HealthSpot and CareSource team up to create value for Medicaid members,
increasing access to care through telehealth platform in convenient
locations. HealthSpot® and
CareSource, an Ohio nonprofit managed care company announced an
agreement to increase access to quality healthcare for CareSource
Medicaid, CareSource Just4Me and MyCare Ohio members.
HealthSpot has built a comprehensive healthcare delivery platform that
combines cloud-based software with the award-winning HealthSpot station.
The stations connect patients to medical providers from a variety of
Ohio’s health systems including Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth and
University Hospitals. For the past 18 months, these providers and others
have been using the stations for diagnosis of high frequency illnesses,
such as the flu and upper respiratory issues.Read More
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.