Telehealth & Covid-19
RPM That Clinicians Actually Use: A Practical Playbook for Sustainable Adoption
Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM) has proven clinical and financial potential, but many programs stall or even fail after the initial rollout. The difference between RPM that exists and RPM that delivers value comes down to [...]
Maximizing RHTP Telehealth Funding: A Proven Blueprint For Success
This week's Telehealth Tuesday examines how states can maximize their Rural Health Transformation Program telehealth investments through coordinated implementation rather than fragmented, vendor-driven approaches. The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program represents a once-in-a-generation [...]
Telehealth Vendor Selection: Defining Needs and Requirements
As the need for timely access to a wide variety of healthcare services, especially in rural areas, is increasing, Telehealth — "providing care at a distance" — bridges distances, transportation challenges, and lack of specialty [...]
16 Proven Telehealth Solutions Improving Access to Rural Primary Care
Primary care is the foundation of a high-functioning healthcare system, but in rural America, it is also one of the most fragile. Many communities lack enough clinicians so patients often have to travel long distances even for basic services, [...]
11 Proven Telehealth Solutions Improving Access to Emergency Care
This is the second 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 — continuing here with emergency [...]
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 — starting here with inpatient 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 stakes”. The same holds true [...]
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 for telehealth, telehealth will not [...]
The Seven Pillars of Telehealth Value
Why after 30 years Telehealth is still Healthcare's Most Underutilized Strategic Asset Depending on who you ask, Telehealth (the “delivery of care at a distance”) goes back to the 1950s (transmitting an ECG), the 1960s (humans in space), or [...]