Best practices in scaling digital health solutions

by rickdagley | Apr 9, 2021 | Digital Health

Mallory Hackett is an Associate Editor at MobiHealthNews. digital She is a graduate of Miami University, where she studied journalism and public health. Before joining the team, she interned at McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior Living. She also...

CIOs at children's hospitals share lessons from a year of turmoil

by bsiwicki | Apr 8, 2021 | Hospitals

Hospitals across the country have been slammed with challenges over the course of the past 12 months as the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the U.S., creating all kinds of chaos for CIOs and other health IT leaders to contend with. While juggling all of these challenges...

Tablet-based telehealth keeps mental health services online during the pandemic

by bsiwicki | Apr 7, 2021 | Telehealth

Stay-at-home orders put in place in March 2020 required New York City-based Goodwill NYNJ’s offices to close. As a result, staff members needed to figure out how to maintain their two PROS (personalized recovery-oriented services) serving people with serious and...

Telehealth helps Lynn County Hospital District improve access to care, avoid ER visits

by bsiwicki | Apr 6, 2021 | Telehealth

Lynn County is a rural area in West Texas. The county consists of four incorporated towns: Tahoka, O’Donnell, Wilson and New Home. The population of the county is 5,915. Lynn County Hospital District (LCHD) is headquartered in Tahoka, the county seat. The...

FCC retools COVID-19 telehealth program application process

by Jessica Kim Cohen | Apr 5, 2021 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus

The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday voted to formalize new procedures and criteria for its COVID-19 telehealth program. FCC The FCC is gearing up to start accepting applications for the second round of the program, which Congress established through...