Telehealth & Covid-19
13 Proven Telehealth Solutions Improving Access to Hospital Care
This is the first article in a multi-part series spotlighting proven telehealth-enabled solutions that address the goals outlined in CMS's Rural Health Transformation Program. Each installment will focus on a different area of care — [...]
3 Telehealth DOs and DON’Ts for Healthcare CEOs
Based on the Kano model, the reality of innovation is that features that once were a “delighter” (remember the first power windows in cars?) over time in the eyes of the consumer become “table [...]
5 Ways to Overcome Clinician Barriers to Telehealth Adoption
In a previous article, we examined how patient-side challenges like technology access, digital literacy, and care engagement continue to limit the potential of virtual care. But even when patients are ready, willing, and equipped [...]
Barriers to Accessing Care in Rural America
The primary reason for the challenges in accessing care in rural areas is the growing shortage of clinicians practicing in rural areas. According to one statistic, only 1 in 10 primary care physicians serving Medicare patients practice in rural [...]
Launching a New Video Visit Vendor
with a Proof-of-Concept
Over the past few editions we’ve covered the various stages and numerous steps of selecting a new video visit vendor. This is the fifth and final article in our series on Vendor Selection. We started by setting the stage with [...]
Happy 5th Birthday, Telehealth Tuesday
Hey Everyone! Before I continue with our “regular programming” next week, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Telehealth Tuesday. 5 years ago, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 I sent out the first Telehealth [...]
Effective Implementation of A New Video Visit Solution
Congratulations! You’ve successfully selected a vendor after you gathered your requirements and defined your needs. The hard part is over. Or is it? In reality, now is when the “real work” begins. Fortunately these days, the technical part of the [...]
Selecting a New Vendor for Video Visits
The public health emergency caused by the Covid-19 health crisis quickly made the use of video visits a necessity. Many organizations scrambled to select a solution and used whatever was available ranging from WebEx and Teams to Zoom, Doxy, BlueJeans, [...]
Gathering the Requirements To Select a New Video Visit Vendor
Selecting a new video visit vendor is something that many healthcare organizations are now looking into as they are realizing the value of telehealth as an alternative care delivery modality to the old-fashioned “in person” patient visit. In essence selecting [...]