Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Dr. Joseph Kvedar, president of the American Telemedicine Association, agreed with Alexander's recommendations. "We must make sure that essential telehealth services do not abruptly end with the public health emergency, especially as we look to reorient our healthcare system to deliver 21st century care," said Kvedar.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

Following conversations in Washington and state capitals, the American Telemedicine Association published its new Health Data Privacy Principles this week. Drug Enforcement Administration's proposed permanent changes to the e-prescribing of controlled medications at the close of the COVID-19 national public health emergency.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Abbott’s CEO Ford joins two other industry executives keynoting #CES2022: Mary Barra of General Motors and Mike Sievert of T-Mobile. Or an expanded definition of a “digital therapeutic” with the car as a delivery channel or vessel for care and information source.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This whole telehealth option is definitely for me, even post-COVID” she says. My personal tour, thanks to Karsten and the Philips team, bolsters my own forecast that our homes, neighborhoods and local communities will be where our health and health care will be made and delivered in and beyond the public health crisis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced earlier this month , for example, that it would add 11 virtual services to its reimbursement list during the COVID-19 public health emergency – following in the footsteps of its earlier flexibilities for virtual care. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 9, 2020

While not every device has compelling clinical evidence, digital health at CES is definitely moving in the right direction in terms of clinical quality and efficacy in areas of heart monitoring, digital therapeutics, and pain, among other conditions. That’s the supply side.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

It offers one system for telemedicine that spans the care continuum from urgent to acute care, and equips clinicians, patients and the industry that supports them with tools to enhance the healthcare experience. First Stop Health. GlobalMed offers software, stations and diagnostic devices for telemedicine delivery.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 18, 2020

Discussion on the definitions for telehealth, telecare, telemedicine and other terms under the digital health and care umbrella is always required, and will be discussed in greater detail during the HIMSS & Health 2.0 However, these sessions usually begin with a hurdle to be overcome – that of terminology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. BMC Public Health. A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Telehealth mental health services during COVID-19: summary of evidence and clinical practice. Monagesh et al.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2020

Even as it pursues big pre-COVID-19 strategic goals – not least its major electronic health record transition from Cerner to Epic , which was announced in February – Atrium's attention has of course more recently been focused on an array of initiatives meant to combat the coronavirus crisis.

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Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. ATA : ATA stands for the American Telemedicine Association and is the prominent professional telemedicine organization in the United States.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Privacy literacy, understanding HIPAA and the importance of personal health data security and control; and, of course, Foundational literacy – the reading, writing, and arithmetic basics that form traditional definitions of “literacy.”

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve seen more financial and money-focused media bringing health care cost stories under their mastheads. So have investment banks, ratings agencies, and large financial services companies, as the pandemic has cast every industry’s eyes to public health and health spending.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

But since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency, our organization has expanded its telehealth capabilities. We use a HIPAA-compliant software that allows for two-way, high definition video and audio. ancillary telemedicine services like telepathology and telepharmacology).

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GlobalMed

MARCH 8, 2021

Many providers have recognized their blindness to an opportunity right in front of them – to carry their telemedicine application beyond simple video calls and into the terrain of treating chronic, infectious and acute disease. For these patients, telemedicine is a lifeline to receiving medical expertise in their community.

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Redox

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

If you were to ask someone on the street what they consider the most impactful digital health innovation over the last five years, there’s a good chance their response would be, “telemedicine”. Oddly, even with its place in the general public’s lexicon, telemedicine utilization is still rather low. Original Source.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 29, 2023

Virtual healthcare refers to delivering healthcare services remotely, using telemedicine, telehealth, and e-health. Telemedicine, a type of virtual healthcare, involves using video conferencing or other electronic communication methods to connect patients with healthcare providers. Virtual healthcare has several benefits.

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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). Allows telemedicine providers to provide substance use disorder treatment. LEGISLATION. Pending Legislation. Mississippi. Mississippi.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

News and Studies The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule from CMS would continue many of the public health emergency telehealth flexibilities, such as an expanded definition of telehealth practitioners, continued payments to rural health centers and FQHCs, and the expansion of originating sites.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

The excitement has been largely fueled by the renowned public health benefits of, and the seductive commercial opportunity for, a seamless hypertension management solution that is virtually invisible – part of what people are already wearing, such as smartwatches, earbuds, smart rings, and apparel.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MARCH 11, 2019

In my 15-year career as a public health professional, I’ve worked in a variety of fields (social services, treatment/intervention, prevention, program development), and I try to use all those lenses of experience to achieve the mission of my employer. Ten years ago, Arkansas was first (or the worst) in the nation for strokes.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2022

Let’s look back even further to 2013 to examine one definition of patient engagement: Health Affairs defines patient engagement as combining patient activation with interventions designed to increase and promote positive patient behavior, such as obtaining preventive care or exercising regularly, hopefully to lower costs.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

GlobalMed and Meditar have partnered to change that by expanding Meditar’s medical expertise throughout the country using virtual health technologies. Erwin Padinger, Meditar Founder and President , called GlobalMed “the right global solution to extend healthcare across Argentina” because of the companies’ shared telemedicine philosophies.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2015

According to the HRSA , telehealth “is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care , patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.”. Telemedicine. Interoperability.

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Waracle

MAY 16, 2019

By providing increased visibility of personal health data and access to richer information on patient and consumer health, these advancements are leading us towards a convergence of individuals, new information and insights, technology and increased connectivity to optimise personal health care and outcomes. Telemedicine.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 26, 2023

Understanding California laws including California telemedicine laws will go a long way to meeting telehealth legal requirements regardless of where, or what you practice. The article below summarizes some new California teletherapy laws and briefly mentions California telemedicine laws to help you get started. Section 2290.5

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Some states are veering away from standard definitions, such as Maryland which now allows reimbursement of asynchronous dermatology, ophthalmology and radiology, but excludes these specialties from the definition of store and forward. CCHP is a program of the Public Health Institute.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Given the official ambiguity about the official termination of the COVID-related Public Health Emergency (PHE ), it may be time to discuss using the “FQ” telephone CPT code and available resources for provider groups and individuals delivering telephone-based services. 45 minutes.” Modifier Codes. Conclusion.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Understanding California laws, including California telemedicine laws, will go a long way to meeting telehealth legal requirements regardless of where or what you practice. The article below summarizes some new California teletherapy laws and briefly mentions California telemedicine laws to help you get started. Section 2290.5

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Digital Health Today

JUNE 17, 2021

Technology is transforming the medical landscape, but the combination of both patient engagement and adherence is needed for a good health outcome. Definitely, the takeaways of this conference are that the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new frontiers, generating new approaches mandatory in healthcare.

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