collaboration
The Cleveland Clinic will host a one-day virtual conference later this month that's designed bring in experts from the nation's top medical research institutions to discuss telehealth collaboration. Continue Reading
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10 Mar 2021
Walgreens, Amazon Offer Telehealth as an Alternative to the Doctor's Office
Walgreens and Amazon are expanding their telehealth platforms to give employees and patrons more connected health services and present themselves as a safer alternative to in-person healthcare visits. Continue Reading
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09 Mar 2021
Digital Onboarding Uses Telehealth to Start Conversations With Patients
Jefferson Health's Digital Onboarding Taskforce gives providers an opportunity to talk to patients and understand why they're reluctant or unable to access telehealth. Continue Reading
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05 Mar 2021
Pilot Program to Study Telehealth Value in Advance Care Planning
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School are taking part in an NIH-funded study to evaluate the use of telehealth in advance care planning for patients receiving home-based palliative care. Continue Reading
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01 Mar 2021
University of Minnesota Uses Telehealth to Treat Heart Attacks in the Field
The university is getting ready to launch a mobile health vehicle equipped with telemedicine capabilities that will allow EMS providers to more quickly treat patients in cardiac arrest, potentially saving lives in the field. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2021
UNC Health Tackles COVID-19, Broadband Concerns With Telehealth Kiosks
UNC Health Southeastern is placing telehealth kiosks in high-traffic locations around the county to help residents who lack broadband connectivity or are steering clear of the doctor's office during the pandemic. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2021
Telehealth, RPM Programs Can Benefit Greatly From a Nurse's Perspective
When the Blessing Health System launched a remote patient monitoring program to extend care for COVID-19 patients to the home, they made sure nurses were involved in every step of the process. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2021
USDA Announces Latest Round of Telemedicine, Distance Learning Grants
Some 46 telehealth projects across the country and in several territories are getting funding from the latest round of Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants from the USDA. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2021
Behavioral Interventions, mHealth Self-Monitoring Tools Cut Obesity
mHealth self-monitoring tools lead to greater reduction in obesity than traditional paper-based behavioral interventions in 21 out of 34 comparisons. Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2021
South Dakota Lawmakers Shoot Down Telehealth Marijuana Bill
The state's House of Representatives has rejected a proposed bill that would have allowed healthcare providers to meet with patients and prescribe medical marijuana via a telehealth platform. Continue Reading
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19 Feb 2021
MetroHealth Launches a Medicare-Backed Mobile Integrated Health Program
The Cleveland-based health system is partnering with 3 local EMS providers on a Medicare-supported program that allows first responders to use telehealth and mHealth tools to help 911 callers get the right care. Continue Reading
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19 Feb 2021
Healthcare Turns to Telehealth to Tackle America’s Obesity Epidemic
Obesity isn’t just a sensitive health issue — it’s dangerous and potentially deadly. Providers and payers are now using connected health tools to drive that point and enhance treatment. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2021
Telehealth Eye Care Access Could Increase Patient Engagement
Patient engagement and activation in eye care among young adults could be bolstered through expanded telehealth care access opportunities. Continue Reading
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11 Feb 2021
Oklahoma Lawmaker Resubmits Police Telehealth Support Bill
The bill before Oklahoma's Legislature would allow police officers dealing with a non-violent person in need of mental healthcare to connect with a care provider via telehealth for a virtual consult. Continue Reading
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11 Feb 2021
Wisconsin Governor Eyes Major Investments in Telemental Health
Governor Tony Evers' proposed two-year budget includes more than $150 million to expand access to and coverage of mental health services, including several initiatives that make use of telehealth and mHealth. Continue Reading
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10 Feb 2021
Baystate Health Addresses Value-Based Care Gaps With Connected Health
The Massachusetts health system is saving thousands of dollars, reducing ED traffic and boosting clinical outcomes with a mobile integrated health program that sends care teams to selected patients' homes. Continue Reading
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09 Feb 2021
Telehealth for Occupational Health Benefits Both Employee and Employer
Concentra's telehealth service, launched in 2017, is seeing more than 8,000 virtual visits a month, and helping both the injured worker and the company find better health outcomes. Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2021
Humana Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Chronic Care
The insurer is partnering with DispatchHealth in a new CMS waiver program that allows them to combine home health, RPM and telehealth services to care for members with multiple chronic care management needs at home. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2021
Telehealth Reimbursement Requires Provider Education, Documentation
COVID-19 was a catalyst for telehealth reimbursement, but provider education on coding and documentation processes is key to successful payments. Continue Reading
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01 Feb 2021
Tennessee Health System Looks to Use Telehealth, RPM Beyond Covid-19 Care
West Tennessee Healthcare has seen success using a remote patient monitoring platform to treat COVID-19 patients at home. Now it's planning to modify the platform for chronic care management. Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2021
Will FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Boost Telehealth?
