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…
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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.
Telehealth set for ‘tsunami of growth,’ says Frost & Sullivan
Healthcare IT News
Telehealth is more in demand than ever during the coronavirus crisis, and a new report from Frost & Sullivan suggests its uptake will increase by 64.3% nationwide this year, given the disruptions of COVID-19.
How MedStar Health went from 2 to 4,150 daily telehealth visits in two months
Healthcare IT News
As MedStar Health launched its telehealth response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of the health system’s caregivers first rose to the challenge of meeting a historic surge in demand for the existing MedStar eVisit urgent care, on-demand telehealth offering.
Local nurse practitioner delivering telemedicine while at home
Killeen Daily Herald
We have apps and programs that facilitate that, like Doximity, which allows us to actually see the patient on video at home. Another one is Bluestream, and some have even used Zoom.
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…
MedStar Health treating around 500 therapy patients every day via telehealth appointments
ABC7 WJLA
Physical therapist Sarah Stone hadn’t taken part in a telehealth session during her six-year career in medicine. In the last two weeks, however, she’s conducted nearly 20 using Bluestream Health.
Bluestream and 2,300+ Small and Large Health Providers Combat COVID-19 with Free Virtual Care Solution
One large-scale enterprise provider, Medstar Health, is onboarding hundreds of employees NEW YORK, March 24, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Last week, telemedicine provider Bluestream Health offered its HIPAA-compliant virtual care solution to health care providers free of charge to help treat COVID-19 impacted patients remotely — and it’s already making a difference. Telemedicine and…