Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

A JAMIA Open study published in August concluded the initiative successfully reached veterans in rural areas and patients with mental health conditions, while a separate study published by Psychiatric Services found the VA’s efforts also led to improved clinical efficiency. WHAT HAPPENED. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

"The telehealth cliff is looming, casting much uncertainty and concern for the health and safety of Medicare beneficiaries, and the sustainability of our already overburdened healthcare system," said Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. HIMSS is the parent company for Healthcare IT News.).

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

That the company devoted financial resources to invest in a consumer/patient survey on telehealth says a lot about the changing nature of health care delivery and the expanding retail health ecosystem that can deliver care almost anywhere there is broadband connectivity, and a licensed clinician and patient at either end of that connection.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

We know that rural and underserved communities can benefit from strong virtual care programs, but those same communities may have digital connectivity barriers and social determinants of health (SDOH) that stop patients from accessing telemedicine. Connecting Patients in Need to Virtual Care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Remove Restrictions on Medicare Beneficiary Access to Mental and Behavioral Health Services Offered Through Telehealth. Without Congressional action, a new requirement for an in-person visit prior to access to mental health services through telehealth will go into effect for most Medicare beneficiaries.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2022

In this interview with Healthcare IT News , she spells out these three ways to help provider organization CIOs and telemedicine executives to boost virtual care. And as telehealth options continue to expand, the competitive landscape is no longer limited to the geographic locations in which health systems operate.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2023

We can expect increasing investments in surgery centers, emergency care outside of the traditional ER, patient education focused on health literacy, acute care at home (the hospital-at-home migration, continuing), more virtual critical care and e-ICUs, mental health, and nutrition.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The American Telemedicine Association maintains a US bills related to telemedicine and their status. By saving time, telehealth allows the doctor to fit more patients into the week.Several respondents said that televisits would bring more people into the health care system, especially mental health patients.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Programs like Medicare Chronic Care Management cover non-face-to-face services and virtual consultations, preventing complications by monitoring patient health outside hospital settings. Patient health monitoring via these tools enables early detection of potential complications.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2020

As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, Congress appropriated $200 million in funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”). consortia of health care providers consisting of one or more of the foregoing entities. What is the Program?

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2020

As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, Congress appropriated $200 million in funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”). consortia of health care providers consisting of one or more of the foregoing entities. What is the Program?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. And just like those other health systems, AccessHealth faced numerous challenges at first, in trying to adapt to this new normal. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium has been awarded a grant from the Federal Communications Commission to increase telemedicine capacity in community health centers statewide. The consortium is made up of 35 federally qualified health centers. It turned to a robust telemedicine solution as the answer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

Among the many insights they've gained over the past year-plus, they discuss the need to secure a place for telemedicine and expand its capabilities, deploy and scale new technologies faster, and embrace Agile processes and collaborative IT. The new importance of telemedicine. " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. "We went ahead.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 29, 2020

More than 80 organizations led by the Alliance for Connected Care called this week for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to implement a telemedicine special registration that would allow providers to remotely prescribe controlled substances. THE LARGER TREND. Tech has played a vital role in combating the opioid crisis.

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care innovations

AUGUST 15, 2018

To “help address a need for reliable broadband access in rural Ohio and provide access to digital advances in agriculture, telemedicine, and education ” ( via the AP ). broadband connectivity by 2022 — is offering that assistance. Supporting ‘the Deployment of Broadband’ to Health Facilities.

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care innovations

AUGUST 29, 2018

Access to telehealth services is expanding throughout the United States, and especially in rural communities , where lawmakers increasingly see technologies like virtual visits and remote patient management (RPM) as a means to extend care to those who live in areas too remote to effectively access high-quality care in person.

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Mend

JANUARY 18, 2021

Organizations like the American Telemedicine Association, Alliance for Connected Care and Connected Health Initiative, healthcare providers and dozens of lawmakers had lobbied to make at least some of those emergency provisions permanent. Those provisions were met with approval, and also some disappointment.

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