The Next Generation of Telehealth
Tech is expensive, hospitals are closing and rural America is suffering. Access and workflow problems still exist, so how do we make this a workable success? Translating efficiencies do exist for consumer and health systems, but the elephant in the room is financial incentives and paying physicians for volume. Perhaps payors need to step up? Paneli...
By Shayan Vayas, MD, Greg Caressi, Sarah Bell, RN, MSN, MHA, Bill Fera, MD, Lyle Berkowitz, MD, Ritesh Patel, Moderator
Electronic Health Record Modernization: Nursing Excellence through Virtual Care
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is undergoing an Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) across the entire enterprise, with the goal of creating a shared Federal Electronic Health Record (FEHR). In 2017, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) joined with the Department of Defense (DOD) to plan for the transition to a modernized...
By MARY KATE SWEENEY, Jenifer Dow, Vertina Dyson, Susan Keller, Andria Mingo, Angela Quimby, Annarika Seecharan, Nicole Zimmerman
Predictions That Will Guide Telehealth Through 2025
Telehealth and virtual health have expanded greatly since the pandemic, driven by demand for access and the acceptance of technology as a means to expand care delivery and monitoring. Healthcare providers are becoming more strategic in how they are leveraging telehealth solutions within their portfolio and solution providers are using a variety of ...
By Greg Caressi, Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, Nitin Manocha, Alejandra Parra, Sagar Mukhekar
Development and Implementation of a Value-Based Care Telehealth Emergency Medicine Program: Triage and Care Alignment in an Integrated Health System
Background: Acute unscheduled episodic care is an area of potential cost savings, given the high frequency and cost of unnecessary emergency department (ED) utilization. Methods: We developed a provider-assisted patient navigation program using a telehealth platform designed to decrease ED utilization and reduce costs while providing exceptio...
By Austin Smith, Julie Martinez, Joel Taylor, Kelcie Douglas, Joseph Bledsoe
A Building Blocks Approach to Implementing a Telehealth Clinic Model to Improve Primary Care Access in the Philippines: A Large-scale Pilot Project
A limited number of healthcare workers and cost constraints limit primary care access in the Philippines. To test telehealth as a low-cost and effective solution, a large-scale digital health clinic was implemented in the selected urban and rural communities. In collaboration with local authorities, our pilot telemedicine clinic was implemented for...
By Annalicia Pickering, MD, Wardah Rafaqat, MD, Adi Balk, Milton Chen, Limuel Abrogena, MD, Shuhan He, Mary Showstark, Alexander Davis, Aidan Chen, Jarone Lee
Implementing A Digital Health Navigator: Strategies & Experience in The Hospital Setting to alleviate Digital Equity
Background: The implementation of telemedicine and digital health technologies in healthcare has increased, but patients still need help adopting and utilizing these technologies. To address this, a Digital Health Navigator (DHN) program was implemented to evaluate the benefits of improving patients’ adoption. Objectives: To alleviate digital...
By Salim Saiyed, MD, MBA, Wern Lynn Ng, MD, Madeline Cherry, Safi Khattab, Hafsa Pathan
Complex Behavior Change Interventions for Community Health
How can community health professionals connect with resident health consumers to encourage positive self care? This goes beyond encouraging physical activity to encompass a range of life style behavior changes with a tailored approach that engages those least engaged with health and wellness and potentially most at risk from acute health risks and ...
By Hannah McCarthy
The Use of Telehealth Technology in the Medical Management of Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review.
Background: Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) experience substantial inequalities and barriers accessing health care despite requiring constant accessibility to healthcare providers as they are more likely to die from avoidable causes of death than those without ID. Telehealth technologies have the capacity to improve access to health p...
By Chuka Bonaventure Ohazuruike, MPH, Sarah Abere, Boma Oyan, MD
Telehealth in a Pediatric Patient with Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
During COVID19, telemedicine was adapted by many practices to serve patients with a variety of health conditions including those affected by cancer. Here we report an 11-year-old patient who went to her dentist where a routine panorama x-ray showed multiple jaw keratocysts. Because jaw keratocysts can be identified with a hereditary predispos...
By Allison Jay, Anthony Hamame, M.Susan Jay
Telemedicine: Bridging the Gap in Providing Primary Care to Rural Area Patients Across India
Telemedicine has emerged as a transformative solution to address the significant healthcare disparities faced by rural India, where over 70% of the population resides. In this article, the evolution of telemedicine in India, its current landscape, and its potential to revolutionize primary healthcare delivery in rural areas are reviewed. Despite pr...
By Aswini Ashokan Naidu