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89% Avoided Readmissions Reported For November

89% Avoided Readmissions Reported For November The TeleHealth Solution team is always working hard to prevent as many return to hospital (RTH) trips as possible for their Skilled Nursing Facility partners. A RTH can adversely affect patients’ health and outcomes. Through telemedicine, our hospitalist physicians prevent adverse events, lower costs, improve patient outcomes, and increase confidence of health system partners, staff, providers, patients and families. Through technology, we can prevent RTH and treat skilled nursing facility patients in their familiar environment. When a patient is able to remain in the SNF, not only does this save the [...]

By TeleHealthSolution Admin|2021-06-21T19:27:48+00:00December 12th, 2017|TeleMedicine Critical Access, TeleMedicine Healthcare, TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

CommuniCare Health Services Pebble Creek

CommuniCare Health Services Pebble Creek is moving into the future with TeleHealth support helping patients get 24/7 in facility care by professional hospitalist. "Proud to be working directly with CommuniCare Health Services we just finished orienting the team at Pebble Creek and the staff is excited knowing their patients now have around the clock coverage. Great things happen when companies Dictum Health, Inc. and TeleHealth Solution™ work together with one goal in mind, serve the patient. Thank you again to the leadership CommuniCare Health Services for seeing the future of telemedicine and the impact it has in the post [...]

By TeleHealthSolution Admin|2021-06-21T19:27:48+00:00December 6th, 2017|New TeleMedicine Healthcare Facilities, TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

Finding your Telemedicine Match: Factors to Consider in Choosing a Partner

Finding your Telemedicine Match: Factors to Consider in Choosing a Partner Written by Dr. Jason Perlman | MD, MHS, Clinical Professor | President and Co-Founder of Telehealth Solution As a health facility administrator, you might know that it’s time to consider telemedicine as an option to secure your facility’s future. Choosing the right telemedicine partner, however, can still be daunting. In order to help you in that process, we offer several factors worth considering. 1) What kind of telehealth providers will your partnership get you? If your goals are reducing hospital readmissions, you need to have telehealth providers [...]

By admin|2021-06-21T19:27:48+00:00December 1st, 2017|TeleMedicine Critical Access, TeleMedicine Healthcare, TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

The Retreat at Sunny Vista Will Offer Instant Access to Virtual Doctors  by Partnering with TeleHealth Solution

The Retreat at Sunny Vista Will Offer Instant Access to Virtual Doctors  by Partnering with TeleHealth Solution Residents of Brand New Retirement Community to be Spared Stressful Hospital ER Visits with Telemedicine Written By: Waseem Ghannam - Nov 10 2017 Colorado Springs, CO—The Retreat at Sunny Vista has partnered with Charlotte-based TeleHealth Solution to provide the elderly residents of their community with immediate, in-house medical care. While patients relax in their familiar surroundings, an on-screen physician will conduct a virtual, face-to-face examination and discuss the plan of care. In the vast majority of interventions, the patient will be able to [...]

By TeleHealthSolution Admin|2021-06-21T19:28:25+00:00November 10th, 2017|TeleMedicine Healthcare, TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

Telehealth Hospitalists: Key Ally in Fight for PAMA Compliance

Telehealth Hospitalists: Key Ally in Fight for PAMA Compliance Jason Perlman MD, MHS, Clinical Professor | President and Co-Founder of TelehealthSolution Published on Published onNovember 3, 2017 Less than a year from the implementation of PAMA’s Medicare reimbursement penalties for 30-day rehospitalizations, many Skilled Nursing Facility administrators are left calculating how hard their facilities will be hit and how to plan for the waters ahead. Starting on October 1, 2018, SNFs will have part of their Medicare reimbursements held in penalties if they have higher than target numbers of medically unnecessary readmissions to the hospital within 30 days of [...]

