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Friday, April 18, 2008 --- 99 days ago http://www.healthpopuli.com/2008/04/future-of-telehealth-according-to.html
| While fiscal, billing and back office technologies universally proliferate home care, only 17% of agencies use some type of telehealth systems . However, 32% of agencies with over $6mm in annual revenue provide telehealth services. Thus, size matters when it comes to home health adopting telehealth technologies. These are just a couple of many important benchmarks published in the National Study on the Future of Technology and Telehealth in Home Care , Billed as the largest telehealth study in the history of home care, Philips unveiled this report in conjunction with the 13th annual American Telemedicine Association conference in Seattle. Philips partnered in this research with the National Association of Home Care and Hospice . The survey covers home care and hospice agencies in every state in the U.S. and benchmarks a range of issues including fiscal and administrative; point-of-care technology and clinical software; electronic records; and, telehealth. One of the key findings in the study is that clients of agencies -- that is consumers, people -- rarely refuse telehealth services when offered. 84% of agencies stated that fewer than one in ten patients refused such systems. 2/3 reported that fewer than 1 in 20 people refused telehealth services. Consumers are clearly ready for telehealth in the home. Such services also increase patient satisfaction, according to mos ... |
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