Telehealth

David A. Fletcher, associate vice president of the Center for Telehealth at Geisinger.
How Geisinger uses telehealth to keep patients at home and out of the hospital
By Bill Siwicki | 11:18 am | July 13, 2021
An executive at its Center for Telehealth explains how the Pennsylvania health system evaluates virtual care models - and when it knows it's time for an ER visit instead.
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Future of telehealth depends on infrastructure and analytics
By Nathan Eddy | 09:54 am | July 13, 2021
McKinsey expects a proliferation of innovative tech-enabled care delivery models that will accelerate the adoption of value-based care.
Telehealth improving care for people with disabilities - but more must be done
By HIMSS TV | 07:10 am | July 13, 2021
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Virtual hybrid model: Why it makes sense
By HIMSS TV | 08:43 am | July 12, 2021
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Patients are just as satisfied with virtual visits, Cleveland Clinic study finds
By Kat Jercich | 10:25 am | July 09, 2021
Researchers found that more than half of survey respondents agreed that their telehealth visit was better than an in-person one.
Strong support for SDOH bill; Fitbit's smart ring; Supreme Court to hear 340B cases
By HIMSS TV | 08:08 am | July 09, 2021
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A home health visit
CMS proposes to expand the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model
By Nathan Eddy | 03:08 pm | July 08, 2021
Public and private providers are keen on expanding their home health programs after seeing how well it worked during the pandemic.
Bipartisan telehealth and cybersecurity bills, prolific IPOs and more
By HIMSS TV | 05:16 pm | July 02, 2021
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CMS lacks authority to ensure hospital safety in pandemics; telehealth use decreasing
By HIMSS TV | 08:57 am | July 02, 2021
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Report: Telehealth use beginning to taper
By Kat Jercich | 05:36 pm | July 01, 2021
After a spike in spring 2020 - especially in California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Hawaii and Vermont - patient utilization of video visits has dropped off, say analysts.