We’re faced with unprecedented headwinds. Many rural and community practices and hospitals have scaled back their services to maintain some level of operations. Technology can help organizations navigate these headwinds and position themselves for future success.
After settling in rural New Mexico, a cancer patient had to move 750 miles east and live in a trailer to access CAR-T treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
A new independent study from Phyx Primary Care’s Innovation Lab points to measurable improvements in physician burnout, documentation efficiency, and key VBC metrics among primary care practices.
Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, says telehealth holds significant potential to save the future of rural healthcare. However, ongoing problems such as spotty broadband access, poor digital literacy and inadequate communication are preventing utilization from becoming widespread across rural communities.
Seeing an uptick in demand, the Federal Communications Commission said it would add another $198 million in unused funds into its rural healthcare program. The pool of funds can be used by rural providers to provide broadband and telecommunications services.
For the rural population, and for non-rural citizens who still face overwhelming challenges to accessing consistent, quality care, virtual care can transcend the benefits of convenience and ease and become a truly life-changing, sometimes life-saving solution.
Using telehealth services, from video calls to a secure chat environment, to connect with your own doctor goes much further to improving health outcomes.
Break down the silos. Take control of your provider data.
The proposed program would give an 85 percent discount on connectivity for broadband-based telehealth projects that would connect patients to their doctor for services like chronic disease management.
The new model calls for participating hospitals to receive fixed, global budgets from participating payers, including Medicare, set in advance to cover the cost of all the inpatient and outpatients services they provide.
Finally, a 2016 presidential candidate has said something about healthcare other than repealing Obamacare (pretty much every Republican) or single-payer "Medicare for all" (Bernie Sanders).
The alliance also helps the rural hospitals recruit doctors and other medical providers, many of whom are reluctant to work, let alone live, in isolated areas.
The home care industry is booming. As Baby Boomers age and more families seek in-home solutions for loved ones, demand for home care services is at an all-time high.
Telemedicine is increasingly becoming a mainstream offering, but long before it was a buzzword in tech circles, South Dakota-based Avera Health was applying the practice to major health episodes across the Great Plains. Now, the health system that operates in eight states is poised to expand its eCare offerings beyond assisting in emergency and intensive care […]
The University of Mississippi Medical Center has unveiled an ambitious telehealth effort that could go a long way in combating some of the most formidable challenges in rural healthcare with the planned construction of a 16,000 square-foot facility dedicated entirely to the technology. In collaboration with Baton Rouge data company Venyu Solutions, the UMMC Center […]
Telepharmacy developer PipelineRX received another investment from the California Healthcare Foundation that will help it expand its services to more rural hospitals through a partnership with the California Hospital Association. The foundation in 2012 was one of the initial investors in San Francisco-based PipelineRX, which was founded by CEO Brian Roberts in 2010. Last year, […]
2014 has been a banner year for Natalie Hodges and Brandi Harless of Personal Medicine Plus. The duo graduated from Xlerate Health, gave 45 59-second pitches at Cleveland Clinic’s Innovation conference, recruited 30 doctors for their Physician Pioneer program, joined Startup Health and presented at the mHealth Summit 2014. They will be making a trip […]
OhioHealth and its network of hospitals across the state are embarking on a telemedicine collaboration with Time Warner Cable to bring clinical expertise to more rural areas, with the goal of quickly determining whether a patient can be treated within the community or if a transport is necessary. While scores of health systems are exploring […]