Telehealth
In the first of a new feature series focused on the hard-won lessons of the past year, three CIOs, a CMIO and a CHIO describe how their new investments and digital transformation strategies point the way to a healthier 2021.
The report by Foley & Lardner found that 43 states and D.C. have implemented a version of a state telehealth commercial payer law – although payment parity policies lag behind.
More than 20 people showed up in person to testify in favor of the bill at a committee hearing this past month.
St. John's Well Child and Family Center in Los Angeles has completed 93,000 telehealth visits since April 2020, serving more than 56,000 patients.
Machine learning can help flag troubling patterns and improve systems moving forward, says Dr. Elizabeth Marshall, director of clinical analytics at Linguamatics.
Vivify CEO Eric Rock talks about the ways health systems can use remote patient monitoring to maximize care.
The bill would exclude audio-only services from the definition of telemedicine and target payment parity for virtual services.
Jennifer Price, executive director of data and analytics at THREAD, says remote monitoring technology can expand the reach of clinical trials.
Kits for low-income, underserved populations contain a web-enabled tablet, weight scale, blood pressure monitor, thermometer and 200 evidence-based healthcare pathways.