National utilization trends suggest telehealth has not expanded access to healthcare, as only a small number of people make up the majority of users, FastCompany reported March 18.
Category: Health IT
Why the VA wants to make mental telehealth for veterans permanent
The VA wants to make telephone mental healthcare appointments permanent to better serve veterans reluctant to receive in-person care, Military.com reported March 17.
5 recent EHR contracts, go-lives
Below are five organizations that announced plans to implement an EHR or deployed a new EHR since Jan. 26.
Kansas health system extends its Meditech EHR to nearby hospital
Emporia, Kan.-based Newman Regional Health will extend its Meditech EHR system to a nearby critical access hospital.
A timeline of the proposed Cerner-Oracle deal and its uncertain future
Oracle announced its agreement to acquire Cerner in December, but the deal has yet to officially close as pending shareholder and regulatory approval continues to halt the deal.
FCC awards $30M in telehealth funds to 16 providers
The Federal Communications Commission on March 16 selected the fourth and final set of projects for its Connected Care Pilot Program, awarding nearly $30 million to 16 providers.
Higher mental telehealth use sustained more than a year into pandemic, analysis finds
Telehealth continued to account for over one-third of mental health and substance use outpatient care visits more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a March 15 analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
VA chooses Laurel Bridge Software to support Cerner transition
The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected Laurel Bridge Software to support its transition to the Cerner EHR, the imaging software company said March 15.
Cerner expands Nuance collaboration
Cerner is integrating Nuance’s Dragon Ambient eXperience into its Millennium EHR, the companies announced March 16 at the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition.
Majority of clinicians say telehealth hurts their ability to show empathy, report finds
Fifty-one percent of clinicians said telehealth negatively affects their ability to demonstrate empathy with patients, according to a report released March 15 by analytics firm Elsevier Health.
