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FCC gets $250M to relaunch COVID-19 telehealth program, seeks public input
The FCC is seeking advice on how to distribute the second round of its COVID-19 telehealth program, which recently received an additional $249.95 million in funds. -
Nearly 1 in 4 healthcare organizations are unsatisfied with or want to replace telehealth platform
While telehealth has appeared to cement its place in healthcare delivery, about one-fourth of provider, payer and employer organizations are not happy with their current platforms, according to KLAS Research. -
KLAS: Top performing telehealth platforms for healthcare organizations
Telehealth use skyrocketed in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving healthcare organizations to forge new vendor partnerships and rapidly expand virtual care offerings. -
Telehealth claim lines jump 3,000% in 1 year
Nationwide, telehealth claim lines skyrocketed 3,060 percent from October 2019 to October 2020, according to private healthcare claims data released Jan. 6 by the healthcare research organization Fair Health. -
Rennova completes agreement to create telehealth company
Rennova Health recently completed an agreement with InnovaQor, a subsidiary of TPT Global Tech, to merge Rennova's software and genetic testing divisions and form a company providing telehealth. -
Dartmouth-Hitchcock rolls out geriatric telemedicine emergency care, training to 4 rural hospitals
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, N.H., will provide telemedicine services and geriatric emergency department training, education and other resources to four rural hospitals in New Hampshire and Vermont. -
Massachusetts mandates continued insurance coverage of telehealth after pandemic: 3 details
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a comprehensive bill Jan. 1 that requires insurers to permanently cover telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. -
UPMC launches new virtual primary care model: 3 details
UPMC unveiled a new telehealth model Jan. 4 that lets patients schedule appointments with the Pittsburgh-based health system's virtual primary care service for chronic and acute care conditions, according to ABC affiliate WHTM. -
UCLA Health develops triage process to identify when telehealth is appropriate for care delivery
UCLA Health is creating telehealth-specific triage protocols to help providers determine when it is appropriate to deliver care to patients via a virtual approach, according to a Dec. 30 NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery report. -
Arkansas hospital shuts down urgent care app
Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark., will discontinue its mobile urgent care app Dec. 31, but will still offer alternative telehealth options. -
Top 5 telehealth stories of 2020
Here are the five most popular telehealth stories published by Becker's Hospital Review in 2020: -
Telehealth game-changers: 6 CIOs share defining factors that transformed virtual care in 2020
From social distancing requirements to expanded insurance coverage, telehealth usage became widespread this year thanks to several components of the healthcare industry's response to COVID-19. -
Use Telehealth to Increase Patient Volume and Healthcare Reimbursements
In previous posts of this series, we discussed several benefits of using telehealth during COVID-19 spikes and beyond – including addressing healthcare inequality, how telehealth works in tandem with remote patient monitoring and asynchronous care, and how it helps keep patients connected when elective procedures are deferred due to capacity issues. -
Why Telehealth Becomes Even More Essential as Elective Procedures are Deferred
On March 18, 2020, CMS temporarily banned “elective surgeries, and non-essential medical, surgical, and dental procedures ” in order to reserve hospital and ICU capacity exclusively for COVID-19 cases. -
3 payers that launched virtual health plans in 2020
Telehealth adoption accelerated this year thanks to social distancing initiatives aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. -
Virtual care in the pandemic: Key lessons learned + new avenues for growth from AU Health and OU Health
The acceleration of virtual care adoption by both providers and patients during the pandemic has helped develop new telehealth opportunities and prepared health systems to deal with the latest virus resurgence. -
ProMedica rolls out tech-enabled offering for hospital-level care at home
ProMedica launched an at-home acute care offering for patients who would have typically required hospitalization, the Toledo, Ohio-based health system announced Dec. 17. -
How UAB Medicine, Ochsner Lafayette General Health transformed patient intake for telehealth
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated telehealth adoption and highlighted the need for a digital intake process that helps health systems and medical groups collect the same important patient information for virtual visits as they do for in-person ones. -
Telemedicine creates big cybersecurity risks, Harvard researchers say
As hospitals and health systems continue the shift to telemedicine, new issues and risks with cybersecurity have arisen that will require ongoing work to preserve privacy and safe care delivery, Harvard Medical School researchers say. -
American Telemedicine Association, HIMSS ask Congress to extend telehealth flexibilities through 2021
The American Telemedicine Association and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society are among a group of telehealth organizations urging Congress to extend the temporary virtual care flexibilities passed for the COVID-19 public health emergency until the end of 2021.
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