A $3.2 billion program spun out of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 aims to help low-income and underserved communities gain access to broadband services - and make it easier to access telehealth. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2021
New Bill Tags $50 Million in Telehealth Grants for Mental Health Providers
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has introduced a bill that would set aside $50 million in SAMHSA grants to help behavioral health and substance abuse care providers expand or launch telehealth services focused on peer support. Continue Reading
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26 Jan 2021
FSMB Launches Online Resource for Telehealth License Portability
Provider Bridge gives volunteer care providers an online platform through which they can connect with health systems in need of help and, by way of license portability, treat patients via telehealth. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2021
Staff Training, Education May be the Keys to Telehealth Sustainability
Dozens of health systems and organizations in New York are joining forces with the Northeast Telehealth Resource Center to launch a statewide telehealth training program. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2021
14 Telehealth Projects to Get FCC Connected Care Pilot Program Funding
The Federal Communications Commission has selected 14 telehealth projects spanning more than 150 sites in 11 states to receive funding from the $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2021
Mount Sinai Extends Cancer Care to the Home With New Telehealth Program
The New York health system is launching a remote patient monitoring program that will allow care teams to track and communicate with patients at home through an mHealth wearable and telehealth platform. Continue Reading
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19 Jan 2021
Cancer Docs Say Telehealth Improves Access to Care, Hedge on Cost
Oncology professionals mostly agreed that telehealth promotes access to care, but they had differing opinions on cost and clinical effectiveness. Continue Reading
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19 Jan 2021
Hawai'i FQHCs Get $1.3 Million to Launch, Expand Telehealth Services
14 federally qualified health centers on six islands will share $1.3 million in grants to use telehealth and mHealth tools to improve access to care for some of the state's most underserved populations. Continue Reading
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18 Jan 2021
PA Health System Uses College Students to Support New Telehealth Program
The St. Luke's University Health Network is hiring college students to help in its Virtual Response Center, which supports a remote patient monitoring program serving eight of the health system's 12 hospitals. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2021
OSF Healthcare Develops Telehealth Protocols for Sepsis Treatment
The Illinois health system has created a toolkit that addresses how rural hospitals and clinics can use a telehealth platform to connect with specialists for the treatment of sepsis and septic shock. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2021
Tailoring Telehealth to Manage Back to Work and School Programs
Telehealth is helping businesses and schools bring people back to the workplace and campus, setting the stage for a more sustainable, long-term connected health strategy. Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2021
ATA, DiMe Launch Initiative to Support Virtual-First Telehealth Programs
The IMPACT Initiative seeks to support telehealth and mHealth programs that are developed solely for the virtual space, rather than being added onto or integrated with existing care programs. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2021
Telehealth Survey Sees More Users for Behavioral Health Than Physical Care
A RAND survey finds that telehealth use for mental health care has outpaced that for physical care during the early stages of the pandemic, and many people turned to telehealth specifically to connect with their own doctors. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2021
New Telehealth Broadband Pilot to Address Rural Connectivity in 4 States
The Health and Human Services Department is investing $8 million in a new program, run by the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center, to expand connectivity in rural parts of Alaska, Michigan, Texas and West Virginia. Continue Reading
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11 Jan 2021
Simple Virtual Solutions Promote Senior Care Beyond COVID-19
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Partners in Primary Care leaned on telehealth for continued patient care. These solutions will continuing improving care coordination for its senior population long after the pandemic has ended. Continue Reading
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08 Jan 2021
New Study Ties Telehealth Success to Staff Education, Support
A University of Connecticut study found that a telehealth program at a California assisted living facility failed to live up to expectations because front-line staff were opposed to using it. Continue Reading
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08 Jan 2021
FCC Wants Advice on Relaunching COVID-19 Telehealth Program
The agency is asking for public comments by January 19 on how to evaluate applicants for the next round of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which received almost $250 million in the latest relief bill. Continue Reading
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07 Jan 2021
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, West Health Launch Geriatric Telehealth Program
The New Hampshire health system is launching a telehealth platform that will give four rural hospitals access to specialized care for seniors and training and resources for providers. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2021
NY Healthcare Program Adds Telehealth Services for PACE Participants
ArchCare, run by the Archdiocese of New York, is adding a telehealth platform for seniors in its PACE program. Continue Reading
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05 Jan 2021
As Demand Surges, Counseling Clinics Learn How to Adjust to Telehealth
Kentucky-based MEBS Counseling shifted to a telehealth platform as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last year. Nine months later, the clinic is still learning about the benefits and challenges. Continue Reading
