Becker’s Hospital Review
Becker’s Hospital Review reports on how MedStar Health reduced COVID-19 patients’ length of stay in the ED by using Bluestream Health.
Webinar: MedStar’s Secrets to Teleheath Success
Case Study: How MedStar Health Scaled Its Telehealth Operations from 7 to 4,150 visits Per Day in 2 months This webinar took place on October 21st, 2020, but you can submit the form below to watch the video free! In this webinar you will learn how MedStar Health: Developed and…
10 Signs You’ve Outgrown Your Virtual Care Solutions
While virtual care solutions have been slowly gaining acceptance over the last few years, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many practices and health systems to quickly adopt emergency telehealth solutions to meet the basic needs of providers and patients. Many turned to cheap teleconferencing software like Zoom, FaceTime, and Skype to…
MEDSTAR HEALTH RELIED ON EXISTING TECHNOLOGY TO RAPIDLY SCALE ITS TELEHEALTH PROGRAM
Health Leaders Media
Rather than deploying a solution with built-in scheduling, documentation, and revenue cycle functionality, the healthcare system expanded use of the Bluestream platform it was already using for emergency department teletriage services.
How Signature Healthcare Transformed Into a Virtual Clinic With Bluestream Health
Health care providers in Signature Healthcare’s network were each using their own telemedicine solutions, working with platforms such as doxy.me and Zoom, and preventing Signature Healthcare from thoroughly and effectively streamlining, coordinating and managing all processes. Signature Healthcare was in search of a virtual care platform that could easily integrate…
How MedStar Health Tackled COVID-19 With Bluestream
While MedStar Health previously had a platform available for clinicians to deliver scheduled outpatient video visits as needed, demand in February 2020 only required supporting about two scheduled video visits weekly. Suddenly, thousands of MedStar Health clinicians now needed an alternative pathway to care for patients who could not be…
From skeptic to fan: A MedStar plastic surgeon shares his journey into telehealth
Health Leaders Media
Before the pandemic, the MedStar’s used telehealth for urgent care, and had a technology platform from Bluestream for its teletriage services. Within a matter of weeks, the platform was rolled out to 2,000 providers who conducted about 4,000 virtual visits daily within the first month.
Healthcare-specific Video Visits Now Available in Your Application. Introducing Bluestream Health’s API Platform.
You can directly embed Bluestream’s entire platform within your own in less than two weeks with zero implementation cost. Our RESTful API is secure, comprehensive and well-documented.
COVID-19 General Guidance
Newly released studies suggest around 80% of COVID-19 patients have experienced mild illness (1). In order to limit exposure of healthcare professionals to coronavirus and help reduce the community spread of COVID-19 in the United States the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended alternatives to face-to-face interactions…
How MedStar Health Went from 10 Virtual Visits Per Week — to 4,000 Per Day
Home Health Care News
Before COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., MedStar Health was scheduling about 10 telehealth visits per week. During the height of COVID-19, after deploying Bluestream Health, that number increased to nearly 4,000 visits — per day.