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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine." In addition, as a federally designated Telehealth Resource Center, UVA Health also worked to provide expanded technical assistance to providers and health systems across the nine-state Mid-Atlantic Region. '" PROPOSAL.

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Stony Brook Medicine crafts a telehealth strategic plan that bears fruit

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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 Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Geisinger's telemedicine program shoots from 20 specialties to more than 70

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By consolidating platforms, Geisinger was able to standardize many of the workflows and training processes required to rapidly deploy a new modality for seeing patients. Geisinger had been using telehealth prior to the pandemic to create better access to care for patients. " Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Health Provider News – October 7, 2022

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Mat-Su Health Foundation receives largest one-time gift ever from MacKenzie Scott. State health department ends COVID data summaries, will track COVID and flu side by side. Investigators found high rates of bed sores and extended isolation among Providence nursing home patients, leading to $310K fine. million gift.