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31 Dec 2020
Telehealth Helps MUSC Improve Kidney Transplant Screening Process
With COVID-19 reducing in-person services, the Medical University of South Carolina is using a telehealth platform to screen and evaluate patients in the kidney transplant program. Continue Reading
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31 Dec 2020
Telemedicine Care Disparities Draw Concern For Health Equity
Factors like age, language preferences, and median household income lead to disparities in telemedicine rates, drawing concern for health equity. Continue Reading
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30 Dec 2020
Federal Grant to Help Mississippi Use Telehealth to Tackle Opioid Abuse
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is taking part in a statewide program that will use telehealth to extend MAT therapy to six health centers in areas of the state hard hit by substance abuse. Continue Reading
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23 Dec 2020
Ohio Lawmakers Vote to Abolish Telemedicine Abortions
The bill heads to Governor Mike DeWine's desk and puts the state on track to be the 20th to prevent care providers from using telemedicine to prescribe abortion-causing drugs. Continue Reading
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23 Dec 2020
Telehealth Study Touts Benefits of RPM for Joint Replacement Rehabilitation
Researchers at Penn Medicine saw a fourfold reduction in rehospitalizations among knee and hip replacement patients who used telehealth tools at home rather than participate in a traditional in-person rehab program. Continue Reading
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22 Dec 2020
CMS Report Cites Benefits, Challenges for Telehealth in Rural Hospitals
The results of a 3-year demonstration project at several rural hospitals finds that telehealth can improve access to care, especially by reducing travel barriers and facilitating follow-up and specialist services. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2020
Brigham and Women's Sees Telehealth Success With Home Hospital Program
The program, launched in 2016 and now eligible for Medicare reimbursement, uses mHealth and telehealth tools to create a care management platform at home for acute care patients who would otherwise be hospitalized. Continue Reading
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14 Dec 2020
New App Pushes Better mHealth, Telehealth Provider Communication
Students will have access to firsthand mHealth experience using a new app that simulates a virtual care appointment between provider and patient. Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2020
NY City Uses Telehealth to Curb ER Traffic, Improve Care Coordination
Schenectady is arming its EMS providers with tablets to connect via telehealth with an ER doctor during emergency calls, reducing roughly 70 percent of transports to the local hospital. Continue Reading
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07 Dec 2020
Grant Targets Best Practices In Community Telehealth Rheumatology
The University of Alabama (UAB) will use a two-year, $400,000 grant to define best practices for telehealth rheumatology and improve access to care. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2020
Massachusetts Payers to Take Part in COVID-19 Telehealth Study
The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans is launching an 18-month study to determine how telehealth is affecting racial and socioeconomic barriers to healthcare, and how it can be used to bridge those care gaps. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2020
Survey: Make Telehealth a Regular Part of Care Management
A Luma Health survey finds that COVID-19 contamination fears are keeping patients away from critical care management services, and providers need to use telehealth to get them back on track. Continue Reading
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01 Dec 2020
COVID-19 Pushes Telehealth for Veterinary Care Into the Spotlight
The coronavirus pandemic is prompting pet owners, healthcare providers and even payers to consider the value of telehealth in veterinary care. Continue Reading
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30 Nov 2020
Emergency Department Telemedicine Aids Patient Satisfaction
Telemedicine can address concerns of overcrowded emergency departments by reducing wait times, leading to improved patient satisfaction. Continue Reading
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25 Nov 2020
Guidelines for Marketing a Practice's New Telehealth Platform
With so many small and solo practices turning to telehealth to deal with the pandemic and build business, a marketing expert offers advice on how to advertise those new services. Continue Reading
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23 Nov 2020
Dentists Are Adopting (and Adapting to) Using Telehealth to Stay Afloat
A new survey finds that dentists are not only using telehealth to stay in touch with patients, but are looking at alternative payment models and planning a long future with connected care. Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2020
Using Telehealth for Adolescent HIV, Chronic Disease Prevention
New PrEP Program expands access to care with a telehealth system that connects adolescents and young adults with trained sexual health providers. Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2020
Virginia Expands Telehealth Coverage During COVID-19 Emergency
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed legislation that eliminates originating site restrictions in telehealth visits, as well as the requirement that a care provider be with a patient during a virtual visit. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2020
PCORI Grants Target Telehealth Projects That Support Women
Roughly $10 million in grant money is going to projects at the University of Washington and UPMC that will study how telehealth can be used to improve care outcomes in cancer and perinatal treatments. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2020
Telehealth Helps The Mayo Clinic Adjust to a New Healthcare Ecosystem
The Minnesota-based health system is using mHealth tools and telehealth platforms to re-imagine how it gathers data and delivers care, both inside and outside the hospital walls. Continue Reading