On Thursday and Friday, December 3 & 4, the National Institute of Health (NIH) hosted a workshop on the long term (post-acute) manifestations and consequences (sequelae) of COVID-19. The workshop started with 4 questions:
1) What is post-acute COVID?
2) What do we know about it?
3) Where are knowledge gaps?
4) What are the next high-priority areas for research?
This report represents the first phase of a sequential mixed methods study of whether and how a configurable telehealth platform can improve individual and population health outcomes, lower cost and enhance the provider experience. In this Phase I, we discuss the broad landscape of evidence-based practices and interventions that could be positively affected by a user-configurable telehealth solution. Phase II will expand the qualitative investigation by documenting EBP and EBT workflows and reporting requirements for specific user organizations in each of the domains. Phase III will consist of the quantitative data collection and analysis of implementing a user-configurable telehealth platform across the health and social continuum of care.
In a recent post, we discussed some of the current legislative actions and executive orders that promote innovation in telehealth technology and funding to improve outcomes and lower cost. In this post, we comment on industry initiatives to support the inevitable evolution towards telehealth and what White Pine is doing to advance those recommendations.
Join the proVizor Telehealth Community Project. We are looking for health and social care providers and payers to serve as subject matter experts and to participate in use-case studies as we refine and test the features and functions of the new proVizor Telehealth Platform. We’re looking for local organizations (such as those that provide housing or food, or provide support people in offender reentry), professional organizations (such as clinics, hospitals or FQHCs), communities (consisting of providers collaborating across the continuum), and payers (particularly managed care organizations and Medicaid Advantage plans) that are at the core of telehealth innovation leadership.
You can be excused if you’ve missed this. It hasn’t been the top line, but inside recent policy announcements, including legislation, regulatory pronouncements and executive orders is clear policy guidance leading to a period of innovation in telehealth that may have the potential to revolutionize health and social care by bridging the gaps that have previously isolated physical health, behavioral health and social care through technology-enabled workflows that simplify patient engagement and care collaboration.
Recently, the White House announced that it has “improved Federal homeless assistance programs” by allowing communities to require housing beneficiaries to participate in supportive services such as those for addiction, mental illness, employment and offender reentry. In this post we look at the detail of the 2019 Notice of Funding Availability for Continuums of Care, which is how the policy is implemented, and consider its effect on real world practices to reduce homelessness, improve health outcomes and lower cost.
On Monday, the White House Council of Economic Advisors published a report titled “The State of Homelessness in America.” There is so much to talk about in this report that it would take more time than I can afford to write it, and it would be too long for you to want to read it. So, here is a summary of the report along with my commentary on the high points.
We are proud to announce that the SPINN brand has been retired, and our new brand, proVizor, will be our brand going forward, along with
In October, 2018, President Trump signed the SUPPORT Act, a bi-partisan bill comprising 120 separate provisions intended to address the opioid crisis. The Act includes several provisions that encourage technology-enabled patient engagement and care collaboration, including SDOH. This paper analyzes the SUPPORT Act to better understand the impact of the SUPPORT Act on HIT to advance the vision of fully integrated care.
This paper presents findings from a national survey of organizations that offer homeless people permanent supportive housing services following the Housing First model. The survey, conducted in April, 2019, asked what supporting services are offered, such as for substance use disorder, mental health, physical health, criminal justice re-entry or employment, and what metrics are used to measure engagement and outcomes. The survey also asked about levels of adoption of technology as well as perceived benefits and barriers to the adoption of technology. Findings suggest there is a gap between policy objectives and practice objectives in achieving the dual goals of reducing homelessness and improving health while lowering cost.
