From Jewish Home Lifecare winning a McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Award for their project with Panasonic, to attending a session at LeadingAge on telehealth mental services, to moderating a...
While it’s clear that telehealth services offered by a physical therapist can be beneficial for certain patients and certain conditions, if we wholly dismiss in-person, in-clinic care as “antiquated,”...
How COVID-19 transformed healthcare wireless communications
By
Dan Leaf
Nov 10, 2021
Digital wireless communication connectivity has become critical to virtually every aspect of our lives. We connect with family members or co-workers daily from our wireless devices. Yet the healthcare...
The what, why and how of “real” telehealth
By
Paul Knight
Nov 05, 2020
During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Medicare 1135 waiver immediately expanded the use of telehealth and bypassed HIPAA requirements, allowing essentially any video chat application to be used...
Telehealth and therapy services: Let’s keep it going!
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
May 19, 2023
It’s pretty simple, really. Telehealth in physical, occupational and speech therapy allows more treatment for seniors, and better access. By reducing travel times for therapists between facilities,...
Telehealth is a linchpin to SNF success
By
Steven Littlehale
Sep 17, 2021
Telehealth Awareness Week (September 19–25) is a time to highlight and reinforce the critical role of telehealth. Telehealth is the use of telecommunications technology to deliver care and health...
The most critical gap in patient care: Post-discharge behavioral health
By
Sherie L. Friedrich, PsyD
Sep 28, 2021
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has experienced a marked shift to home-based care as more and more patients – including seniors – opt to recover at home rather than in a long-term...