Mississippi scored a “B” on the American Telemedicine Association’s new report card for state reimbursement policy. The state actually dropped from an “A” last year due to changes in Medicaid policy, but is still considered a pace-setter in telemedicine. As we reported in February, Mississippi ” has emerged as a leader in policy and implementation of telehealth that can help address major barriers of access in the rural state.”
Telemedicine: Creator Of New Private Wealth
The future of healthcare delivery is telemedicine. However, the business models that will dominate the industry fostering better healthcare and creating tremendous new private wealth have yet to be determined.
Is Telemedicine Improving Your Healthcare?
Telemedicine is often referred to as the future of healthcare, but the reality is that it’s already happening. If you had an X-ray or MRI done recently, “chances are it was read by a radiologist at a distant site,” says Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). “If you had neurophysiologic monitoring during surgery, there’s a 90 percent chance it was done remotely.”
Telehealth Intervention Cuts Hospital Readmissions by 31%
A behavioral telehealth management program delivered over a two-month period helped to cut the number of hospital admissions for cardiac patients by nearly a third, reports a study published in theAmerican Journal of Managed Care. The program improved patient engagement and produced cost savings by targeting patients with heart conditions who needed additional psychological support to cope with their illnesses.
Telehealth Promises to Reshape Health Care
Hospitals embrace powerful new tools to continuously connect to patients.
Telehealth services surging despite questions about value
The business of offering consumers virtual visits with physicians is booming even as questions about the quality of care and cost effectiveness of those services remain unresolved.
VA looks to invest heavily in mHealth, telehealth
Telehealth and mHealth initiatives are playing a significant role in the proposed 2016 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs, with officials laying out more than $1 billion for specific telehealth programs and devoting more than half of the proposed IT budget for so-called “customized” programs.
TeleHealth Solutions Helps Advance Fast-Growing Telemedicine Industry with Comprehensive Services
TeleHealth Solutions addresses every step involved in procuring or optimizing telehealth programs, including selection, assessment, review, implementation, integration and support. The company is vendor-agnostic, providing unbiased input that allows customers to leverage existing resources and identify appropriate new technologies, resulting in a successful integrated system that meets current and future needs.
Telemedicine Set to Bloom in 2015
“Telemedicine may just be the biggest trend in digital health in 2015,” wrote Skip Fleshman, partner at Asset Management Ventures, in an article for Forbes. He noted that in his work, he has spent “a lot of time crisscrossing the country chatting with leading healthcare providers and insurers about their technology needs – by far the area they are most interested in is telemedicine.” According to Fleshman, Andrew Watson, the Chief Medical Director of Telemedicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has this to say: “Telemedicine is moving like lightning. We’re able to do so much more than before.”
Millennials want telehealth and mobile apps
“While traditional communication channels remain popular among patients, the next generation of patients want innovations for how they connect with providers and share information,” the report said.