What's the difference between a "good" state for telemedicine and a "bad" one? We delve into the American Telemedicine Association's recent report by looking at New Mexico, at the top of the list, and Connecticut and Rhode Island, which got failing grades.
As we reported earlier, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong keynoted at the American Telemedicine Association’s annual meeting this past week. I also got a chance to meet with him for just a few minutes after his talk, and recorded the interview. In this recording, Soon-Shiong, the billionaire founder of NantWorks and NantHealth, expressed the belief that patients need to be more […]
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After Hurricane Katrina, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, fully embraced telehealth to reach out to the state's sickest, most vulnerable residents. "Mississippi didn't have another option," said Kristi Henderson, the university's chief telehealth and innovation officer. Today, the state has one of the nation's most successful telehealth programs.
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Mercy Virtual, the telehealth division of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy Health System, is putting the finishing touches on what it calls the world’s first virtual care center, ahead of the planned June 1 opening. The $50 million, 120,000-square-foot facility will serve as the nerve center for all of Mercy's nearly 80 telehealth programs, including what is being called the largest single-hub eICU in America.
If you were at the just-concluded American Telemedicine Association annual meeting in Los Angeles, you likely saw the MedCity News Media Pavilion in the exhibit hall. We interviewed about two dozen newsmakers and interesting attendees on camera. Here is a taste of what we produced.
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There is a perception that telemedicine providers are held to a higher standard than the rest of the healthcare industry. Panelists at the American Telemedicine Association's annual meeting questioned why, since in-person care is fraught with plenty of risk.
Newly installed American Telemedicine Association President Dr. Reed Tuckson wants to tell the world that telehealth is no longer just an adjunct technology on the fringes of the healthcare industry. “What we are doing is at the heart of America’s transformation in healthcare,” Tuckson said Tuesday in Los Angeles at the ATA’s annual meeting. “We […]
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has some big ideas in healthcare, like a vision of a fully connected ecosystem that truly empowers patients to make informed choices about their own care, aided by supercomputers to crunch all the data, including highly complex genomic information. And he's not afraid to toot his own horn every once in a while, he said Monday at the American Telemedicine Association's annual meeting.
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There is still little consensus from state lawmakers about how best to handle telehealth, according to a pair of new political report cards released Monday at the American Telemedicine Association’s annual conference. The association updated reports on how well state policies are addressing coverage and reimbursement as well as physician practice standards and licensure. The […]
"Doctors have been diagnosing, truly diagnosing, from afar for a long time," CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said Sunday at the American Telemedicine Association's 20th annual conference in Los Angeles.
The American Telemedicine Association is getting ready to open its 20th annual conference and trade show, a sign that telehealth is maturing, but questions about reimbursement and state regulations still linger about the industry.
Not quite three months after it rolled out an accreditation program for telehealth and providers, the American Telemedicine Association said it has received more than 200 applications to register, while awarding its first accreditation to Amwell. The ATA launched the effort late last year, with the goal of helping establish more clear standards in the […]
CMS yesterday unveiled a new model for ACOs as part of an attempt to make such coordinated care organizations more predictable and enticing for providers, and with that will come increased coverage of telehealth services. According to the American Telemedicine Association, the development is no small deal. “The decision is particularly significant because under this new model, […]