Telehealth Tuesday Articles

The primary reason for the challenges in accessing care in rural areas is the growing shortage of clinicians practicing in rural areas. According to one statistic, only 1 in [...]

Over the past few editions we’ve covered the various stages and numerous steps of selecting a new video visit vendor. This is the fifth and final article in our series [...]

Hey Everyone! Before I continue with our “regular programming” next week, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Telehealth Tuesday. 5 years ago, on [...]

Congratulations! You’ve successfully selected a vendor after you gathered your requirements and defined your needs. The hard part is over. Or is it? In reality, now is when the “real [...]

The public health emergency caused by the Covid-19 health crisis quickly made the use of video visits a necessity. Many organizations scrambled to select a solution and used whatever was [...]

Selecting a new video visit vendor is something that many healthcare organizations are now looking into as they are realizing the value of telehealth as an alternative care delivery modality [...]

As the use of telehealth to “provide care at a distance” is becoming a more and more acceptable mainstream service, some organizations are evaluating whether their solution for video [...]

Last week I wrote about the importance of workflows to ensure success with Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM), so it is timely that this past Friday, Modern Healthcare posted an article [...]

With a steady increase in chronic diseases, Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM) provides clinicians with a great, non-invasive tool to not only keep track of patients key vital signs, but [...]

The ability for students to be seen by a provider not physically located at the school has been around for at least 20 years. Even before the Covid pandemic, the [...]

At the Telehealth T-Time Event in July 2024 I gave a talk on “The Unused Value of Telehealth” — how healthcare provider organizations are missing out on a multitude [...]

Optimization is commonly defined as the act of making the best use of a resource. Optimization is also a mindset to continually improve: not to pursue perfection, but to continue [...]

…or are you drifting rudderless on the virtual care ocean? Clear is Kind. Unclear is Unkind — Brené Brown Accountability breeds response-ability. — Stephen Covey During the Covid-19 health crisis [...]

For a number of years now, I have been harping on the theme: that the problem in healthcare is not the lack of innovation, but the slow pace of [...]

By now, telehealth has become table stakes for any organization providing healthcare services, though surprisingly few leaders are putting resources toward a build out and growth of their telehealth services. [...]

Note: This is the second article in a series on “AI in healthcare”. It is written as guidance for healthcare leaders. If you find this article insightful, why not discuss [...]

Over the past year, AI has definitely generated some fierce interest and stirred up some strong emotions, fueled by the media.And with the almost eerie capabilities of Generative AI, showcased [...]

Nothing irritates clinicians more than not having ready access to support. And if there is one thing that prevents many clinicians from fully embracing video visits, it’s the lack [...]

In essence, a business model is a plan for how to make a profit. But business plans are not just limited to startup ventures, digital health vendors, or healthcare [...]

Telehealth, when deployed properly, offers tremendous benefits to patients and great financial value to clinics. Yet most healthcare CEOs and especially CMOs seemingly are oblivious to telehealth’s potential as [...]

During this spring’s telehealth conference season (held by MATRC, NRTRC, gpTRAC, and ATA) I have heard about multiple initiatives to bring access to care through booths and Telehealth Access [...]

The problem in healthcare is not the lack of innovation. The problem in healthcare is the ineptitude of healthcare leaders and digital health vendors to create a meaningful, sustainable [...]

The repetitive expansion and contraction is a universal pattern of life. It’s a pattern I enjoy finding (and try to accept, especially the contraction part) in my personal and professional [...]

The notion that “Access to Care is a Human Right” is one I can very much wrap my mind around and throw my support behind. In Germany, where I was [...]