Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2020

Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a major long-term contract to Philips to build out the VA’s tele-critical care infrastructure. This month, we look at lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic on how data is put to work informing patient care decisions and population health. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Department of Veterans Affairs says it's collaborating with Apple to boost the availability of telehealth services for veterans across the U.S. The program connects qualifying veterans with iPads, helping 50,000 of them more easily take part in telehealth services and access other VA virtual healthcare services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To help conquer the digital divide preventing rural veterans from accessing the range of health and wellness benefits they are eligible for, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is offering new access to telehealth and virtual care options. There is also a built-in chat feature.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 20, 2020

Department of Veterans Affairs continues its rollout of telehealth tools through a partnership with social media company Facebook and the American Red Cross. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2022

"COVID-19 put a new emphasis on telehealth and showed how impactful and convenient it can be for working families to get care similar to an in-office nurses station," said DelBene in a statement. Department of Veterans Affairs. The full text of the act can be read here. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

The Department of Veterans Affairs, via the Veterans Health Administration, oversees care for more than 9 million individuals through upwards of 1,000 facilities. The COVID-19 crisis, though, triggered a rapid scale-up.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The COVID-19 vaccination statuses of approximately 500,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees have been impermissibly disclosed. The spreadsheet also included details of claimed religious and medical exceptions to COVID-19 vaccination.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. "During COVID-19, we are able to send patients home and manage their care remotely and effectively. And telehealth has sustained even between COVID-19 surges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2022

A Department of Veterans Affairs-funded study published in Neurology found that a telestroke program helped prevent unnecessary hospital transfers for patients. But as with other providers, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a large uptick in use, with the agency partnering with companies like Apple to ensure continuity of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 27, 2020

Such reports concerned Tucker, who was seeing the emotional impact of COVID-19 on her own employees. Telehealth services aimed at addressing behavioral health and wellness needs have soared in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Department of Veteran Affairs St. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a 10-year contract – which could total as much as $100 million – to Philips to build out the VA’s tele-critical care infrastructure, including tele-ICU, remote patient monitoring, diagnostic imaging, sleep monitors and more. Earlier this month, the U.S.

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 22, 2022

A registered nurse from a veteran’s hospital in Detroit pleaded guilty to charges related to COVID-19 vaccination record cards fraud. When copies of COVID-19 vaccination cards are presented by the person claiming to have completed the requirements, it is essential that the documentation is reviewed for authenticity.

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Becker's Health IT

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The Department of Veterans Affairs admitted it failed to protect the COVID-19 vaccination status data for about 500,000 of its employees after a spreadsheet containing the information was improperly shared in October 2021, FedScoop reported Nov.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, one tech firm which makes 3D printers is helping to solve a nationwide shortage of COVID-19 test swabs by scaling up […]. In response, some are turning to 3D printing as an extra option for providing the supplies providers need.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 7, 2020

Power survey finished in February just as the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was separately ranked just below Humana (#1) in terms of its consumer ranking scale. In the mail order, note that the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For instance, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has 50 data sets pointing to available help; states and the Department of Veterans Affairs has other data sets. For instance, vulnerability to COVID-19 was closely associated with housing density (with residents of nursing homes and prisons clearly suffering the most).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The standards are already being used for vaccination cards such as COVID-19. is a greatly expanded version of the classic Blue Button created by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2010. All these technologies exploit everyday, secure, web-based technologies such as SSL/TSL and OpenID Connect (OIDC). Version 2.0

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2023

during the COVID-19 pandemic — covered here in Health Populi in an assessment of the “Retail Health Battle Royale” that’s been in my scenario planning work for a while]. Above the segment average after PillPack were Express Scripts and CenterWell (which you might remember as Humana Pharmacy).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

As CMIO of Urban Health Plan, a Bronx-based Federally-Qualified Health Center, Connelly-Flores has worked to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates via texting campaigns, online vaccine registration and other patient engagement projects focused on one of the areas in the U.S. Chief Medical Information Officer, Urban Health Plan. Washington.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the important role that community-based organizations play in helping people stay healthy, and emphasized how much work we have to do in achieving health equity in the U.S.

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Hall Render

MARCH 14, 2022

The associations believe Biden’s approach will be difficult to implement and will harm an industry that has suffered financially from COVID-19. Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs is expected to announce plans to reshape its real estate portfolio to reflect changes in health care delivery and the needs of its members.

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Total Medical Compliance Resources

APRIL 14, 2023

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Makes Progress in the Whole-of-Government Response to Long COVID U.S. Today, HHS is releasing this Fact Sheet outlining the progress made in the last year in responding to Long COVID and actions moving forward. AHRQ intends to make up to $9 million in awards by September 2023.

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

health-tech startup MemoryWell pivots, eyes new funding to roll out software for insurers Department of Veterans Affairs health system kicks off multiyear Greater Washington expansion Georgetown to open Southeast D.C.

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Kaiser Health News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Department of Veterans Affairs, after several weeks of deliberations, has decided to make abortions available to patients and some dependents in some circumstances. The care will be available to veterans and dependents if the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest or is jeopardizing the life of the woman.

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