Telehealth

Also known as telemedicine, this area of care helps connect doctors and patients remotely, without requiring in-person visits. This virtual care strategy is beneficial for managing chronic conditions, delivering lab test or diagnostic imaging results, post-surgical follow-ups, assessing skin conditions, online counseling and many other healthcare services. It also can improve care, care access and outcomes for patients.

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ATA to Host Fall Forum Focused on Telehealth in Chronic Care, Telemedicine in China, and Executive Leadership

Washington, DC, June 13, 2014 -- The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) will host its annual Fall Forum in Palm Desert, Calif., on Sept. 6-9, 2014. The forum will consist of two full days of program related to telehealth in chronic care, a full-day forum focused on telemedicine opportunities in China, and an executive leadership retreat for CEO’s of the world’s leading healthcare technology companies and institutions.

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ATA offers suggestions for advancing telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee offering thoughts on how 21st century technology can benefit patients.

Telehealth gains new momentum as AMA approves new principles

Telehealth has just gotten a boost from the American Medical Association.

Orgs want telehealth reimbursement for ACOs

In an effort to improve care coordination, advocacy organizations are calling for reimbursement for telehealth and remote patient monitoring for accountable care organizations.

Kvedar: Model telehealth policy helps fill void

Telehealth technology is one answer to the looming physician shortage, which currently is further strained by the millions of newly eligible patients under the Affordable Care Act. But the promise of telehealth is in a “state of limbo” as inconsistent state policies and safety concerns curb its use, wrote Joseph Kvedar, MD, founder and director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, in an editorial in Health Affairs.

Telehealth partnership aims to prevent blindness in developing world

The UC Davis Health System and global non-governmental organization Orbis International have penned a cooperation agreement to expand use of telemedicine technology to help treat and prevent blindness in the developing world.

Kaiser Permanente San Diego launches telehealth pilot station

Kaiser Permanente San Diego is lauching a telehealth pilot station to provide services to one of its large customers, an employee group, with the goal of increasing employee wellness and decreasing absenteeism.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Extends Bosch Healthcare’s Telehealth Contract Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems Inc.

Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems Inc. (Bosch Healthcare) the market leader in evidence-based telehealth solutions today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has exercised its third option to extend the term of the contract for Home Telehealth Devices and Services with Bosch Healthcare. The term of this option year began May 15 2014 and extends the contract to May 14 2015.

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