Telehealth

Also, Victoria has expanded access to telestroke services in regional communities.

Remote patient monitoring provides a "digital bridge" to the patient's home, and AI acts as the intelligent assistant that makes sense of that connection and often overwhelming amount of data, says Dan Tashnek, CEO of Prevounce Health.

In behavioral health, for example, the shift to virtual intakes significantly reduced wait times and improved access for the community. The average time from the day an appointment is made until the first appointment is only 10 days.

It has also saved around $1,700 in costs per patient, according to a recent study.

It limits access to care for over half a million homebound Australians for whom telehealth has been proven effective, researchers say.

Also, HealthOne EMR from New Zealand's South Island is heading north.

Congress has only 48 days to avert a telehealth shutdown in Medicare, says ATA Action and 350 stakeholders.

Two remote liver procedures were completed despite long signal delays.

The two executives in charge of virtual care at the New England health system explain why the term "building" has special meaning for them – and dive deep into what it takes to build highly successful telehealth programs to fill gaps in care.

MaineHealth has excelled in virtual care. Its vice president of telehealth and virtual care Lizzy Mulcahy, DNP, and its medical director of telehealth and virtual care Dr. Tracy Jalbuena offer detailed advice on expansion and patient involvement.