Telehealth, also known as telemedicine, is a mode of health care that uses secure digital technologies such as videoconferencing and telephone services to connect patients and providers.
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CTRC’s 11th Annual Telehealth Summit is happening virtually June 13-14, 2023! Sponsorship opportunities are available now! Submit a speaker abstract for a chance to present!
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On December 23rd, the House of Representatives approved a $1.7 trillion spending package, HR 2617, aka the Omnibus Appropriations legislation. Included in the legislation were a number of changes that have the potential to impact telehealth providers across the nation.
As a preamble to the upcoming Advances in Remote Patient Monitoring Learning Event co-hosted by CTRC and the California Health Care Foundation, this blog delves into the world of RPM and its role in the future of health care.
In its early days, telehealth was under-researched, underfunded, and underutilized by a general public largely unaware of the vast potential benefits. Today, following a period of rapid evolution fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth may offer a solution to one of the most pressing problems facing our nation’s youth: mental health crises.
COVID-19 transformed California’s health care system. With it came increased safety protocols, a strained and exhausted workforce, supply shortages, and exponential growth in virtual care. An unexpected silver lining is the finding that practices offering telehealth services and work-from-home options have higher health care workforce retention rates.
CTRC’s 10th Annual Telehealth Summit happened on August 9-10th, 2022.
New technologies are fundamentally changing the way people interact with health care. Successful implementation of hybrid virtual care is imperative for improving patient outcomes and ensuring financial stability for health care practices. CTRC Telehealth Implementation Workshop Series is designed to help health centers to evaluate their telehealth programs and create a successful strategy for improving virtual care delivery.
While it remains to be seen if temporary waivers will be made permanent after the PHE is lifted, the fate of audio-only visits–real-time telephone visits unaccompanied by a video component—is a topic of wide-ranging opinion and debate.
In our final post of this series, we will examine some other ways that telehealth can benefit health care practices in working with patients’ social needs, including examples of SDOH topics that are particularly well-suited to telehealth-based approaches.
