Telehealth

Their five recommendations and strategies for integration with primary care focus on new approaches to patient screening, clinical documentation and data sharing.

The grant was given to the state group to increase telemedicine quality and access, with the goal of combating healthcare disparities for lower-income people and communities of color.

This week's top stories include the top 10 things CEOs and CFOs say they got right during the pandemic, 43 states improving telehealth reimbursement policies, and Fitbit adding blood glucose tracking to its connected app.

Peaking at more than 20,000 video visits per month, 85% of families rank its telemedicine services as nine or higher on a 10-point scale. Here's an in-depth look at the program.

Even as the medical association itself works toward more diversity, it's helping lead the charge on social determinants, ZIP code disparities and other challenges brought to the fore by a pandemic that's disproportionally affected communities of color.

A new report shows that almost three-quarters of the number of breaches reported to HHS in the last six months of 2020 were tied to third-party business associates.

In the first of a new feature series focused on the hard-won lessons of the past year, three CIOs, a CMIO and a CHIO describe how their new investments and digital transformation strategies point the way to a healthier 2021.

The report by Foley & Lardner found that 43 states and D.C. have implemented a version of a state telehealth commercial payer law – although payment parity policies lag behind.

Reform efforts must be coupled with significant and targeted investment to bridge the digital divide, says Dr. Jason Tibbels of Teladoc. 

More than 20 people showed up in person to testify in favor of the bill at a committee hearing this past month.