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Albert Einstein Medical Center serves up telehealth from 4 vendors with FCC grant

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At Philadelphia's Albert Einstein Medical Center, whose health system serves a large geographical area and offers complex quaternary care, telehealth has been an innovative solution to several care delivery problems. These can be categorized in three areas: patient/staff safety, communication and logistics. THE PROBLEM.

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VCU Health Brings Hospital-At-Home Program To Central Virginia

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Now, its home-based care offering will include this acute-level care program where care is delivered via video, with aid of remote patient monitoring and with a physician overseeing patients in the program. The program will also include in-person visits from nurses and other clinicians.