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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

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The vast majority of older people, across the age groups, use their smartphones every day: most commonly, to send or receive emails, to get directions or traffic information, or to surf the web for news, information, or social networking. Half of older people with a home assistant use them every day, across all age groups.

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Here's how smaller practices can prepare for continuing telehealth demands

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Historically, they've faced a lack of resources, a lack of strategic decision-making, a lack of time and attention to devote to telehealth, and a lack of reimbursement opportunities, said Lacktman. Such centers acted as the "backbone of early growth of telehealth in the country," he said.

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How one physician practice was transformed by EHR-embedded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dillon Miller, medical director at Blue Ridge Medical Group in Blue Ridge, Georgia, was faced with challenges erupting from the coronavirus pandemic. The practice needed a reliable system that would enable seamless patient scheduling, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing and billing, Miller said. THE PROBLEM.

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Using Zoom with Epic to bring telehealth to kids during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Kennedy Krieger has had a small behavioral-telehealth program for military families for four years. The Center for Autism and Related Disorders program has provided limited telehealth services. We primarily use a HIPAA-compliant Zoom system along with our Epic EHR to conduct our telehealth operations,” she said.

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Telehealth may worsen digital divide for people with disabilities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Much has been made of telehealth's potential to bridge the accessibility gap for those who may be otherwise underserved by the healthcare systems. "There remains a pressing need to explicitly consider how changes in the prevalence and ubiquity of telehealth impact people with disabilities," wrote the authors.

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One physician's perspective on why patients prefer telehealth visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth An occupational medicine physician offered his patients a poll with a single question. The world has turned upside down and, ironically, I am one of the providers who utilizes telehealth the most in my large organization. I estimate about 90% of my visits were telehealth visits during the first four months of the pandemic.

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Senators call for CMS to provide plan for telehealth changes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A bipartisan group of 38 senators released an open letter on Friday, asking U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to provide a written plan for permanent changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program rules around telehealth.