Beyond EHRs: The future of health IT
New technologies are always popping up in the healthcare industry to improve care and streamline processes. Health IT is a growing field that your hospital will want to pay attention to, beyond the...
View ArticleRemote patient monitoring: Impacting and improving post-hospital care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services project healthcare spending, on average, will rise 5.5% annually until 2026. Something needs to be done, and one possible aid is remote patient...
View ArticleTelemedicine and its flaws: Not perfect just yet – but getting there
Telemedicine is becoming increasingly widespread in the US. As technology becomes an intrinsic part of our lives, and we spend more and more time engaged in our devices, it makes sense to have...
View ArticleeConsult platform use in community primary care settings reduces...
Rural hospitals are facing severe challenges in maintaining operating margin, with uncompensated care being a major factor. In this guest post, Chris Jaeger, head of ACO and Health System Strategy for...
View ArticleTelehealth and its role in facilities management
Over the past few years, telehealth has been gaining in popularity providing patients with access to the specialty care they need. In this guest post, Jason “JD” Duigou, CIO of a company that provides...
View ArticleCoronavirus update: Health care adjusting as number of cases rises
As the novel coronavirus — or COVID-19 — outbreak continues, there have been school closings, public event cancellations, quarantines and numerous companies limiting travel by their employees. The...
View ArticleMedicare authorizing telehealth coverage, relaxing rules during coronavirus...
To prevent potential spread of the coronavirus, Medicare is now covering the costs associated with doctor appointments done via phone or videoconference. As a way to keep up with the demand created by...
View Article5 must-do’s for hospitals financially distressed by coronavirus
Even before the coronavirus, many U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems faced difficult financial straits for a variety of reasons, including tough market conditions, weak cash management practices and...
View ArticleRural hospitals can beat COVID-19 by shifting from reactive to pro-active care
The COVID-19 virus is ravaging the planet at a scale not seen since the infamous Spanish Flu of the early 1900s, inflicting immense devastation as the U.S. loses more than 265,000 lives and counting....
View ArticleRPM’s role in COVID-19
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions have been emerging within the market for several years, and several studies evaluated and found RPM to improve treatment and access to ongoing care, patient...
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