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WVU Medicine uses $781K grant to greatly boost telehealth to rural patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The state is 24,320 square miles and is the only state located entirely in the area known as Appalachia, which faces gaps in educational achievement, employment and income as well as a variety of negative health consequences compared with the rest of the country. These services also are limited in scope. THE PROBLEM.

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How a single COVID-19 telehealth grant will help one provider for years to come

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

From the time Burrell Behavioral Health in Springfield, Missouri, received initial reports of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching the surrounding areas, clients and staff members became concerned about their physical health and wellbeing. We also purchased additional server capacities and Citrix licenses to run core applications remotely.

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Telehealth to be a permanent part of care at Boulder Community Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prior to 2020, Colorado's Boulder Community Health had put the infrastructure in place to support telehealth, but struggled to gain adoption because of limited provider and patient demand. Telehealth was critical to connecting with our patients to continue their health maintenance safely in their own home."

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Texas OIG Inspectors Discover Errors in Reported Nursing Home Staff Hours

Med-Net Compliance

On November 3, 2022, the OIG released the results of a recent inspection of a nursing home by the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General Audit and Inspections Division (OIG Inspections).

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How Facial Blood Flow Patterns Can Usher a New Era of Health Vital Monitoring

HIT Consultant

Keith Thompson, Chief Medical Officer of NuraLogix Those of us old enough to recall the 1960s TV series “Star Trek” were fascinated by Dr. McCoy when he would simply point a scanner at his patients and analyze their condition. This future state has been made possible since the advent of “Transdermal Optical Imaging” or “TOI TM ”.

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Bipartisan TIKES Act would improve telehealth access for kids

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Telehealth Improvement for Kids’ Essential Services, or TIKES, Act of 2020 would require the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to states about how to increase access to telehealth under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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June Regulatory Update

Verisys

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services : The US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule update concerning guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (LTC) and Intermediate Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID).