Telemedicine News & Updates 2-6-2019
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from American Well, Teladoc, InTouch Health, SnapMD, Nurx, Arista Networks and more.
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Virtual Care: Transforming the Way We See Our Providers
The transforming technology of Virtual Care from product news, to industry updates, to thought leader articles. News from HIMSS19, First Stop Health, Babyscripts Inc., Synzi, Health Navigator, GlobalMed, and The American Telemedicine Association.
Choosing Effective, Sticky Health Apps (Part 2)
By John Halamka MD – In a previous blog post, I shared an excerpt from the new book that Paul Cerrato and I just completed, The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine. Here is a second excerpt from Chapter 3, “Exploring the Strengths and Weaknesses of Mobile Health Apps.”
Do You Have the Revenue Cycle Basics Covered for 2019?
By Marty Callahan – Financial challenges again ranked as the top concern for hospital CEOs in the most recent ACHE survey of hospital leaders. Medicaid reimbursement (including adequacy and timeliness of payments) was a top concern of 71 percent of hospital CEOs.
Patient Experience 1-23-2019
How can understanding patient experience improve and advance patient-centered care? What aspects of health care delivery fall under the umbrella of patient experience? We will explore answers to these questions and all of the ins and outs of patient experience in this series.
App Challenge Winner Docket to Add Immunization Data for Individuals
By Chris Muir & James Daniel – It’s been a little more than a year since the Docket app won the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Move Health Data Forward (MHDF) Challenge, focused on helping consumers consolidate and share their health data.
Choosing Effective, Sticky Health Apps
By John Halamka MD – In a recent blog post, I talked about the new book that Paul Cerrato and I just completed, The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine. In that post, we shared the Preface to the book in the hope that it might pique readers’ interest in mobile health.
Telemedicine News & Updates 1-9-2019
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from SOC Telemed, Health Navigator, Tyto Care, Medici, VRHealth, Chiron Health, American Well, Teladoc and more.
The Importance of “Soft” Value in Virtual Care ROI
By Catherine Murphy – Measuring return on investment – whether that comes from realized cost savings, direct revenue or long-term revenue – is important when building a business case for virtual care.