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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. […]
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 […]
Healthcare has spent the last decade advancing the “Digital Front Door.” The vision is straightforward: a patient feels a symptom, opens a branded app, and schedules a visit. On paper, it’s the ultimate convenience. But there is a growing realization among health system leaders that this “app-first” strategy has a massive blind spot. What happens […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As city centers grow more crowded, rural areas are facing a quiet crisis. The U.S. Government Accountability Office found that more than 100 rural hospitals (about 4%) closed between 2013 and 2020. This forces rural residents to travel 20 miles farther for basic inpatient care and up to 40 miles farther for specialized services like […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]