The Covid-19 health crisis quickly turned everyone’s attention to telehealth as a means to keep providers and staff safe and patients both safe and healthy. Most organizations very quickly stood up telemedicine without the knowledge on how to properly launch this new clinical service offering. Now, in 2021, most organizations are taking a step [...] The post 3 Characteristics & 3 Root Causes of Mediocre Telehealth appeared first on Ingenium Digital Health Advisors.

Last week a telehealth workgroup comprising insurers, providers, and policy makers from the state of Vermont submitted a recommendation to their state, arguing for keeping the reimbursement for audio-only (telephonic) telehealth. But is audio-only telehealth good medicine? Should there be payment for what some consider to be subpar clinical care? The Genesis of Widespread [...] The post Is Audio-Only Telehealth Good Medicine? appeared first on Ingenium Digital Health Advisors.

A few weeks back I posted a couple of articles describing the 7 levels of telehealth maturity that organizations pass through as the acceptance and permanence of their telehealth services grows.   Most organizations, especially during the start of the Covid-19 health crisis start out at the “Chaotic” or “Emerging” maturity level to quickly move [...] The post Transforming Care Delivery through Telehealth appeared first on Ingenium Digital Health Advisors.