Telehealth

The MA FQHC Telehealth Consortium is ensuring patient access wherever it can, and generating revenue to sustain health center operations during the pandemic.

In the first episode of HIMSS Australia Digital Dialogue Series hosted by Tim Kelsey, Senior Vice President, HIMSS Analytics International, guest speakers Prof Peter Sprivulis, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Western Australian Department of Health Service, Adj.

The cloud service can enable developers to more easily create secure pipelines to handle streaming biometric data and other PHI from remote patient-monitoring devices.

This week's top stories include the Trump administration telling hospitals to bypass the CDC and submit COVID-19 data directly to HHS, and telehealth helping patients navigate complex systems.

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the usefulness of in-unit remote patient monitoring – and setting up systems doesn't always require complicated build-outs.

HealthEC is able to identify the top 10% of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to COVID-19, says Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, the company's senior medical director.

The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act seeks to expand the promise of virtual care, even once the pandemic has subsided, by eliminating restrictions, ensuring access and studying its ability to address disparities and improve outcomes.

HIMSS Government Relations VP Tom Leary said House members were likely to address originating site requirements and the types of providers that can be reimbursed for telehealth.

The University of Virginia Health System tied that telemedicine technology to its Epic EHR and a home-monitoring team to achieve positive results for COVID-19 treatment.

Executives spoke about navigating through the pandemic during the Healthcare Financial Management Association Digital Annual Conference.