Topic in Focus: Telehealth Adoption

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AMA Releases 2020 CPT® code set

Updates to medicine’s common language reflect tech-enabled patient services

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Mayo Clinic’s cancer telerehab program boosts quality of life 

A telerehabilitation program yielded improvements in cancer patients’ pain and function, showing the power of relatively low-tech interventions. 

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How telemedicine helped this health system’s patients avoid the ED

A major metro area health system’s use of an on-demand, 24-hour telemedicine program staffed by emergency physicians saved money while addressing patients’ health problems.

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In rural Midwest, a telehealth community thrives

Serving more than a million Wisconsin residents, Marshfield Clinic Health System has seamlessly expanded the boundaries of telemedicine for more than twenty years.

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Telehealth up 53%, growing faster than any other place of care

This emerging mode of care, increasingly being paid for, outpaced care from urgent care centers and retail clinics.

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Next step in telehealth could be surgery rehab led by an avatar

Pilot study finds technology widely liked by patients for in-home rehab after joint-replacement surgery, and outcomes are roughly similar.

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4 health care organizations doing digital health right

These health systems have demonstrated how technology-enhanced communications can improve patient experience and “reduce the friction of obtaining care.”

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How these 4 specialties used telemedicine to save nearly $600,000

A safety-net system saved the Connecticut Medicaid program hundreds of thousands by using e-consults instead of face-to-face visits with physicians.

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Why digital options must be part of fight against prediabetes

Growing evidence base shows effective lifestyle change does not have to occur in person. Learn more about digital type 2 diabetes prevention.

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