Clinton: Expand Medicare reimbursement for telemedicine
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).
Rural healthcare: A look at how rural hospital alliance is helping members survive
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.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Lessons in telemedicine from South Dakota
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 […]
Mississippi continues to carve telehealth leadership role
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 […]
PipelineRX to further expand telepharmacy at rural hospitals
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, […]
Why 2 app evangelists say 2015 will be a tipping point for doctors prescribing apps
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 […]
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
OhioHealth, Time Warner Cable team up on telemedicine effort
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 […]
Picky health plans come cheap in eastern Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Angela Allen’s struggle to ease her neck pain has been a huge pain in the neck. Her regular spine doctor does not accept the new insurance she bought through the federal health marketplace. Allen, who has two slipped disks in her neck vertebrae, said the closest specialist she found who would see […]
In rural SC, telepsychiatry cuts wait times for mental health exams from 4 days to 10 hours
When emergency room patients are deemed “a danger to themselves or others,” every state requires hospitals to hold them until a psychiatrist conducts a face-to-face evaluation to decide whether it is safe to let them leave. In rural hospitals across the country, it can take days for a psychiatrist to show up and perform the […]
Struggling community hospitals in Georgia are reinventing themselves as freestanding ERs
An ambulance races down an empty street in Folkston, Ga., population about 5,000. It bypasses Charlton Memorial Hospital, makes a sharp right turn and speeds to an emergency room 40 miles away. Why? Because Charlton Memorial Hospital has been closed since last August. Four of Georgia’s 65 rural hospitals have shut down over the past […]
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Proposed Medicare cuts could lead to closing of rural hospitals in Texas
Small-town hospitals are worried that a federal recommendation to cut costs by re-evaluating which rural hospitals receive higher Medicare reimbursements could threaten their financial security — and even prompt them to shut their doors. &...
Like other rural hospitals, Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center faces special challenges
A 30-second television ad shows off Poplar Bluff’s sparkling new medical center as a narrator says, “Welcome … to the future of health care.” Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center serves residents of rural southeast Missour...
These three HIT projects show you will lose if you underestimate the power of patients + data
For the last two years, the team at NoMoreClipboard has been working to get medical records to patients in real time and in a convenient format. Their work with three distinct patient populations has been a great education in governance for health information exchanges, but the important take away was about patients. “We always hear […]