Telehealth
In his debut book, Malcolm Gladwell talked about tipping points, the period in time when an idea or trend galvanizes so completely that its spread is unstoppable.
Christine Stetler, RN, Principal Solutions Architect, Allscripts FollowMyHealth
The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on March 23 ordered that all state health insurers, HMOs, health service corporations and health benefits plans reimburse providers for telehealth visits during the coronavirus pandemic.
Amazon and Sprint have selected Seat Pleasant, Md., as their new city where the companies will launch a $200 million nationwide disease surveillance and chronic disease management telehealth program, according to a March 21 news release.
University of Washington Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital are just a few of the organizations joining Amazon Care in delivering at-home coronavirus test kits to people in the Seattle area, CNBC reports.
The FDA on March 20 issued a new policy in response to the coronavirus pandemic that allows manufacturers to expand their use of remote monitoring devices so healthcare providers can issue them to patients.
As COVID-19 has spread to every state in the U.S. and increased testing reveals exponential growth in the number of infected patients, Bright.md has helped health systems evaluate and treat tens of thousands of patients with its virtual care delivery…
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CMS on March 20 released two digital toolkits on telehealth complete with resources specific to general practitioners as well as providers treating patients with end-stage renal disease.
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the country, federal and state health partners, behavioral health organizations and payers are all working to expand their approaches to mental health treatments, according to Roll Call.
In a recent blog post by Brian Carpenter, MD, SFHM, National Director at Sound Physicians, Carpenter broke down how to use telemedicine on a continuum of three settings: pre-hospital, hospital or acute care setting, and the post-acute care setting in…
Chris Loumeau and Ilana Price of ECG Management Consultants explain how the federal telehealth guidelines are affecting medicare beneficiaries.