Telehealth

The American Medical Group Association, a trade association that works to advance high-performance health, is asking House leaders to pass a telehealth bill.

The Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, the Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications and telemedicine solutions provider swyMed joined forces to improve rural healthcare, swyMed officials announced Oct. 24.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a bill, which would expand telehealth services to Medicare stroke patients, would increase direct spending by $180 million over the 2018 to 2027 period.

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Predictive analytics models have long been an asset in the healthcare industry thanks to the ability to forecast future events, risk and utilization.  Their predictive power will continue to grow as they incorporate advanced technologies such as cognitive computing.

The Medical Society of Delaware entered into its first partnership with a telemedicine company, The News Journal reports.

The trend of shifting financial risk from payers to providers through value-based reimbursement models — accountable care organizations, bundled payments and capitation — is driving healthcare organizations to engage in clinical practices that improve patient health at the population level.

Publix, a Lakeland, Fla.-based grocery store chain, is partnering with Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System to offer retail pharmacies at a number of BayCare's hospitals, as well as walk-in care centers and health screening stations at Publix stores.

Westerly (R.I.) Hospital connected with Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System's InSight Tele-ICU center to implement telemedicine capabilities in its intensive care unit, the hospital announced Sept. 25.

StoneSprings Hospital Center in Dulles, Va., created a telehealth program that enables access to neonatal intensive care unit specialists from Reston (Va.) Hospital Center.