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Untapping the Potential for Virtual Care in a Pandemic and Beyond

by Dr. Sonny Kohli, Practicing Physician in Internal Medicine and Critical Care and Faculty at SingularityU Canada 02/25/2021 Leave a Comment

Untapping the Potential for Virtual Care in a Pandemic and Beyond

Virtual care is everywhere and ubiquitous. But at a time when the world is amid a global pandemic, virtual care is also being underutilized. The technology exists today to help our healthcare system not only more effectively and efficiently manage care during COVID-19, but also exponentially scale capacity in the face of future outbreaks.  Virtual care defined Virtual care is a broad term. It encompasses all the ways healthcare practitioners provide for care remotely. This can mean
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Amwell Launches Smart TV Carepoint Device to Increase Telehealth Use in Patient Rooms

by Fred Pennic 02/18/2021 Leave a Comment

Amwell Launches Smart TV Carepoint Device to Increase Telehealth Use in Patient Rooms

What You Should Know: - Amwell launches new smart tv Carepoint device that enables hospitals to use televisions for telehealth in an effort to help hospitals scale and simplify access to telehealth by using devices that already exist in patient rooms. Intermountain Healthcare has already successfully deployed more than 1,200 units across nearly 50 locations.   - Designed to further expand integrated telehealth connectivity via the Amwell platform, the new
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98point6 Launches New Virtual Behavioral Health Offering

by Jasmine Pennic 02/17/2021 Leave a Comment

98point6 Launches New Virtual Behavioral Health Offering

What You Should Know: - 98point6 announces the launch of its new virtual behavioral health service. - With primary care at the center, 98point6’s new single-stop virtual care solution helps ensure that every patient is fully supported in their mental health treatment journey. - Currently available to commercial customers, 98point6 provides employers, health plans and health systems access to integrated, behavioral health care for their employees and members from a collaborative team of
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Telehealth Helped Me Beat COVID-19, But It’s Just A Start

by Lisa Romano, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer at CipherHealth 02/05/2021 Leave a Comment

Telehealth Helped Me Beat COVID-19, But it’s Just A Start

I was the voice of social distancing, a proponent of mask-wearing from the very start. Still, after months of keeping distance from loved ones, the idea of a quick, safe, outdoor family gathering on a beautiful fall day, even if we weren’t going to be wearing masks, was too good to pass up.  A week later, I was sequestered in my bed, with a 103-degree-fever that didn’t break for 12 days, unrelenting migraines and aches, and what felt like an impossibly heavy weight on my chest, making
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ATA, Hims & Hers, Others Form Telehealth Equity Coalition to Improve Access to Telehealth Among Underserved Populations

by Fred Pennic 02/02/2021 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know: - . Together with nonprofit, academic, and industry partners, the Telehealth Equity Coalition (TEC) has formed to improve access to quality and affordable healthcare by increasing adoption of telehealth, especially among those who have been left out or left behind. - Founding members of the TEC include: Adaptation Health, American Telemedicine Association, BlackDoctor.org, Foley & Lardner, Grapevine Health, Hims & Hers, Howard University Dept. of Community
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Treat in Place: Protecting Nursing Home Patients From Hospital Readmission

by Waseem Ghannam, MD, President, Telehealth Solution 02/02/2021 Leave a Comment

Treat in Place: Protecting Nursing Home Patients From Hospital Readmission

A night doctor’s dilemma Five years ago, I was practicing medicine in a rural hospital in North Carolina as a nocturnist, when I received a call from an Emergency Room (ER) doctor. “Hey, it’s Blake. Room 7. Demented. UTI,” he says, and hangs up. I was struck by the abrupt and sparse communication—no detailed report. Not even a name. Charged with admitting and caring for patients, I head downstairs and find myself in room 7 where an elderly woman with a blown IV and no family around is
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Concentra Transitions Telemed Offering from Amwell to eVisit Virtual Care Platform

by Fred Pennic 01/26/2021 Leave a Comment

Concentra Transitions Telemed Offering from Amwell to eVisit Virtual Care Platform

What You Should Know: -  Concentra recently transitioned their three-year-old Concentra Telemed® offering from Amwell to the eVisit Virtual Care platform. - The eVisit Virtual Care platform is supporting all of Concentra’s telemedicine requirements, including its industry-leading 24/7/365 Concentra Telemed offering and Concentra Telerehab®, conducting more than 8,000 virtual visits a month. - eVisit was founded six years ago and is already in use at more than 100
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Challenges of Operationalizing Remote Patient Monitoring Data

by Roberto Martinez, President, Mexico, Encora 01/21/2021 Leave a Comment

Challenges of Operationalizing Remote Patient Monitoring Data

Among the many evolving technologies in the healthcare industry, there may be none more important or impactful than remote patient monitoring (RPM) hardware and software solutions. This technology is opening up new possibilities in extended healthcare – saving patients money, limiting visits to the doctor’s office, and providing healthcare professionals with powerful tools for diagnosing and treating patients. As these tools continue to mature, software and hardware developers are solving
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3 Steps to Maintain Telehealth’s Momentum Post-Pandemic

by Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Leader for Post-Acute and Home, Philips 01/19/2021 Leave a Comment

3 Steps to Maintain Telehealth’s Momentum Post-Pandemic

In the face of COVID-19, healthcare witnessed how crises can become the long-awaited push for creativity and innovation that the industry needs. When our healthcare infrastructure’s weaknesses were exposed, telehealth helped to stitch them up, with the number of telehealth claims increasing 8,336% nationally from April 2019 to April 2020. Out of need, patients quickly turned to telehealth as a new model of care delivery; clinicians adapted to a new avenue for engaging with patients, policymakers
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UnitedHealth Rolls Out Employer Virtual Primary Care Plan

by Fred Pennic 01/18/2021 Leave a Comment

DPHO, UnitedHealthcare Launch Accountable Care Program

What You Should Know: - UnitedHealthcare is rolling out a virtual primary care plan for employers that will be powered by telehealth platform Amwell, CNBC first reports. - The virtual primary care plan will allow patients access to physicians with low or no co-pays for routine care via phone or computer. - The virtual primary care program will be available for employers in 11 states including Colorado, Texas, and Maryland, as well as Washington, DC. 
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