Rural Healthcare Needs More Than Just Telehealth
People working the most vital occupations, like farmers and ranchers, call the most remote areas in this country home. Their health shouldn’t suffer due to their choice of employment.
Icario launches program to help Medicaid, Medicare plans improve broadband access for members
The program, called Digital Bridge, will leverage Icario's expertise in personalized health communications to help plans ensure members are able to access resources available to get low-cost or free broadband.
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Improving Medical Billing to Cut Payment Bottlenecks
Yusuf Qasim, President of Payments Optimization at Zelis, discussed how the company is transforming healthcare payments from a fragmented, patchwork system into a modern, digital infrastructure.
Increasing connectivity to address health disparities requires more than expanding broadband access
The broadband expansion, especially in rural areas, will allow more people to access telehealth. But a panel at MedCity INVEST in Chicago said that's not enough to tackle the social determinants of health.
Report: Provider, payer websites are go-to online resources for patients making care decisions
Healthcare consumers are increasingly turning to the internet to research their care options, and provider and payer websites are among their top choices for information, according to a new survey of 1,000 U.S. adults. Over half of the respondents said they would use a provider or payer website to search for a new doctor.
Cleveland Clinic to help bring affordable broadband to city neighborhood
The Ohio-based health system is working with three organizations to provide residents of Cleveland's Fairfax neighborhood with access to high-speed internet at affordable prices. The collaboration aims to alleviate health disparities that arise from a lack of reliable access to the internet.
Online scheduling, virtual visits emerge as key criteria for selecting providers
Healthcare consumers want the same level of ease when scheduling a health check-up as they have when booking an Uber, and younger generations of Americans are increasingly hinging their care selection preferences on facilities that offer a user-friendly digital front door, a new report shows.
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Redefining Payer Operations: Data-Driven Strategies for the Future of Healthcare
This eBook provides actionable strategies, real-world best practices to help payers stay ahead in a value-based care environment.
NASA is testing this clinical decision support tool in outer space
The space agency is piloting Wolters Kluwer's UpToDate solution, which provides medical knowledge at the point of care, on board the International Space Station.
Why broadband and telehealth are interconnected
In a phone interview, broadband analyst Craig Settles explained why the community broadband and the telehealth industry should help each other and collaborate.
Survey says consumers are willing to share their healthcare experiences online
A new survey of over 1,000 U.S. adults who have a physician found 51 percent share their personal healthcare experiences online via platforms such as Facebook and Google.
The patient experience: Where the digital and healthcare worlds overlap
A new consumer survey from Doctor.com found 80 percent of patients have used the Internet to make a healthcare-related search in the past year.
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Price Transparency is the New North in the PBM World
In this episode hear how improving benefit verification, prior authorizations, and patient affordability with smart integrations and real-time eligibility can streamline healthcare workflows.
How the Trump administration’s broadband policies will impact telehealth
"If you don't have good broadband, you don't have good telehealth," broadband analyst Craig Settles said in a February 8 webinar. But without strong broadband policies, patients in need don't have access to virtual care.
5 non-health tech stories you should care about this week
DARPA hopes to bring "brain-like intelligence" to computers, plus, a startup aims to deliver wireless, gigabit-speed Internet service via millimeter waves.
HIPAA fine against Mass. hospital, NYT telemedicine story highlight the need to secure data
The HHS Office for Civil Rights fined St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., in a settlement of HIPAA allegations of lax Internet security, even as The New York Times reported on a health system using Skype.
Greystone.Net Healthcare Internet Conference comes to Orlando Nov. 7-9
This post is sponsored by Greystone.Net. Greystone.Net kicks off the 15th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference at the JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes, in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 7. Recognized as the most forward-thinking conference on Internet technology and marketing in healthcare, the conference features five keynote sessions, 38 concurrent case study sessions, exceptional networking opportunities, […]