Telehealth & Covid-19
The PM Toolkit for Change Management: 3 Disciplines for RHTP Transformation
The main reason many RHTP initiatives will fall short of achieving the outcomes expected by CMS is not technology — it is the unmanaged resistance to change by clinicians, by staff, by administrators, and [...]
7 Proven Habits for Effectively Managing RHTP Transformation — Creating Engagement
At the core of every rural health transformation is one fundamental task: creating the desire in clinicians, staff, patients, and leaders to do things differently. As most leaders in healthcare know, that is harder [...]
7 Proven Habits for Effectively Managing RHTP Transformation — Preparation
Inspired by Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" In 1976, a doctoral student named Stephen Covey set out to understand what made people truly effective. His method was ambitious: he read [...]
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 [...]
9 Proven Telehealth Solutions Improving Chronic Disease Management
Chronic disease is the leading cause of death, disability, and healthcare spending in the U.S. — and it disproportionately impacts rural communities. Yet rural patients with diabetes, hypertension, COPD, and heart failure often face delayed treatment, missed follow-ups, and limited [...]















