Minnesota Blue Cross Offers Telehealth Program For Employees

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News On December 1, 2009, Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Blue Cross) of Minnesota and Fairview Health Services launched a pilot of Online Care Anywhere, a new telehealth care model that enables Blue Cross employees and their covered dependents to access medical care on-line or by telephone from physicians affiliated with Fairview Health Services. To facilitate workplace use of on-line care, Blue Cross created three secured “on-line care rooms” at two Minnesota campuses. Each room is equipped with a computer, a web cam, biometric devices to record weight, body . . .