Telehealth & Covid-19
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Video Visit Vendor Selection: Defining Needs and Requirements
As the use of telehealth to “provide care at a distance” is becoming a more and more acceptable mainstream service, some organizations are evaluating whether their solution for video visits is truly the one that is the best fit [...]
Increasing the ROI of RPM
Last week I wrote about the importance of workflows to ensure success with Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM), so it is timely that this past Friday, Modern Healthcare posted an article on the same topic: How hospitals are having a hard [...]
For RPM Success, Workflows are Key
With a steady increase in chronic diseases, Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM) provides clinicians with a great, non-invasive tool to not only keep track of patients key vital signs, but also use the monitoring to increase patients’ participation in their [...]
7 Considerations When Launching School-based Telehealth
The ability for students to be seen by a provider not physically located at the school has been around for at least 20 years. Even before the Covid pandemic, the use of telehealth in School-Based Health Centers (SBHC) grew almost [...]
6 Smart Moves to Optimize Telehealth
At the Telehealth T-Time Event in July 2024 I gave a talk on “The Unused Value of Telehealth” — how healthcare provider organizations are missing out on a multitude of value propositions that telehealth can provide when used appropriately [...]
Essential Tools for Optimizing Telehealth
Optimization is commonly defined as the act of making the best use of a resource. Optimization is also a mindset to continually improve: not to pursue perfection, but to continue to reduce wasted time or resources. If we were living [...]