South Central Telehealth Resource Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Consumer need is driving the development of telehealth programs across the country. Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs. Reimbursement is also key to telehealth program growth.

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care innovations

OCTOBER 24, 2018

At the recently concluded Connected Health Conference in Boston, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai delivered a keynote speech expressing his agency’s dedication to expanding federal funding for key telehealth initiatives, along with a few new proposals for accomplishing them.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Here are the past four years’ links for historical context and your reading pleasure… 2019 – “It’s the Deductible, Stupid” – Health Premiums Reach $20,576 for a Family. 2017 – Employees Continue to Pick Up More Health Insurance Costs, Even As Their Growth Slows.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: From the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, one thing became clear: that people living in households without connectivity were unable to work from home if they had a job that supported virtual work, attend school from home, or connect to loved ones, friends, and communities from home.

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Patient Experience Public Health Connected Health Mental health 177

Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In the spring of 2018, the Center for Connected Health Policy published its update of the State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report. telehealth reimbursement of all types, the … Read more. One of the most comprehensive reports available on the issues involved with U.S.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Adds trained and licensed education personnel to those persons who may staff telehealth services at a school site. LEGISLATION.

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Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2019

” The OECD broadly defined the phrase in their 2017 paper on the topic as follows: Mobility, cloud computing, the Internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics are among the most important technologies in the digital economy today. The digital divide in the U.S.

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eHealth Patient Experience Telehealth Digital Health 168

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MARCH 5, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Adds trained and licensed education personnel to those persons who may staff telehealth services at a school site. LEGISLATION.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Nursing Health Policy 49

Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

The Mental Health Policy Gap Excavated by Data Brokers The COVID-related surge in mental health disorders and the limitations on accessing in-person therapy Ignited a rapid shift towards telehealth and mHealth apps, where downloads increased by 200% between 2019 and 2020. PrivacyInternational.org, October 23, 2017.

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Mental health mHealth HIPAA Health Data 99

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. One-half of 50+ Americans use a tablet, and 17% own wearable tech.

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American Well

MARCH 5, 2018

The Pew Research Center actually tracks statistics like these, and they found that in 2017, 67% of people with incomes of $30k or less have a smartphone. Since changes to reimbursement are happening all the time, it’s best to go to a site such at the Center for Connected Health Policy to find out what’s happening in your state.

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Telemedicine Connected Health Health Policy Primary Care 48

American Well

MARCH 5, 2018

The Pew Research Center actually tracks statistics like these, and they found that in 2017, 67% of people with incomes of $30k or less have a smartphone. Since changes to reimbursement are happening all the time, it’s best to go to a site such at the Center for Connected Health Policy to find out what’s happening in your state.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

However, the pace of adoption is tempered by provider resistance to taking on risk and by payer reluctance to push providers to do so before they are operationally prepared to be successful,” Abrams said, referencing findings in Numerof & Associates’ 2017 State of Population Health Survey.

Medicare 32

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The growing supply of teletherapy serving more people at scale who need and want to access services has been encouraging to see, with investments in digital mental health hitting $3.1 billion and $793mm for substance use disorder for the first three quarters of 2021 based on Rock Health’s numbers. That is indeed the case.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2018

I’ve talked about the importance of connectivity as a social determinant of health here on this site in December 2017, as well as in July 2016 in the Huffington P ost (appropriately published in the “Life/Wellness” section).

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For several years, I’ve called out telecom connections as a social determinant: for example, in this Huffington Post column written in July 2016, I asserted that broadband is a social determinant of health. In May 2017, AMIA called for the same , and the issue is getting the traction it merits. such as in the U.K.

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Public Health Mental health Medicare Primary Care 326

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The average number of plans a beneficiary has access to this year will be 28, up by a whopping 50% from 2017. What’s more, new entrants that boast a customer-driven approach such as Oscar Health are entering the fray in major markets such as New York and Houston.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telehealth HIPAA Patient Experience 41

Henry Kotula

JULY 31, 2019

Her Medicare for All plan, which is similar to Senator Bernie Sanders – would cover all medically necessary services, including emergency room visits, doctor visits, vision, dental, hearing aids, mental health and substance use disorder treatment, telehealth and comprehensive reproductive care services. Kirsten Gillebrand, U.S.

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