SaaS Companies ReferWell and Bluestream Health Launch Combined Product NEW YORK and STAMFORD, Conn., August 4, 2020 – The use of telehealth has increased exponentially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and will remain high as patients and providers have become accustomed to it. To respond to this “new…
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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…
Bluestream Health Releases ‘Bluestream+’ API for Telehealth, Leveling the Playing Field Between Largest and Smallest Health Providers; Existing Platform Already Delivers 4 Million Minutes per Month
Built-in interpretation services, workflow tools, secure reporting offer the most advanced telehealth integration for full technology stack integration NEW YORK, June 17, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Bluestream Health is launching Bluestream+, a “virtual visit” API platform for all healthcare organizations and technology companies. With zero upfront or implementation cost and an average…
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…
Bluestream Health and CommonWealth Purchasing Group Partner to Bring Much-Needed Virtual Care to the Nation’s Underserved Population
NEW YORK, June 1, 2020 (Newswire.com) – This past month, CommonWealth Purchasing Group and Bluestream Health announced a partnership to bring a virtual care solution scoped specifically to CPG’s FQHC member base. Leveraging CPG’s deep domain expertise in the FQHC space, Bluestream is deploying a streamlined set of functionality that includes the…
Bringing Virtual Care to the Underserved through FQHCs
The adoption of telehealth and virtual care has been slow at FQHCs because of isolated, low-income patient populations and limited resources (of every kind) —which ironically is exactly the center that can most benefit from virtual care.
Widespread Adoption of Video in Healthcare Shines a Spotlight on Security and Ease of Use, and We Couldn’t Be Happier
Zoombombing, Weak Encryption, Data Mistakenly Routed to China, Oh My… If you’ve been reading the news the past two weeks, no doubt you’ve been watching the slow-motion train wreck as people start to realize that wildly popular videoconferencing platforms were never designed for security and privacy. While security may not…
Bluestream Health Platform Adopted by Signature Healthcare’s 180 Providers to Slow COVID-19 Patient Surge
NEW YORK, April 6, 2020 (Newswire.com) – In order to protect the health and safety of patients, staff and their community during the COVID-19 pandemic, Signature Healthcare adopted guidelines that include the use of telemedicine. Signature Healthcare selected Bluestream Health’s telemedicine platform for its simple user experience and rapid deployment capability. Within…
The FCC releases its COVID-19 Telehealth Order designed to distribute the $200 million appropriation from Congress to help healthcare providers respond to pandemic
Here are a few high level points from the order and a link to the order below: While the COVID-19 Telehealth Program reflects our consideration of the immediate need for connected care services during this pandemic, and is designed to distribute the $200 million appropriation from Congress to help health…