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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

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Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? I asked myself, then went to my Oracle of Telehealth: Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of ATA (once named the American Telemedicine Association). It is clear that there’s no better use case for digital/tele/virtual health than what is unfolding right now.

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Billing Medicare and Private Payers for Telehealth Visits: What to Expect Post-Public Health Emergency

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“The expansion of telehealth and the offering of new telehealth services that were not previously covered really enabled physicians to care for their patients in the midst of this crisis,” said Todd Askew, the AMA’s senior vice president of advocacy, during a recent “AMA COVID-19 Update. Provider Considerations.

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Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT

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Patients have plenty of reason to be concerned; the healthcare industry must work harder to build trust, policies and procedures, and secure tech into health data programs. The post Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Consumers’ and Physicians’ Growing Embrace of Digital Health via PwC

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Whether a menu of care options including virtual health to access specialists across the U.S., post-hospital virtual visits, or hospital care at-home, a majority of Americans supports a new era of care delivery, as PwC coins the broad landscape of telehealth. I discussed this digital health supply/demand gap here in Health Populi.

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Cost and Convenience Underpin Patient Demands As Health Consumers

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Our starting point was the tipping-point statistic that over 50% of people in the U.S. have chosen to use a non-traditional health care setting. I had the opportunity to brainstorm the study’s findings in real-time on the day of survey launch, 12 February, with Dr. Kaveh Safavi, Brian Kalis, and Jenn Francis at HIMSS19.

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What Health Plans, Hospitals and Health Systems Can Learn from CES 2020

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This year’s #CES2020 wasn’t as much about the shiny new things in the Internet of Things as it was about the impact for health and the Intelligence of Things. The post What Health Plans, Hospitals and Health Systems Can Learn from CES 2020 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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100 Million People in America Lack Broadband — an On-Ramp to Health and Safety

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One in three Americans does not have a broadband connection, according to a new report from the NPD Group. can’t benefit from telehealth and other digital health connections that can bolster self-care, home care, and lower cost care. This means that about 100 million people in the U.S.