-Tonya Brown (abc 15 News)
“Some school districts in the Pee Dee have involved in school-based telehealth programs. The programs allow students to be examined, diagnosed and treated by healthcare providers while at school via telehealth. Telehealth is a remote, clinical healthcare service that uses innovative technology.”
– Joan Engebretson (telecompetitor)
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it has awarded a $9.75 million ReConnect grant to Orangeburg County, S.C. The USDA ReConnect rural broadband grant will go toward making broadband available to 3,911 households, 21 farms, 17 rural businesses, 13 educational facilities, nine critical community facilities and a health care center, USDA said.”
– Meri Talk
“Two bills introduced in the House aim to improve the accuracy of the oft-maligned Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband availability map by changing reporting requirements and allowing community groups access to funds to do their own reporting.”
– Erick Wicklund (xtelligent Healthcare Media)
“The changes, outlined in the Federal Register, aim to improve how the FCC allocates funding for broadband expansion projects that, among other things, pave the way for new and improved telehealth networks.”
– CVS Health
“CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced that MinuteClinic, the company’s retail medical clinic, has rolled out its video visit offering in the state of South Carolina. People in South Carolina with minor illnesses, minor injuries and skin conditions can now seek care through MinuteClinic Video Visits, a telehealth offering. MinuteClinic Video Visits provide patients with access to care 24 hours a day, seven days a week from their mobile device or computer.”
– Eric Wicklund (xtelligent Healthcare Media)
“President Trump’s Executive Order on Medicare includes directives to increase telehealth adoption in Medicare Advantage plans and improve the process for permitting and covering new mHealth tools and services.”
– PR Newswire
“Today the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee Program® (FEP®), announced 2020 benefits with innovative health tools, cost transparency solutions and quality benefits for eligible participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).”
-Eric Wicklund (Xtelligent Healthcare Media)
“Sam’s Club will begin offering packaged health services to its members next month. The packages include unlimited access to telehealth for $1 per visit and may eventually include video and mHealth services.”
– Marie McAden, Special to The Guardian (The Augusta Chronicle)
“It was “lights, camera, action!” in Varnville last week when a production crew from South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV) came to town to videotape a segment on a new telehealth service being offered at Beaufort Memorial Harrison Peeples Health Care Center.”
-Forbes
“As the federal government, via Medicare/Medicaid, and insurance companies strive to keep “heads out of beds” (e.g., patients managed into an outpatient setting [your doctor’s office] vs. inpatient/hospital settings), the need for more clinicians and better access to care grows unabated. In an effort to manage both increased demand (e.g., access) by patients and patients (appropriately) nudged into clinic settings, telehealth and its component pieces provide needed access to healthcare, possible cost savings, and, in many cases, improved continuity of care/care management via patient monitoring and adherence to treatment protocols.”
Palmetto Care Connections (PCC) is the telehealth network for South Carolina that offers telehealth support services to rural and underserved health care providers.
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