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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With funding support from a broad range of federal agencies – Department of Commerce, HRSA, USDA and FCC – the health system has worked with more than 150 community hospitals, clinics, medical practices, schools and other healthcare entities to bring specialty care to underserved communities and patients.

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Unleashing the Power of Protocols in Critical Care

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Tammi Jantzen, Co-founder, Astarte Medical Protocol Driven Care Often proclaimed as the most effective method of reducing costs for hospitals, standardization is said to promote quality patient care at a cost-effective price. billion in additional healthcare spending per year.

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Stony Brook Medicine crafts a telehealth strategic plan that bears fruit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4

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