Telehealth
The Department of Health and Human Services released a Spanish version of its QuestionBuilder app, a mobile app developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help patients prepare for in-person and telehealth appointments.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau committed $41 million in funding to 72 health care providers under Round 2 of its COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
In the marathon that the COVID-19 pandemic has become, hospitals and health systems set a brisk early pace in transforming digitally. Telehealth services scaled rapidly as organizations adopted clinically integrated digital strategies and shifted how and where they deliver services. That momentum,…
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has been a key component of value-based strategies like hospital-at-home and in certain specialties like palliative care, as well as managing patients with chronic diseases. Only recently have large-scale studies surfaced that measure the impact of RPM programs…
Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ physician fee schedule rule for calendar year 2022, the AHA expressed appreciation for the agency’s proposals that support care delivery and patient outcomes by extending the timeline for certain programs and continuing others…
The AHA released a new episode of PowerPlay, the on-demand video series that connects AHA members to major players in policy, politics and science.
On September 9, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., ranking member of Energy and Commerce Committee, spoke with AHA Board Chair, Rod Hochman, M.D., president and CEO of Providence about building trust in COVID-19 vaccines, rural health and the importance of telehealth, and price transparency.
It is imperative that Congress invest in America’s hospitals and health systems to ensure
that the nation’s health care needs can be met today and into the future. The AHA supports
investments in infrastructure, such as the health care workforce, behavioral health, the
accessibility and…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) would like to share hospital and health system priorities that would benefit patients and communities around the country that we would like to see included in the upcoming budget reconciliation legislation.
Amazon has a huge desire to disrupt health care, and one of its most powerful weapons in this effort is an unassuming device that has gained unrivaled access to consumers. The Echo smart speaker platform and Alexa artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant now reside in more than 50 million…