The evolving landscape of healthcare is writ large when it comes to small town hospitals. When operating on a smaller scale, vacant specializations are often sorely missed, and community members have little choice but to look elsewhere for care. Throw a global health crisis into the mix, and rural hospitals suffer disproportionately as the clinician labor shortage deepens. Here is a look at how one rural medical facility addressed the challenge and provided care to its community on its own terms.

While most IT and clinical leaders believe that inpatient acute virtual care will play an increasingly significant role in care delivery, the reality is that it is still in the early stages of adoption. Survey data reveals a surprising gap: 29% of organizations have no virtual care programs, even as hospital leaders rank it as a top priority. 

The shift towards value-based care (VBC) has led to a reimagining of the traditional definition of health care delivery—including what types of services are delivered, how those services are delivered, and by whom they are delivered—all with the objective of supporting better outcomes at lower costs. The American Medical Association (AMA) set out to understand the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set’s role in VBC.

Background: What is PSYPACT? The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT®) is an interstate compact designed to facilitate the practice of telepsychology and the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology across state boundaries.

Discover how Piedmont Healthcare revolutionized its infectious disease care through the integration of AmplifyMD's telehealth solutions.

In the evolving landscape of healthcare, the integration of virtual nursing presents a revolutionary approach to patient care. Access this whitepaper to learn more about how virtual nursing can transform a healthcare practice, providing scalable, patient-centered solutions for a modern healthcare ecosystem.

Learn how virtual specialty care keeps Prime Healthcare patients local, improves access to specialists, drives faster diagnoses and treatment for complex conditions, reduces cost, and increases patient engagement and satisfaction.

The Published Peer-Reviewed Literature on Ocular Telehealth Programs was created by the ATA Ocular Special Interest Group (SIG) as a resource for anyone interested in Ocular Telehealth.

Learn how these programs saved the cost equivalent of 3-4 FTEs, made available previously unavailable specialty services leading to added revenue and decreased patient transfers, improved ICU and ER throughput, enabled seamless credentialing and licensing, and drove stronger alignment with rural community needs for behavioral health care.

Across their journey, the ATA has served as an invaluable partner in the success of Cincinnati Children’s telehealth program —helping support their virtual care offerings and exponential growth in telehealth appointments, from a handful to thousands in just a few years.

Learn how Riverside Health System realized more thorough 24-hour coverage for specialty stroke care, improved critical patient response times with door-to needle time reduced from 47 to 35 minutes and average four-minute connect time, better physician retention, seamless integration into EMR and other data systems, and compliance with highest accreditation standards.

Learn how this tele-neurology solution helped reduce wait times by 80%, supported more than 600 additional appointments, reduced the in-person appointment backlog by 40%, and drove the expanded utilization of onsite diagnostics and imaging.

Federal and state law provides patients with the right to access their health information, obtain copies, and share it with other providers and third parties.

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Ocular Telehealth Special Interest Group (Ocular SIG) issues the following two-part statement about remote ocular health assessments, telehealth disease monitoring, and the need for telehealth in the eye care arena.

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Ocular Telehealth Special Interest Group (Ocular SIG) issues the following two-part statement about remote ocular health assessments, telehealth disease monitoring, and the need for telehealth in the eye care arena. The first part addresses the elements needed to provide high quality remote eye exams, and the second part addresses the need for telehealth as a tool for eye care delivery.

Telehealth has emerged as a transformative force in healthcare.

Comprehensive Behavioral Health is a scalable solution designed to maximize efficiencies and minimize the impact of provider shortages by delivering care to those who need it most – all while improving patient outcomes.

The Amwell Converge platform enables you to shift from episodic telehealth transactions to a longitudinal, hybrid care strategy, creating a comprehensive care model that unites in-person, virtual, and automated settings for a care-anywhere experience.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is signaling its consideration of a separate Special Registration for telemedicine prescribing without the prerequisite of an in-person examination.

This expert consensus statement defines tele-critical care nursing, identifies the key components of a successful tele-critical care nursing practice, outlines the structure required to foster an environment of continuous improvement, and defines the processes and relationships necessary for the successful integration of tele-critical nurses into the healthcare team.