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DEA plans to create a special telehealth registration for prescribers

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"DEA has determined that the best course of action to ensure patient access to care, while maintaining sufficient safeguards to prevent and detect diversion of controlled substances, is to establish and maintain a regulatory scheme," the agency said in the notice published Wednesday.

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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

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There's the massive electronic health record modernization , of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth. Indeed, telehealth continues to be a major priority for the VA. At HIMSS20, Dr. Neil C.

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

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If you made your living in commercial real estate — and especially, working with hospitals’ and health systems’ office space — would the concept of telehealth be freaking you out right now? The quality of care and facilities influence patient choice, and systems can improve patient access by modernizing key facilities.

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Connecting Systems, Connecting Care: Improving Comms from Point of Injury to MTF

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Because of those factors, it has been incumbent on the military care providers to find workarounds in order preserve the health, safety, and longevity of each Soldier, Sailor, Marine, and Airman during the course of care. “This is a huge challenge in operational medicine,” he said.

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How telehealth can improve efficiency and increase revenue

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The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of telehealth out of necessity. The risk of infection from face-to-face clinical interactions forced health providers to give their patients alternative channels to receive care, making virtual visits commonplace. Patient and provider response to telehealth has been quite positive.

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United Methodist Communities has early successes with telehealth and RPM

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United Methodist faced two different problems: One was falls in its skilled nursing environment and the other was effective telehealth visits for residents. Skilled nursing facilities take care of the frailest of the country’s elders. The other problem it was looking to solve was inefficient telehealth visits.

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UVA Health System expands telehealth offerings

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The University of Virginia Health System announced it would be expanding its telehealth offerings to help treat diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses. Through the UVA Center for Telehealth, the organization will also develop training courses for healthcare providers that help them identify and treat chronic diseases.