Research
For over 50 years, telehealth has proven to save time, save money and, most importantly, save lives. ATA is collecting research, case studies, white papers and conducting independent research to highlight the myriad values of telehealth services.
Collaborate With the ATA on Research
The ATA is dedicated to advancing knowledge, innovation, and expanding access to quality care using technology-enabled care. Research is a fundamental driving force behind these goals as it serves as a systematic exploration aimed at uncovering new insights, challenging existing paradigms, and solving complex problems. The ATA is interested in collaborating on these endeavors.
Case Study
Care Close to Home
April 18, 2025
LocumTenens.com
LocumTenens.com
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.
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A Business Case for Virtual Nursing
May 26, 2024
Caregility
Caregility
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.
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How Prime Healthcare’s Community Hospitals Benefit from Integrated Virtual Specialists
May 2, 2024
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.
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AdventHealth Murray and Gordon Medical Centers: Patient Surge and Rising Costs Prompt Move to Telemedicine
January 16, 2024
Eagle Telemedicine
Eagle Telemedicine
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.
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Ensuring Care for Our Most Vulnerable: Cincinnati Children’s and the ATA
November 13, 2023
The ATA and Cincinnati Children’s
The ATA and Cincinnati Children’s
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.
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Riverside Health System: Stroke Coverage Improves with Telemedicine Support
November 8, 2023
Eagle Telemedicine
Eagle Telemedicine
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.
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CASE STUDY: Outpatient Tele-Neurology Clinic
November 1, 2023
AmplifyMD
AmplifyMD
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.
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Improving Home Health Outcomes with Physician Services
September 14, 2022
AMD Global Telemedicine
AMD Global Telemedicine
Vulnerable populations often struggle to receive quality care, whether because of barriers to treatment such as travel, cost, limited mobility, or lack of a quality support system. Those patients with chronic conditions suffer immensely from sporadic care, which will result in costly care episodes in urgent care or the ER.
Case Study
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, the Daktari Smart Telemedicine Program
June 7, 2022
AMD Global Telemedicine
AMD Global Telemedicine
The Challenge:
Facilitating healthcare for the 72% of Kenyans who live outside of urban areas and face long journeys to seek care in a health system that’s already buckling from overcrowded hospitals and healthcare worker scarcity.
Case Study
University of Utah Health Case Study: Introduction to ATA’s Provider Engagement Model
May 1, 2022
Ascension
Ascension
University of Utah Health (UUH) is the Mountain West’s only academic healthcare system, serving patients
in predominantly rural settings in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, western Colorado, and much of
Nevada. UUH encompasses five hospitals, 12 community care centers, 6 schools and colleges, a health
plan covering 190k people, the UU Medical Group, numerous institutes and centers, and one of the
United States’ largest reference labs. With such a broad and deep reach, UUH trains most of Utah’s
clinicians – physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and other healthcare professionals.
This is UUH’s story.
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Ascension Case Study: Introduction to ATA’s Provider Engagement Model
May 1, 2022
Ascension
Ascension
As a Level 5 member of the ATA, Ascension was one of the first HCOs that the ATA engaged to inform the
development of our Provider Telehealth Engagement Model. The 5-stage Maturity Model aligned with the
work underway within Ascension, providing a framework that Ascension could adopt and adapt internally.
This is Ascension’s story.
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GE Healthcare Position Paper - After the Leap Into Telemedicine, Now What for Virtual Care?
October 27, 2020
GE Healthcare
Strategically implement comprehensive virtual care to evolve your care model, create resilient revenue streams, and reduce cost
GE Healthcare
Strategically implement comprehensive virtual care to evolve your care model, create resilient revenue streams, and reduce cost
COVID-19 has lit a fuse under the deployment of digital practices across all business sectors, with adoption rates now approaching levels projected five years from now.
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May 3-6 | New Orleans, LA
The premier, member-led event dedicated to advancing innovation in digital health and care delivery. Bringing together experts, clinicians, C-suite leaders, researchers and investors, Nexus fosters collaboration, explores innovation, and provides tools to drive meaningful change.
At NEXUS, we partner to drive innovation in digital health while advancing the science and strategy of care.
