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Telehealth has undergone a radical transformation during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a little more than 14 months, it has evolved from a niche offering that allowed patients to see clinicians while keeping socially distant to becoming a big part of the future of healthcare.
Telehealth was a viable service before the pandemic, but it was reimbursed at lower rates than in-office visits. There were geographical restrictions that placed strict parameters on where a patient could access virtual healthcare services – as well as where a clinician could treat them. It was, in a word, limited.
A senior receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center in Clarksdale, Miss. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff in what officials hope will become an incentive to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease in facilities across the nation.
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Medicare will now require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff.
That’s as government officials hope to nudge the long-term care facilities to keep giving shots as the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic ease but the danger of a rebound still lurks.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Hospitals Rated Among Top Performers in Nation for Patient Safety and Patient Experience by Healthgrades
Four Virginia Mason Franciscan Health hospitals awarded Healthgrades 2021 patient safety and experience accolades
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SEATTLE and TACOMA, Wash., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Virginia Mason Franciscan Health hospitals are ranked among the top in the nation for patient experience and patient safety by Healthgrades, the leading online service that connects patients and providers.
Healthgrades announced today that:
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Hospitals Rated Among Top Performers in Nation for Patient Safety and Patient Experience by Healthgrades
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As chief medical officer, Maulik Majmudar, M.D., will help Biofourmis build out its clinical care services, including near-term plans to offer in-home provider services that complement its care-at-home technology platform. (Biofourmis)
Maulik Majmudar, M.D., spent the last three years at Amazon helping the retail giant build out its Amazon Halo wearable.
Majmudar, a cardiologist and digital health leader, is moving over to Softbank-backed technology startup Biofourmis as its chief medical officer. Majmudar will help the startup build out its clinical care services, including near-term plans to offer in-home provider services that complement its care-at-home technology platform.