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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

I was scheduled to meet with Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader of Connected Care at Philips, at HIMSS in Orlando on 9th March 2020. We had to reinvent how to engage, monitor, and treat” patients with new approaches both in and outside the acute care setting. What a difference 90 days makes.

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Connected Care -- Changing the work process with technology

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A vision for 'connected care.' Conceived by Andrea Cohen, Founder and Vice-Chair of HouseWorks, a Boston-area Home Care agency, and as Andrea noted, "When employed to its fullest, remote care technology improves every aspect of how care is delivered in the home. Notice trends. Why does this matter now?

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Application period for FCC Connected Care Pilot Program now open

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Connected Care Pilot Program, first formalized on March 31, 2020, is open to nonprofit and public eligible healthcare providers nationwide. Provider broadband data connections. Other connected care information services. THE LARGER TREND. Tpen for the next 30 days, through December 7. WHY IT MATTERS.

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DEA and HHS push off new telemedicine prescribing rules to end-of-year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Alliance for Connected Care asked U.S. THE LARGER TREND Congress and telehealth industry groups have urged the DEA and HHS to jointly extend prescribing flexibilities allowed under the original COVID-19 public health emergency since it was initially set to expire.

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DEA plans to create a special telehealth registration for prescribers

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" The Alliance for Connected Care said in a statement that it is "very concerned to see language in the proposed rulemaking mandating what portion of patient care can be offered through telemedicine" and deemed it an inappropriate guardrail.

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Arizona agency's omnichannel approach to home health includes telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As the population ages and life expectancy increases, delivering high-quality care that achieves optimal health outcomes, enhances patient experiences, and reduces costs is essential for the future of healthcare in the U.S. These trends led us to pivot from a traditional home health agency to an omnichannel approach.

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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The sprawling provider network continues to seek new ways to deliver better care to its members where they live, in their communities and their homes. Evans, VA Office Of Connected Care. Since its inception in June of 2008, more than 86 million VA Secure Messages have been initiated by VA patients or their care teams.