Continue audio-only telehealth, American Medical Association urges CMS
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 06, 2021
On Monday, the American Medical Association (AMA) asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue paying for audio-only telehealth visits beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency...
Pandemic: Seniors feel better mentally, emotionally than middle-aged adults, but fewer plan to continue...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 04, 2021
During the pandemic, adults aged 65 or more years have fared better mentally and emotionally and as far as general quality of life than their counterparts aged 50 to 64, according to newly released results...
InnovAge investment in Jetdoc will create unique PACE app for clients and caregivers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 05, 2021
InnovAge, a national leader of Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), is expanding further into telehealth.
Peer-to-Peer: How ConcertoCare has tapped technology, analytics and PACE to upend home healthcare
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
In January, ConcertoCare a tech-enabled, risk-based home healthcare provider, named Julian Harris, M.D., to lead the company into a post-COVID-19 landscape.
Next Online Forum shares how to adapt telehealth, pest control during pandemic
Sep 01, 2020
The effects of pandemic telehealth and pest control in senior living and skilled nursing will be the focus of the McKnight’s Online Forum, COVID-19 Update VII, on Thursday, Sept. 10. Attendees can...
Older adults have mixed views of telehealth for consultations, chronic care, poll finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 01, 2018
More than half of older adults in a recent poll said they would be comfortable using a live video service such as Skype for a medication consultation or for ongoing management of a chronic condition, although...
How telehealth has improved employee satisfaction and the bottom line at Capital Senior Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 03, 2019
Capital Senior Living has seen a 400% increase in employee use of the telehealth benefit available through the company health plan.
Amazon Care reportedly to launch telehealth offering in all 50 states
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 18, 2021
Amazon’s app-based healthcare service for employees, Amazon Care, soon will launch throughout the country, according to a Healthcare IT News report.
Telemedicine partnership helps treat residents in place, reduce staff burnout
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 06, 2022
A telemedicine partnership is helping one senior living provider treat residents in place and reduce staff member burnout.
Telemedicine decreases ED use by senior living residents with dementia: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2019
Use of telemedicine can decrease emergency department use by independent living and assisted living residents for their acute illnesses, according to a study newly published in the Journal of Post-Acute...