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Henry Ford Health System gets ROI from employer-based telemedicine clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2022

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System and General Motors partnered to develop a narrow-network insurance product for GM employees called GM Connect Care. Through this product, HFHS aimed to offer innovative care delivery options that would be convenient and cost-effective for GM's members. THE PROBLEM. " MARKETPLACE.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare Via the Cloud, Across the Enterprise and in the Patient’s Home – a Sustainable View from Philips at HIMSS 2021

Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2021

This week at the 2021 annual HIMSS conference, Philips is “making the case for moving to the cloud,” discussing the Philips HealthSuite, a cloud-based platform for connecting providers and patients, devices (and the data they generate), and care across the health care continuum.

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How the VA laid the groundwork for a pandemic-fueled telehealth spike

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

Many of those patients, however, face mobility hurdles and other challenges that can make it difficult to reach in-person care. In 2017, the VA announced a new initiative called "Anywhere to Anywhere VA Health Care," followed by bipartisan legislation enabling interstate telemedicine for VA providers and patients.

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The Digital Transformation of Home for Health – Brainstorming with Karsten Russell-Wood of Philips

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting.

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Telehealth advocates ramp up pressure on elected officials

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 24, 2022

The American Telemedicine Association announced Friday that it had launched ATA Action, a new affiliated trade organization aimed at supporting the enactment of state and federal telehealth coverage throughout the United States. Signers also included the Connected Health Initiative, the Alliance for Connected Care, the U.S.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Intuitive software tools can help to connect care teams and patients. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 2021 Feb; 17(2): 218–221. References. Smith et al.

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MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. This grant comes as we near the conclusion this month of our first two-year, $1 million award studying how telehealth transformation impacted primary care access.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The CONNECT Act would aim to answer at least some of those questions, at least where Medicare is concerned. A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Cybercriminals seek to take advantage of rapid telehealth scale-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis triggered an enormous boom in the use of virtual care, aided by federal regulatory flexibilities. "In 2021, we’ll continue to see significant improvements in healthcare technologies that will advance patient care, especially as it relates to the coronavirus pandemic. "Large U.S. ON THE RECORD.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills. The newly proposed Act (H.R.

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VA study shows benefits of telestroke program for patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2022

"The message is not to aim for an increase or decrease [in] transfers but to match the patient with the correct disposition and level of care based on their needs," said the researchers. By August 2021, the program was active in 50 facilities nationwide. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

The concept of a "telehealth cliff" – an abrupt end to the progress made in expanding and enabling virtual care once the pandemic is finally over – has been of concern for some time.

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How Virtual Care Is Solving Chronic Disease Challenges

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MARCH 8, 2021

Many providers have recognized their blindness to an opportunity right in front of them – to carry their telemedicine application beyond simple video calls and into the terrain of treating chronic, infectious and acute disease. But virtual care offers non-pandemic benefits, too. Changing Lives with Connected Care.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills. The newly proposed Act (H.R.

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Tablet-based RPM keeps TRU Community Care patients and caregivers happy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

We consider the program to be a high-touch/high-tech solution to patient care. We didn't want to take away from in-person care, but rather complement and add to the care through technology." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " MARKETPLACE.

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Mary Washington Healthcare Partners with Caregility to Pioneer Inpatient Virtual Engagement and Virtual Nursing Program

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. EATONTOWN, N.J., & FREDERICKSBURG, Va.–(BUSINESS Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

CES 2021 featured some obvious quick-pivoting products that had the pandemic written all over them, with sessions invariably speaking to the way the public health crisis impacted companies and strategic plans. Joining Peloton in connected fitness at CES 2021 was NordicTrack, which recently announced its purchase of Precor.

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Henry Ford Health System gets ROI from employer-based telemedicine clinic

Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

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Healthcare Via the Cloud, Across the Enterprise and in the Patient’s Home – a Sustainable View from Philips at HIMSS 2021

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How the VA laid the groundwork for a pandemic-fueled telehealth spike

The Digital Transformation of Home for Health – Brainstorming with Karsten Russell-Wood of Philips

Telehealth advocates ramp up pressure on elected officials

8 benefits of Telehealth

MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Cybercriminals seek to take advantage of rapid telehealth scale-up

Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

VA study shows benefits of telestroke program for patients

As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

How Virtual Care Is Solving Chronic Disease Challenges

Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Tablet-based RPM keeps TRU Community Care patients and caregivers happy

Mary Washington Healthcare Partners with Caregility to Pioneer Inpatient Virtual Engagement and Virtual Nursing Program

Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

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