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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VillageMD partners with Point32Health for primary care expansion

VillageMD, a value-based care primary services provider, is expanding access to care through a partnership with Point32Health to offer services in Massachusetts.

PHE for COVID-19 will continue past January

The public health emergency enacted during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue past January 2023. 

 

Amazon launches new virtual health service

Just months after announcing it was closing its primary health services business, e-commerce giant Amazon is once again stepping into the healthcare sector with a new services offering, Amazon Clinic.

 

AdventHealth partners with Monogram Health for remote monitoring program

Health system AdventHealth has teamed up with Monogram Health to improve the health outcomes of kidney care patients. 

 

Q&A: Bicycle Health CMO breaks down telehealth’s role in the opioid crisis

Health Exec caught up with Brian Clear, MD, chief medical officer with Bicycle Health, to learn more about the current state of the opioid overdose crisis and the role of telehealth.

Cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) combine imaging and reporting into one system that allows access across the cardiovascular service line. Here are 7 trends in CVIS according to KLAS.

VIDEO: 7 trends in cardiovascular information systems seen by KLAS

Monique Rasband, vice president of imaging, cardiology and oncology, KLAS Research, explains a few of the key technology trends in cardiovascular information systems (CVIS).

Intermountain Healthcare launches pediatric telehealth

Intermountain Healthcare, a Utah-based nonprofit healthcare system operating in seven states, has launched a telehealth program aimed at reducing hospital transfers among pediatric patients and lowering costs.

Health Care Service Corporation launches virtual primary care

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the largest customer-owned health insurer in the United States, has launched a virtual primary care offering in two states.

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