Steven Fein MD, Medical Director, for HEME Onc Call https://www.hemeoncall.com, a hematology and oncology telemedicine practice, speaking at the Global Partnership for TeleHealth https://gpth.org webinar, discussed how passionate he is to help patients with blood disorders, blood cancers, and solid tumor malignancies. (more…)
Ohio Partners to Form Center
The State of Ohio https://ohio.gov, JobsOhio https://www.jobsohio.com, the Ohio Development Services Agency https://development.ohio.gov, and the Cleveland Clinic https://my.clevelandclinic.org are partnering to form the Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health. (more…)
Notes on Employer Benefit Guides
Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com published detailed findings from their review of more than 200 Employer Benefit Guides. This was done in an effort to better understand the trends related to telehealth, mental health, second opinion, chronic care management, employee navigation, etc. (more…)
Telehealth Collaboration Launched
AHRQ https://www.ahrq.gov has awarded MedStar Health https://www.medstarhealth.org a nearly $1 million grant to create and advance a telehealth research collaboration with Intermountain Healthcare https://intermountainhealthcare.org and Stanford Health Care https://stanfordhealthcare.org. (more…)
Ideas from Telehealth Leaders
The eHealth Initiative (eHI) https://ehidc.org held their annual meeting virtually with the panel discussion Virtual Care Delivery During COVID-19 and Beyond led by Jen Covich Bordenick eHI’s CEO. (more…)
FCC Selects Pilot Projects
The FCC https://www.fcc.gov recently announced that an initial set of pilot projects have been selected for the Connected Care Pilot Program. In January 2021, the FCC announced the first set of awardees for the $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program. (more…)
NIH Studying Emotional Well-Being
Five new research networks totaling $3.13 million with funding from NIH https://www.nih.gov will refine and test key concepts that advance the study of emotional well-being and its core components. (more…)