Resource Category: Health Systems

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Building Rural Telehealth on Federal Funding: A Practical Guide for Hospitals and FQHCs

Federal telehealth funding for rural hospitals and health systems spans HRSA, USDA, and the FCC, and the programs available today are broader than most clinical and finance leadership teams have mapped. Knowing which programs exist and what makes a strong applicant is where most organizations start. But identifying the right grant is only one step. […]

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How Rural Hospitals Can Fund Telehealth Programs with Federal Grants

Rural hospitals operate with thinner margins, smaller staff-to-patient ratios, and greater distances between patients and specialists than almost any other care setting in the country. Adding telehealth is often the right clinical answer. Finding the budget to build it is the harder problem. Federal grant programs exist specifically to close that gap. Several are active […]

Pediatric Digital Care: Achieving Scale and Measurable ED Avoidance

How does a leading pediatric practice scale to over 90+ clinicians while achieving an 8% ED diversion rate? Join Greg Porco, Director of Operations at Pediatric Associates, as he reveals the strategic roadmap used to transform KidzDocNow into a high-performance, 24/7 service across multiple states. In this session, you will learn how Pediatric Associates moved […]

Rearchitecting Patient Access and Care for Safety-Net Hospitals

Discover how NYC Health + Hospitals and Cook County Health are rearchitecting patient access to overcome ED overcrowding, understaffing, and Medicaid reimbursement shortfalls. This case study explores how eVisit’s virtual care platform delivers 24/7 virtual urgent care and behavioral health services to vulnerable and unhoused populations in over 200 languages. By integrating digital health solutions […]

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The High Cost of No Shows and Missed Appointments

The US healthcare system is inundated with no-shows and missed appointments. In a $4.3 trillion industry, every missed appointment translates to significant amounts of lost revenue because there is no ability to replace the appointment with another patient. On a yearly basis, this lost revenue adds up to a staggering $150 billion. Financial and Clinical […]

More Than Two-Way Video: Engineering a Frictionless, End-to-End Patient Journey

For many healthcare delivery systems, digital care remains stuck in its “2.0” phase: a basic, two-way video call that acts as a lesser version of an in-person visit. Even the terminology – “virtual care” or “telehealth” – feels tethered to an earlier, purely ambulatory era.  In 2026, treating digital care as just a two-way video […]

CMS Invests $50B in Rural Health: Building the Digital Infrastructure for 2026 and Beyond

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that all 50 states will receive a share of $50 billion in awards through the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). These awards aim to strengthen and modernize rural healthcare across the country by expanding access to care, strengthening the rural health workforce, and supporting innovative […]

Health System-Wide View for Better Resource Allocation

Let’s take a look at a common health system challenge: limited staff. Paired with an uneven distribution of patient demand across locations.  At the city location, the Emergency Department is at capacity. Large number of patients waiting to be seen. Many of these queued patients, who are often low acuity, will go seek services elsewhere […]