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Mar 9, 2021 •aTouchAway

How to Improve Patient Care with Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions

Remote healthcare has taken big leaps forward over the past year, spurred on equally by new technologies and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest winners:…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

Using telehealth to revolutionize the speed of making rare disease diagnoses

For a person living with a rare disease, it can take five years or longer to receive an accurate diagnosis. With more than 40% of patients initially misdiagnosed, this “diagnostic…

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Sep 11, 2020 •Telehealth

Why TeleHealth is here to stay

Tele consultation may not be a silver bullet for all COVID-19 related problems but it will help hospitals and doctors to continue with patient consultations anytime –…

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Sep 11, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

A Pandemic Gives Telehealth a New Purpose With Community Paramedicine

With COVID-19 still rampant, health systems and EMS providers are partnering in mobile integrated health programs that stress telehealth and mHealth in the home. The coronavirus pandemic…

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Sep 4, 2020 •Telehealth

Reinventing Palliative Care Delivery in the Era of COVID-19: How Telemedicine Can Support End of Life Care.

Telemedicine technology has become essential to healthcare delivery in the COVID-19 era, but concerns remain regarding whether the intimacy and communication that is central to high-quality palliative…

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Sep 4, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

How telemedicine became the most essential business in America today

Not even six months ago, telemedicine served as a supplement to a hospital’s digital strategy. It was more of a novel offering, considered a nice-to-have or an…

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Sep 4, 2020 •aTouchAway

Telehealth seems here to stay – so how can it be improved?

Providers say there are a number of logistical, regulatory and educational hurdles that must be overcome for telehealth to reach its potential. After the coronavirus began spreading…

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Sep 4, 2020 •aTouchAway

Home-Based Medical Care Can Reduce Hospitalizations and Lower Costs — But It’s Still Underutilized

While home-based medical care has been shown to reduce hospitalization rates and lower costs for both homebound and non-homebound populations alike, it continues to be drastically underutilized…

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Aug 25, 2020 •aTouchAway

Trump Administration Announces New Actions Improving Access to Healthcare across America

On Monday, August 3, President Trump signed executive orders with the goal of improving healthcare in rural America, for seniors, and for all Americans, by expanding telehealth,…

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Jul 16, 2020 •Blog

CMS Guidance for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) During COVID-19 (CPT Codes 99453, 99454, 99457, 99458, and 99091)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided some guidance within the “Medicare and Medicaid Programs Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19…

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Jul 10, 2020 •aTouchAway

Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Telehealth Platform to Monitor Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Telehealth Platform to Monitor Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease EllenChang1, AleksiIukuridze2, MeaganEchevarria2, Jennifer…

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May 28, 2020 •American Heart Association (AHA)

New COVID-19 Stroke Guidelines Stress Support for Telehealth, mHealth

New guidelines for stroke triage published in the AHA’s Stroke journal call on first responders to use telehealth and mHealth to screen and diagnose patients and ensure…

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May 28, 2020 •aTouchAway

Medicare considering making telehealth expansion permanent, Verma says

May 27, 2020By Rich Daly, HFMA senior writer and editor Medicare considering making telehealth expansion permanent, Verma says Medicare is reviewing whether to make telehealth waivers permanent.…

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May 26, 2020 •aTouchAway

Medicare Coverage and Payment of Virtual Services

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May 26, 2020 •aTouchAway

New CMS Medicare Advantage Rule Creates Incentives for Providers to Invest in Telehealth

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday it has finalized changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D. The changes — detailed in a…

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