The Journal of mHealth
As we try and navigate the last few hours (and possibly weeks) before the results of the 2020 presidential election are in, businesses across the country are trying to figure out how they might need to modify internal operations, if at all, depending on who gets elected to the White House – especially in the healthcare industry.
Washington Post
The MedStar Health system has logged more than 500,000 video visits in this pandemic-transformed year, a milestone that showcases how telehealth has transformed medical services such as primary care, behavioral health and even cardiology.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.