Exploring the multiple facets of Telehealth. This week in September 2021 is “#TelehealthAwareness” week, a promotional campaign by the industry association of telehealth technology and solution vendors. A diamond is a fascinating terrestrial and human artifact. A simple composition [...]

Over the past months our team has had many conversations with the leaders, staff and clinicians at many rural health care organizations - Critical Access Hospitals, community behavioral health services, community health centers, rural health clinics, etc. While the [...]

Over the past decade healthcare researchers have recognized that a person’s health status is greatly affected by the physical environment and social conditions they find themselves in. Many of these factors are the result of a person’s lifestyle choices, educational [...]

Over the 10 years that I’ve been working with health systems on telehealth strategy, service design and implementation I’ve come across a number of misconceptions that people hold about telehealth. With telehealth now taking hold as a valid alternative [...]

In 2019 the American Telemedicine Association declared as the tag line for their annual conference a concept that’s been long in the minds of those having been involved in telehealth for the past 20, 30 years: that “Telehealth = [...]

Most Healthcare Organizations’ Strategic Plans follow pretty much the same blueprint, covering the same five or six “pillars”, including quality, service, people, finance, growth and community.As Healthcare Organizations’ maturity regarding the use of digital health and telehealth technologies improves, healthcare [...]