Launching a telehealth service is easy. Designing a telehealth service that creates lasting strategic, financial, and clinical value? That’s the hard part. As states participating in the Rural Health Transformation Project (RHTP) begin identifying digital health solutions for their communities, [...]

The launch goes live. The dashboard lights up. Everyone celebrates. Six months later, the telehealth service is barely being utilized — and no one notices. That’s not a tech failure. That’s a systems failure. The problem is systemic: many [...]

Why RHTP success depends on implementation discipline, not vendor selection. When states submitted their RHTP applications, many wisely included telehealth as a way to strengthen rural health delivery. Now those same teams face a tougher challenge: turning those commitments into [...]

Six Years, 320+ Articles, One Mission Six years ago, in October of 2019, I launched Telehealth Tuesday with a simple goal: publish one thoughtful piece every week (on Tuesday!) to provide telehealth practitioners and healthcare leaders with strategic and actionable [...]

Maternal care deserts are growing in rural America, leaving pregnant patients with few options, long travel times, and inconsistent access to essential services. As of 2025, nearly half of U.S. counties now have no hospital-based obstetric services, and rural [...]

I recently had the privilege of joining Dr. Rhiannon Winsor on The Exam Room podcast to talk about what innovation really means for FQHCs and community health centers. What struck me during our conversation is how often "innovation" gets [...]