Patient Access

Integrating partnerships and promoting workforce development in the communities CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield serves is helping address the social drivers that affect health outcomes, says President and CEO Brian Pieninck.

With just 125 days on the clock, the group is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend telehealth flexibilities in the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule – and wants the White House and Congress to make it permanent.

Using National Cancer Institute data, researchers at HHS looked at how recently diagnosed individuals and those in survivorship accessed electronic health information and also compared frequency against those never diagnosed with malignancies.

With a shortage of emergency medical service workers in the state, one telehealth service brings a virtual EMT into the ambulance to help the technician who is alone. That offers a wealth of medical expertise from physicians while en route to the hospital.

Overburdened Wi-Fi networks may not be sufficient to meet these needs and cellular signals can vary in strength within a building, impacting patient care and experiences.

Resilient connectivity across your facility is necessary for healthcare organizations (HCOs) to support strategic technology initiatives like telemedicine, IoT devices, EHRs, imaging, and patient entertainment. However, many HCOs rely on WiFi and outdoor cellular towers, a legacy approach that often results in slow data speeds, frustrated patients and staff, and rising maintenance costs.

Artificial intelligence is helping improve remote patient monitoring technology, with especially promising applications focused on diabetes. One CEO discusses the quality and cost-efficiency promise of "the next generation of remote care."

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A new report highlights the poor uptake of the service post-pandemic.