By admin|2021-06-21T19:27:48+00:00November 3rd, 2017|TeleMedicine Healthcare, TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

Telemedicine Helps Residents Age in Place In Assisted Living Communities

Telemedicine Helps Residents Age in Place In Assisted Living Communities Written By: Waseem Ghannam | Oct, 29th 2017 Unnecessary hospital admissions are a proven problem in the healthcare system and have been costing hospitals, Medicare, and patients millions of dollars in the process. Hospital providers are pressured to discharge medically complex patients quicker and they depend on their post acute care partners to assume care. Skilled nursing facilities have medical directors onsite, and have created guidelines and measurable outcomes to lower 30-day readmission rates among their patients, but assisted living communities continue to focus on hospitality and amenities, and [...]

By TeleHealthSolution Admin|2021-06-21T19:27:48+00:00October 29th, 2017|TeleMedicine Healthcare, TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

Glenbridge Health & Rehab Offers TeleHealth Solution To Provide Medical Services To Their Residents

Glenbridge Health & Rehab Offers TeleHealth Solution To Provide Medical Services To Their Residents Elderly Patients Spared Stressful Hospital ER Visits, Grateful for New Telemedicine Service in Area Nursing Home Boone, NC— Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation is using the latest technology to provide quality healthcare to their patients and reduce medical costs. Glenbridge has partnered with a Charlotte based telemedicine company, TeleHealth Solution to provide medical services to their residents so there is always access to a physician if they are experiencing a change in medical status. While patients rest in their beds, an on-screen physician conducts a virtual, face-to-face examination [...]

By admin|2021-06-21T19:28:25+00:00October 18th, 2017|TeleMedicine Healthcare, TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

LOWERING READMITS IN SKILLED NURSING: TELEMEDICINE & HOSPITALIST ARE KEY

LOWERING READMITS IN SKILLED NURSING: TELEMEDICINE & HOSPITALIST ARE KEY Written By: Waseem Ghannam | Oct, 16th 2017The country is now turning to telemedicine to provide top quality care to patients in skilled nursing facilities directly.Post-acute care has evolved over the last several years to expand their services and maintain demand. Skilled nursing facilities are being asked to care for higher acuity patients as hospitals discharge patients quicker. SNFs are constantly asked to meet the needs of their acute care partners while meeting regulatory changes at the same time. There is pressure from hospitals to discharge patients quicker, and lower [...]

By TeleHealthSolution Admin|2021-06-21T19:32:01+00:00October 16th, 2017|TeleMedicine Healthcare, TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

Tri-County Care Center Offers Instant Access to Virtual Doctors  by Partnering with TeleHealth Solution

Tri-County Care Center Offers Instant Access to Virtual Doctors  by Partnering with TeleHealth Solution (left) Mindy Brewer, Corporate Nurse Coordinator | (right) Jami Sturgill, Care coordinator | At the Tri-County Care Center Open House. Elderly Patients Spared Stressful Hospital ER Visits, Grateful for Telemedicine in Area Nursing Home Fairfield, OH—Tri-County Care Center has partnered with TeleHealth Solution to provide their residents with immediate, in-house medical care through TeleMedicine. Patient interactions with staff and TeleHospitalist are handled with ease. While patients rest in their beds, an on-screen physician conducts a virtual, face-to-face examination with a TeleMedicine cart and discusses [...]

By admin|2021-06-21T19:29:58+00:00September 15th, 2017|TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments

Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents And Generate Savings For Medicare

Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents And Generate Savings For Medicare Written by David C. Grabowski, and A. James O’Malley originally posted at healthaffairs.org Abstract Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are frequent and result in complications, morbidity, and Medicare expenditures of more than a billion dollars annually. The lack of a physician presence at many nursing homes during off hours might contribute to inappropriate hospitalizations. Findings from our controlled study of eleven nursing homes provide the first indications that switching from on-call to telemedicine physician coverage during off hours could reduce hospitalizations and [...]

By admin|2021-06-21T19:25:56+00:00July 14th, 2017|TeleMedicine Skilled Nursing Homes|0 Comments