New Zealand Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced a new 24/7 telehealth service to expand access to primary care amid the overcrowding of emergency departments. The government will invest in the new service, which is…
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New Mexico is a vast state – the fifth largest in the U.S. But it has one of the smallest populations, ranking 36th with slightly more than 2.1 million people. In 2022, New Mexico…
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Many health systems’ journeys into wide-scale virtual care really began with the urgent need to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.Some health systems have been able to streamline and standardize processes across their extensive networks,…
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Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare, tries to make it easy on health systems. His is the first Epic-based virtual care company – Epic having the largest market share among EHR vendors, that makes…
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Over the past decade, the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has seen an increase in the number of highly complex infections. That’s related to a few different factors. THE PROBLEM
First, the population of the…
Morgan L. Waller, RN, says she and her team were well invested in telemedicine way before COVID-19 – and have not yet paused their journey to improve access to highly sought-after medical professionals via…
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Like most health systems across the United States, Pinehurst, North Carolina-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas has challenges with bed capacity and is always working on new and innovative ways to increase it in a…
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MD Home Health, a 39-year-old home health agency, has launched omnichannel home health services, what it says is a first for Phoenix and Arizona. The new offerings will include remote patient monitoring, telehealth, a…
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With more than two decades of telemedicine experience and research, the Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital Telemedicine team identified a disparity in access to the internet and digital tools that disproportionately affects low-income and…
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Starting this September, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare will officially begin the nationwide telemedicine pilot following a three-month guided pilot period. The service is currently being offered to the following patients:
those with…
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