Telehealth
As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, Cleveland Clinic decided it must adjust the role of team-based care in the new shift to telemedicine, according to Kevin Hopkins, MD, primary care medical director at the health system.
Most physicians (93 percent) have participated in the rapid virtual care adoption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, but big challenges still remain for their continued usage.
A team of College Station-based Texas A&M University researchers is building an autonomous van equipped with telehealth technologies to help deliver care to patients lacking transportation options, according to local CBS affiliate KBTX.
Humana will maintain zero telehealth copays for several visit types in the Medicare Advantage Part D plans through next year, President and CEO Bruce Broussard said during the company's third-quarter conference call, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha.
The Federal Communications Commission will open applications Nov. 6 for its $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, which aims to improve telehealth access for low-income Americans and veterans.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital is teaming up with Northwestern Medicine, both located in Chicago, on telemedicine services for pediatric patients.
The uptick in telehealth and virtual care has many benefits for patients during the pandemic. But there are also challenges and risks.
Hospitals and health systems have offered telehealth for years but often were hindered by regulations and other restraints. When the pandemic forced regulators to loosen restrictions on technology to replace in-person care, telemedicine was thrust into the mainstream.
Telemedicine's moment is here. Many providers agree that telemedicine is here to stay in different capacities after the pandemic. But as health systems begin to gather more data from increased use of wearables and virtual visits, questions remain around how…
Telehealth became an important aspect of clinical response to COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic and remains an essential tool for physicians to connect with patients.
Staff