Telehealth & Covid-19
Buying Technology for RHTP Is Easy.
Driving RHTP Outcomes Is Not.
RHTP funding is arriving — and with it, a wave of technology purchasing decisions. Advanced imaging systems. Telehealth platforms. Remote patient monitoring programs. AI-powered scribing tools. Consumer-facing digital health solutions. Vendors are calling. Demos are [...]
Preparing for RHTP RFPs:
What Rural Health Leaders can do NOW
The Rural Health Transformation Program has set a remarkable amount of activity into motion — 50 state applications submitted, awards issued, revised budgets under review, and RFPs at the state level are beginning to [...]
When Telehealth Gear Gathers Dust:
Why Equipment Funding Isn’t Enough
This article is based on a webinar presented by Jen Donathan, Shari Snyder, Ryan Baker, and Christian Milaster for Generation West Virginia’s Broadband Technical Assistance Webinar Series. There is a pattern we have seen [...]
The Vendor Trap: Why Buying Telehealth Isn’t Implementing Telehealth
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 [...]
Happy 6th Birthday, Telehealth Tuesday!
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 [...]
18 Proven Telehealth Solutions
Improving Access to Maternal Care
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 [...]
Innovation Isn’t About Technology – It’s About Building a Culture That Embraces Change
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 [...]
Getting Telehealth Right Means Getting the Basics Right
Occasionally, Telehealth Tuesday readers and colleagues send me reports for comment. A few weeks ago, Hannah Jelliman from the UK-based telehealth platform Whereby shared their latest market research. Here’s my take on what it gets right — and what it [...]
18 Proven Telehealth Solutions Improving Access to Behavioral Health Care
Behavioral health remains one of the most pressing and underserved areas in healthcare — especially in rural and low-resource settings. As part of the broader effort to support rural innovation under CMS’s Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, this five-part [...]















