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Vyne Medical Acquires Ahana Pediatrics and its Connected Care Solution

Healthcare IT Today

Connected care solution to be integrated into Vyne Medical’s Refyne platform Vyne Medical today announced the acquisition of Ahana Pediatrics, Inc., and its advanced connected care solution.

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Telehealth groups urge DEA to release virtual e-prescribing rules

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to work faster in crafting a new proposed rule regulating the prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth.

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DEA plans to create a special telehealth registration for prescribers

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" The Alliance for Connected Care said in a statement that it is "very concerned to see language in the proposed rulemaking mandating what portion of patient care can be offered through telemedicine" and deemed it an inappropriate guardrail.

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DEA and HHS push off new telemedicine prescribing rules to end-of-year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Alliance for Connected Care asked U.S. THE LARGER TREND Congress and telehealth industry groups have urged the DEA and HHS to jointly extend prescribing flexibilities allowed under the original COVID-19 public health emergency since it was initially set to expire.

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COVID-19 presents a new chance to make telehealth accessible to the underserved

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the same time, say industry leaders, vulnerable groups – especially people of color – are being left behind. "Regrettably, minority groups are being left behind by the telehealth revolution," said David Smith, executive director for the Medicaid Transformation Project, in an interview with Healthcare IT News.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. WHY IT MATTERS. That flexibility, in turn, shed light on how arbitrary some of those restrictions were.

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Vyne Medical Acquires Ahana Health

Electronic Health Reporter

Vyne Medical, a leading provider of health information exchange and electronic healthcare communication management solutions, today announced the acquisition of Ahana Health and its connected care technology. Designed to empower groups of clinicians to collaborate […].