Telehealth & Covid-19
Payment Parity: Should Virtual Care Cost Less?
In last week’s Telehealth Tuesday, I tackled the myth that telehealth drives up healthcare costs, showing how expanded access doesn’t necessarily mean higher spending. This week, let’s explore another common misconception oftentimes perpetuated by politicians: [...]
Does Telehealth Really Drive Up Costs
Last week, at the January 2025 Telehealth T-Time, Chris Adamec, Executive Director of the Alliance for Connected Care, shared a list of common perceptions that policymakers are currently holding about telehealth. One of the most [...]
The Future of Healthcare Delivery: Telehealth
As 2024 was nearing its end, a group of Telehealth Enthusiasts got together as part of the December Telehealth T-Time meeting to design the future of healthcare delivery. Kicking off the gathering was the keynote [...]
Patient Experience, Patient Satisfaction, Patient Engagement: What’s the Difference?
My introduction to healthcare came in 2000 when I joined the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Having never been exposed to healthcare before and having only moved to the US two years prior, little did I [...]
No Digital Front Door:
Failing the Modern Healthcare Consumer
After Telehealth’s prime time moment during the Covid-19 health crisis, much attention this year has been focused back on the “digital front door” — the set of digital technologies through which interactions of the Modern Healthcare [...]
96 Common Video Telemedicine Scenarios
If you’ve been reading my Telehealth Tuesday column for a while, you know that I always urge my readers to pay particular attention to the various workflows leading up to and following the actual telemedicine visit. [...]
What Is Your Team’s CPT Code?
In the world of healthcare, a CPT® code refers to the (trademarked) acronym of the Current Procedural Terminology, a set of codes describing medical procedures received by patients. In the world of communications, a code is a [...]
Sustainable Telehealth & Digital Health Success: Be Brisk, Go Big, Go Bold — Or Go Broke!
By now, the spring of 2023, the leadership of any healthcare organization should have figured out two inevitable truths: Telehealth is here to stay, will continue to grow, will over time replace most in-person care interactions [...]
The 7 Skills of a Rock Star Telehealth Coordinator
In last week’s Telehealth Tuesday I described the 7 critical qualities, 4 responsibilities, and 7 key skills that make a Telehealth a Rock Star in their profession: Customer Service Skills (Customers = Everybody) Change Management Project [...]