In the wake of the global pandemic, the popularity of telehealth skyrocketed. In fact, a study by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) showed a 63-fold increase in Medicare telehealth utilization during the pandemic. While virtual...
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How to Develop a Telehealth Implementation Strategy
Oct 14, 2022
In 1879, the Lancet article made the prognosis that “modern” technology – the telephone – could be used to transform healthcare delivery and reduce unnecessary office visits. Looking back, that prediction was uncannily forward thinking. While telehealth, or...
What is Telehealth: And How Does It Work?
Aug 16, 2022
What is Telehealth and How Does It Work? During the global pandemic, many schools and businesses pivoted to a virtual environment. What was supposed to be a temporary solution became not only the norm, but a preference for many. The same...
Types of Telehealth Services: 4 Examples and their Benefits
Jul 12, 2022
Types of telehealth services span a spectrum of technologies and strategies, including live, forwarded, remote, and mobile, applied depending on convenience and practical considerations. Recent technological advances, coupled with accelerated patient...
8 Steps to Improve Healthcare Accessibility with Telehealth
Feb 25, 2022
Telehealth accessibility remains an important factor for providers capitalizing on this increasingly popular and feasible option, made more so during the pandemic. The care alternative that promised key advantages pre-pandemic has undergone accelerated vetting...
Setting up Telehealth: Selecting a Vendor, Integrating with Workflows, and Understanding Telehealth Equipment Requirements
May 4, 2021
By now, most organizations across healthcare have realized that telehealth (or telemedicine) is here to stay – both as a means of providing extended and enhanced care for patients and as a tool for practice and revenue growth. Once seen as somewhat of an optional...
Geographic Expansion via Telehealth: First, You Need a Business Plan
Nov 19, 2020
Telemedicine has been thrust into the forefront this year, yanked from a marginal “early adopter” technology into the spotlight as table stakes for any practice that wanted to survive the COVID pandemic. Now we are entering the inevitable “sawtooth curve” of compound...
Opportunity: Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) During a Pandemic
Oct 13, 2020
The Opportunity There is no doubt that COVID-19 has upended healthcare as we know it and left healthcare providers and patients in turbulent waters. Our vulnerable populations, already at risk, are taking the brunt of this storm. As we gradually come to terms with the...
Telehealth: The New Group Practice Growth Vehicle
Sep 29, 2020
Over just the past six months of 2020, we have seen an incredibly accelerated evolution in the role of telehealth. It went from a rarely used technology to a basic “table stakes” capability for modified practice re-opening and revenue in the summer, to where we are...
3 Steps to Regaining HIPAA Technology Compliance in the Post-Pandemic World
May 7, 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic, many visits to the doctor’s office have been replaced with telehealth. Patients can confer with their physicians online from the safety of their homes. Symptoms and proper medication dosage can be discussed; doctors can even monitor...
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