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Telehealth, Right Here, Right Now: Calling on Congress to Vote for America’s Health and Well-being

Health Populi

That was, in fact, the name of a research paper I wrote on behalf of the California Health Care Foundation in 2008. As we began to examine patients in their home, it was obvious: why do we wait for the patient with congestive heart failure to come to the hospital?

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How the Latest Pandemic Relief Bill Effects Telehealth

Mend

Telehealth advocates aren’t impressed with the lack of support for connected health services in the latest pandemic relief package. That registration process was included in the Ryan Haight Act of 2008 and reinforced by the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) Act in 2018.