Telehealth
Carbon Health, a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2015, has a simple but audacious goal: to become the largest provider of primary care services in the U.S. Whether it ever approaches that goal, there’s no question that the omnichannel provider is attracting investors’ attention with its…
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $19 million in grants through five programs to expand access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities.
The recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Global Conference gave tech firms, pharmacy retailers and provider organizations a chance to share insights about digital advances and how they may impact future health care delivery. Here’s what caught our attention during…
While global telehealth investments reached a record $5 billion in Q2 — a whopping 169% increase from Q2 2020 — there were some important shifts in where the money is going.
With virtual care services rapidly expanding and investments in telehealth companies soaring, Avera is selling its clinician-to-clinician telehealth business Avera eCare for an undisclosed sum to Aquiline Capital Partners, a private-equity firm.
Given the recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases around the country, we can’t say how much longer the official public health emergency will last. But we do know that many regulatory waivers put into place by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the start of the pandemic have worked very…
Learn how AHA members are using digital solutions to improve perinatal care and outcomes for moms and their families in this series of seven-minute interviews with experts from AVIA, Providence St. Joseph Health, Boston Medical Center, Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin, CommonSpirit…
The next generation of moms and families are more-frequently experiencing new tech-based approaches to improving one’s pregnancy or birthing journey.
Digital solutions allow care teams to use more standardized protocols, improve clinical decision-making, increase collaboration and communication among providers, mothers and their families. To explore the use of such solutions by health care organizations, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s…
Leaders from Houston Methodist’s DIOP team — Digital Innovation Obsessed People — outlined during the AHA’s recent virtual Leadership Summit how they evaluate, prioritize and implement digital solutions throughout the system.