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Rural Hospital Reduces No-Shows with a Boost in Patient Engagement
Sparta Community Hospital, in a rural Illinois town about 50 miles southeast of St. Louis, is using proactive, patient-facing communication technology that integrates with its EHR system data to reach patients in a more user-friendly way to reduce its no-show rates.
AHA Associate Podcast Series | AMN Healthcare
In this episode, Kathleen Wessel welcomes Mark Knudsen, Head of Telehealth Technology Solutions, and Kurt Mosley, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, for AMN Healthcare. Their discussion focuses on a challenge facing many healthcare organizations: How to combine the most advantageous aspects of remote care with the best aspects of on-site care. The goal, ultimately, is to create a hybrid model that promotes quality, reduces costs and provides patients with the convenience and access they increasingly seek.
Senator Thune touts support for telehealth, urges solution-oriented advocacy
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., April 16 updated AHA members on progress to extend telehealth waivers, offering hope that a solution will arise in end-of-year legislation that Congress will attempt to pass.
UPMC’s App to Lower Post-Surgery Readmission Rates Is a Pip
Last year, UPMC Enterprises and Redesign Health began collaborating on Pip Care Inc., a novel digital health platform that is designed to improve surgical outcomes and increase patient satisfaction.
Virginia congressman champions telehealth, will push to extend expiring policies
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., touted the benefits of telehealth April 15, saying it is uncovering hidden health care savings by encouraging patients to seek more timely care.
AHA to court: Revised OCR bulletin on online tracking technologies still unlawful
The Department of Health and Human Services’ revised “bulletin” for HIPAA covered entities and business associates using online tracking technologies only confirms that the original bulletin was “substantively and procedurally unlawful,” AHA April 11 told a federal court hearing its challenge to a bulletin issued by HHS’ Office for Civil Rights that restricts health care providers from using standard third-party web technologies that capture IP addresses on portions of their public-facing webpages.
AHA urges Congress to make telehealth flexibilities permanent
In a statement submitted April 10 to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for a hearing on legislative proposals to support patient access to telehealth services, AHA voiced support for certain proposals that would extend critical telehealth flexibilities set to expire this year, expand telehealth access to patients with limited English proficiency and help inform telehealth changes for the future.
CMS urged not to require certain telehealth providers to list home address
AHA again urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 20 to permanently allow telehealth providers to administer services from their homes without listing their home address on Medicare enrollment and claims forms, which would pose privacy and safety risks, add unnecessary operational and administrative burden, and could lead to confusion regarding practice location.
CMS Urged to Remove Telehealth Provider Home Address Reporting Requirements
AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to remove the requirement that telehealth providers list their home address on enrollment and claims forms when performing services from their homes.
Virtual Care Platform Wheel Expands Its Services, Focusing on Convenience
The virtual care platform Wheel recently made news by saying it would add mental health provider Talkspace, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company and the data-sharing program Health Gorilla into its integrated health care ecosystem this year.