Telehealth & Covid-19
The Fastest Access to the Best Care: Tele-Emergency Is Rural America’s Most Urgent Telehealth Priority
There is a phrase that sums up the entire promise and urgency of emergency telehealth into seven words: "The fastest access to the best care." That is not a cute slogan. It is a [...]
Moses Lake Community Health Center Video Visit Re-Launch
Four Years of Trying. Then Everything Changed. How Moses Lake Community Health Center Finally Made Telehealth Work — and What Any Rural FQHC Can Learn From Their Journey Most community health centers didn't choose [...]
The Telehealth Leadership Gap: Still Drifting
Why Good People Doing Good Things Is Not Enough to Fully Leverage Telehealth's Potential In May 2026, the American Telemedicine Association held its 30th annual conference. I have attended about eight of them since 2013, [...]
RHTP Success For Rural Health CEOs: 2 Paths That Work And 2 That Don’t
Hands-On Guidance for rural hospital and health center CEOs navigating their state’s $1 billion transformation opportunity. The Rural Health Transformation Program represents the largest federal investment in rural healthcare transformation in decades. With $50 billion flowing to states over the [...]
Best of Telehealth Tuesday 2025
Happy New Year 2026! As we head into a new year, it’s time for an annual Telehealth Tuesday tradition: curating the most-read, most-shared, and most-impactful Telehealth Tuesday articles from the past twelve months. If you’re a longtime reader, you [...]
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 [...]