Background: Hospital readmissions are a key indicator of care quality, and the emergency department (ED) often serves as an entry point in the readmission cycle. To reduce avoidable acute care use, many health systems…
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Introduction to the Telehealth Modernization Act
Federal lawmakers have taken decisive action to secure the future of remote healthcare by introducing comprehensive legislation that would extend critical Medicare telehealth flexibilities. The Telehealth Modernization Act of…
What You Should Know:
– Amwell, a technology-enabled care platform provider, today announced that its partnership with a Leidos-led team has been awarded an extension of its Digital First contract to power the digital transformation…
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Cedars-Sinai says that its CS Connect chatbot has been used in 42,000 telehealth visits. The system, which was built by integrating K Health’s technology with Epic, collects symptom information from the patient at the…
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The Great Telehealth Exodus in Home Healthcare
Home healthcare agencies across the United States are making a dramatic shift away from telehealth services, with groundbreaking research revealing that one-fifth of agencies that embraced virtual care…
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What You Should Know:
– A new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine from K Health – a Clinical AI platform has shed light on the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to…
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GEM HEALTH, a virtual sleep care company, has raised $7 million in Series A funding, which will help the startup expand its sleep services, it announced on Tuesday.
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based GEM HEALTH treats patients in…
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Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women in the U.S., but women with cardiovascular risk factors often don’t get the treatment they need until it’s too late. In response to…
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New York-based virtual care company Teladoc Health announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire virtual preventative care company Catapult Health in an all-cash deal worth $65 million.The deal includes an additional $5…
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Health systems across the country are scaling hybrid and home-based care models by integrating virtual visits with in-person services, deploying remote monitoring technologies, and partnering with home health providers to increase access while reducing…
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