What You Should Know:
- Agencies sign a memorandum of understanding to establish an interagency Rural Telehealth Initiative Task Force comprised of representatives from each agency to keep rural Americans connected to vital health services.
The Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), and U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum
of Understanding to work together on the Rural Telehealth
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Technology
Catapult Health Launches VirtualCheckup to Deliver Clinical Preventative Care
What You Should Know:
- Catapult Health, today announced the release of VirtualCheckup to bring annual checkups to nearly any location – combining telehealth, clinic diagnostics, COVID-19, and depression screenings to address the health concerns of today – perfect for remote employees and partners, and covered by most commercial plans.
- Prior to each visit, participants will be mailed a
VirtualCheckup home kit that contains a blood pressure monitor, a
next-generation finger stick blood
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Elevate Health Taps Innovaccer to Automate Care Management Processes
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer has recently partnered with Elevate Health
to strengthen care management in Washington. Innovaccer’s solution set will be
part of a broader population health stratification toolkit Elevate Health is
fashioning to achieve a comprehensive and data-agnostic ecosystem supporting
improved health outcomes.
- Elevate Health’s partnered care coordinators, in both
clinical and social services settings, will be able to use InCare, Innocaccer’s
automated care
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Maximizing Telehealth Success: How to Optimize Operations & Revenue Cycle Management
In COVID-19’s wake, providers’ financial recovery will be crucial yet daunting. U.S. hospitals and health systems stand to collectively lose $36.6 billion between March and June 2020 alone. Physician practices also face serious financial challenges as they recoup revenues that declined up to 55 percent and patient volume that decreased 60 percent.
Amid these hardships, telehealth has emerged as a widely accepted vehicle for care delivery – providing a way for healthcare organizations to
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Validic Launches New Remote Patient Monitoring Solution, Requires No EHR Integration
What You Should Know:
- Validic launches the newest version of its remote
patient monitoring (RPM) offerings, Validic Impact: Rapid Deployment.
- This new standalone version of Validic Impact requires
no EHR integration and can be used as a fully standalone solution.
Validic, a Durham,
NC-based provider of health data platforms and solutions for scaling remote
patient monitoring (RPM), has announced the release of a major update to its
remote patient monitoring
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Dignity Health Management Services to Leverage Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform
What You Should Know:
- Dignity Health Management Services (DHMSO), the largest
health system in the state of California to transform their network health data
into actionable insights.
- With this partnership, the organization will leverage
Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform to better manage healthcare
services for its attributed patients.
Dignity Health Management Services
(DHMSO), a healthcare management company part of CommonSpirit Health, that helps
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Led by Mount Sinai, Trellus Health Nabs $5M for Precision Platform for Complex Chronic Conditions
What You Should Know:
- Trellus Health secures $5M in seed funding and
collaborates with Mount Sinai to deliver resilience-driven, connected care,
integrating expert clinical and behavioral health for better outcomes.
- The first disease Trellus will tackle is IBD, which is
one of the costliest chronic conditions with a high mental health burden.
Trellus Health, a New York City-based provider of resilience-driven care for people with complex chronic conditions, announced it has
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Brightline Raises $20M for Virtual Pediatric Behavioral Health Platform
What You Should Know:
- Brightline raises $20 million to bring its virtual behavioral
healthcare platform to kids and families across California and beyond.
- Brightline delivers integrated care through innovative
technology, virtual behavioral health services, and a collaborative care team
focused on supporting children across developmental stages and their families.
Brightline, a
Palo Alto, CA-based provider of technology-enabled pediatric behavioral healthcare,
announced it has
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Genesis Health Taps Bright.md to Power New Telehealth Offering
What You Should Know:
- Genesis Health System has signed a partnership agreement
with Bright.md to offer patients in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois access
to its Bright.md’s SmartExam solution.
- The new virtual care offering offers an affordable way to get care for hundreds of low-acuity conditions, mental health, urinary tract infections, and upper respiratory infections including the flu and COVID-19.
Genesis Health System, today
announced it has selected Bright.md’s
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Geisinger Launches New Social Care Platform for Pennsylvania Residents
What You Should Know:
- Geisinger inks a partnership Aunt Bertha to launch a
new social care platform, Neighborly for Pennsylvania residents.
- Powered by Aunt Bertha, Geisinger’s Neighborly platform provides residents in Pennsylvania the ability to easily search and connect with organizations that provide social services including food, housing, childcare, transportation, utility assistance, healthcare, financial assistance, and other needs.
Geisinger, one of
the nation’s
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