by smorse | Jul 10, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News
Blue Shield of California has launched a pilot initiative in four counties across the state. Under the umbrella of Health Reimagined the pilot programs include adding technology in physician offices, offering digital apps to consumers and tying physician and hospital...
by mmiliard | Jul 7, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News, Telehealth
The Federal Communications Commission announced this week that it would be allocating more money to be disbursed to rural providers and help them establish the broadband connectivity necessary to implement telehealth and virtual care during the coronavirus crisis....
by mmiliard | Jul 2, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News, Telehealth
The size, scope and rapidity of new telehealth and remote patient monitoring rollouts since the onset of the coronavirus crisis has been remarkable. Hospitals and practices that had never before deployed virtual care tools learned quickly how to integrate them. Those...
by KatJercich | Jun 26, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News, Telehealth
A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced legislation to inventory telehealth programs nationwide and evaluate ways to plan for public health emergencies using virtual care. (Senator) Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., told Healthcare IT News that the Enhancing...
by Jessica Kim Cohen | Jun 23, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Digital Health
Like much of healthcare, electronic health record go-lives have had to pivot virtually in the wake of COVID-19—shifting more tasks to remote workers and away from in-person support. (EHR) Epic Systems Corp., Cerner Corp. and Meditech in recent weeks have completed...
by Jessica Kim Cohen | Jun 18, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Digital Health, Telehealth
As the novel coronavirus swept across New York City in March, Mount Sinai Health System officials realized they needed more nurses to care for a growing number of COVID-19 cases. (training) Mount Sinai, like many health systems, began reassigning nurses, nurse...
Recent Comments