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Health Populi
OCTOBER 14, 2024
There are numerous facets on employer-sponsored health care to explore in the KFF report’s 220 pages, but I’m going to focus in on a few issues with which I’m working these days: on prescription drugs, telehealth, and mental health.
Clocktree
AUGUST 15, 2017
Lee, a pediatric retina surgeon, is using telemedicine to educate Armenian doctors on surgical procedures for premature infants suffering from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). The Armenian Eyecare Project approached Lee in 2009 and has been working with him since, using telemedicine tools to provide a cost effective educational program.
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Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2018
In February 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), less formally known as the Stimulus Bill. The policy’s acronym fully spelled-out was the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009. trillion in 2009 when HITECH was signed into law to $3.7
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technologically. Here, we summarize 8 reasons why you should consider telehealth to be part of the holistic health practice of your hospital.
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has fast-tracked telehealth in the U.S. Over a few years leading up to the COVID-19 emergence in early 2020, large employers had begun to adopt telemedicine in health plan benefits for workers, noted by the Business Group on Health’s membership surveys. The next chart labeled Figure 13.12
Health Populi
JULY 9, 2020
Providers masks and in protective gear, waiting in an automobile or physically-distanced queue to gain access to a doctor’s office, or convening with a doctor via a virtual telehealth visit or encrypted email are all new-new life-flows for a health consumer. Health citizens in the U.S.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 23, 2023
With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.
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