Telehealth & Covid-19
Rural Telehealth: Beyond Video Visits
With millions of dollars in Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding now flowing to organizations in all 50 states, rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, and health systems face a pivotal question: What telehealth services should [...]
Are Rural Hospitals Better Off Because of Telehealth?
A question that surfaces regularly among rural hospital leaders — and deserves a direct answer: "Are rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, and 'tweeners' better off financially as a result of telemedicine partnerships? Or are these [...]
RHTP’s Greatest Untapped Opportunity:
Building the Capability to Innovate
The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) has attracted a lot of attention — and a lot of vendors. Within weeks of states announcing their RHTP funding awards, technology companies began marketing aggressively to rural healthcare [...]
Telehealth’s Gift to Rural Health
This holiday season, as we consider meaningful gifts that transform lives, there's one present rural America desperately needs — and it's already here, proven, and ready to unwrap. The question isn't whether telehealth works for rural communities. After years [...]
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 design — how referrals start, [...]
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 opportunity to transform rural healthcare [...]
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 care providers. The Covid-19 health [...]
Verify Before You Start: Can Your New Telehealth Service Deliver?
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, [...]
Designing for Telehealth Sustainability: To Launch Is Not Enough
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 [...]