Telemedicine News & Updates 8-22-2018
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from WEDI, Teladoc Health Inc., CVS Health, Nurx, MedNetwork, CMS, MIT and more.
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New App Development Challenge Advances Care Through Patient Self-Assessments
By Gopal Khanna – AHRQ launched the AHRQ Step Up App Challenge, a three-phase competition to address the need for greater use of standardized PRO data in clinical care and research. The total prize pool for the challenge is $250,000.
More Customer Empowerment and Engagement Would Help Improve the Medical Debt Crisis
By Heather Grover – The figures painting the picture of the nation’s patient medical debt crisis are astounding. Consumers are struggling to pay for care and that makes the media headlines, understandably so.
Virtual Care: Transforming the Way We See Our Providers
Our series seeking out the transforming technology of Virtual Care. From product news, to industry updates, to thought leaders writing on the subject. Here is who is making news in virtual care.
Mining A New Data Set To Pinpoint Critical Staffing Issues In Skilled Nursing Facilities
By Jordan Rau – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is not known for linguistic playfulness. Nonetheless, at least one person there must have been chuckling when it named its rich new data source for nursing home staffing levels the Payroll-Based Journal, or PBJ.
Patient Experience 8-8-2018
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.
The Value of Virtual Care Use in Pediatrics
By Lee Horner – The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health conducted a study with adults to identify health topics that are a “big problem” for children and teens. Key topics include parents’ concerns over their kids’ future, safety and long-term health.
Population Health Management and Virtual Care
By Lee Horner – Population Health Management is the delivery of quality health care to the overall human population. The goal is to improve outcomes, the quality of life, and ultimately prolong life expectancy.
Telemedicine News & Updates 7-25-2018
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from Zipnosis, InTouch Health, Aligned Telehealth, Global Partnership for Telehealth, MyTelemedicine and more.