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Hospital Executives Support Post-COVID Flexibility, Clear Framework for Telehealth During Vizient-hosted Congressional BriefingVizient, Inc. hosted a virtual congressional briefing on Wednesday, June 9, titled, "Telehealth, Not Just a Pandemic Back-up Plan." Panelists discussed how hospitals provide telehealth services, lessons learned regarding the increased utilization of telehealth and what is needed to continue to support providers and patients beyond the pandemic. "As the data shows, virtual health services are something that hospitals are clearly committed to investing in post-COVID," said Saloni Jain, vice president, analytics and informatics at Vizient and moderator of the panel. "Over the past 18 months the conversation amongst providers has shifted from whether telehealth should be a service offered, to overcoming barriers in the implementation of such services across a wide range of hospitals with varying levels of technologically focused infrastructure in place." The discussion focused on hospital systems centered in both rural and urban communities, though the issues shared included common themes:
Read Vizient's report, "Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Telehealth" here: https://newsroom.vizientinc.com/content/1221/files/Documents/EffectsOfCovid19PandemicOnTelehealth.pdf About Vizient, Inc. Vizient, Inc. provides solutions and services that improve the delivery of high-value care by aligning cost, quality and market performance for more than 50% of the nation's acute care providers, which includes 95% of the nation's academic medical centers, and more than 20% of ambulatory providers. Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume, to improve patient outcomes and lower costs. Vizient has earned a World's Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute every year since its inception. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at http://www.vizientinc.com/
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