Value-based care has been cited as a way to reduce healthcare costs and improve outcomes. However, adoption has been slower in rural communities, with rural providers facing several uphill challenges, according to one health…
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What You Should Know:
– Jefferson Health and Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) have signed a non-binding letter of intent to merge into a leading integrated care delivery system.
– The combined entity, dubbed the “Jefferson…
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What Does the REH Designation Mean for Rural Healthcare?In 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services introduced the REH designation, which aimed to transform capabilities of qualifying healthcare organizations. The designation allows eligible…
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Approximately 11.7 million U.S. households do not have in-home internet access and approximately 5.5 million households do not have a computer, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s just the beginning of a deep…
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The following is a guest article by Nathan Shepard, SVP of Product at Azalea Health
As rural providers look to replace legacy solutions, they’re confronted with several critical decision points.
One of the most pressing questions…
By Anuja Vaidya
November 21, 2023 – Mental healthcare provided via telehealth can eliminate geographic and other barriers to care for youth enrolled in Medicaid, but only if they have the digital resources necessary for virtual…
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A new after-hours clinical telehealth service will be offered shortly to rural communities in New Zealand. This comes after the contract to deliver the said service nationwide over three years was awarded to a consortium…
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Millions of Americans live in rural areas, and a growing number of them are older adults who may want to age in place.
More than 20 percent of the U.S. nonmetro population consisted of adults…
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Essentia Health-Fargo did not necessarily have a specific problem that led it to implement tele-stroke technology. Rather, the implementation stemmed from a desire to be proactive in delivering the best care possible.A PROACTIVE MOVE
“Per…
Rural Healthcare Organizations Need Security Support
Healthcare access is already a challenge for rural communities across the country. The threat of a cyberattack is yet another immense weight for these independent health systems to juggle.
Many…
