Trend Watch: As In-Home Healthcare Services Grow, Patient Engagement Becomes Even More Important
Advancements in digital health and logistics technology have investors flocking to non-traditional and remote care startups. Mobile healthcare engagement via apps and text messaging are gaining significant ground. Wearables are getting smarter every day. And these...
Nurse Triage Before Telehealth Visits Delivers 3:1 ROI and Millions in Savings
Discover how one of the nation’s largest health insurers partnered with Carenet for telehealth nurse advice and triage services—resulting in $12 million in annual savings from unnecessary care diversion. At a national health plan serving nearly 20 million...
Can’t Predict COVID-19 Needs? With Shared Engagement Resources, You Don’t Have To.
We’ve all heard the industry buzz around healthcare’s “new normal.” But in reality, a new normal doesn’t exist yet. The pandemic continues to be anything but predictable. Community, regional and statewide outbreaks are in the news. Forecasting models depend on human...
Carenet Health and ProtoCall Services Establish Partnership to Meet Demand for Behavioral Health Crisis Support
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 15, 2020 – Carenet Health, one of the nation’s largest providers of 24/7 telehealth and healthcare engagement solutions, and Oregon-based ProtoCall Services, the leading contact center for specialty behavioral health services, have joined...
When Crisis Demands Innovation: Remote Patient Monitoring Boosts Inpatient Capacity and Helps COVID-19 Patients Avoid Readmissions
By March 2020, the warning signs were evident, sending shockwaves through the U.S. healthcare system. If the novel coronavirus pandemic continued on its predicted path, American hospitals would need more inpatient beds than currently available. A lot more. And...
Addressing the Void: Telehealth Steps up for Chronic Disease Patients
As the reach of the novel coronavirus rapidly expanded across the country, the healthcare system has had to adapt and alter how access to care is provided. Many health systems are in trauma mode. Staff at clinics have been moved to COVID-19 care units. Some primary...
Telehealth RNs Reveal How Different Age Groups Are Responding to COVID-19
There is a lot of information—true and false—about the COVID-19 pandemic swirling around the internet. People want to know if their symptoms are related to the new novel coronavirus and what care they should seek if any. More and more, telehealth services are the most...