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Telehealth has grown by leaps at doc practices, with wide variance in usage patterns

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"There was a great deal of variation within specialty, with large shares of physicians who didn't provide any remote visits the prior week. as well as some who relied much more heavily on remote care," said AMA researchers. As has been shown, behavioral health specialists have taken to telehealth in a big way.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

How to manage the new 'data tsunami' As providers rushed to roll out new telehealth services in response to the pandemic, many weren't – and many still aren't – prepared to manage the upsurge of new data, and new data types, streaming into their electronic health records. How to shore up telehealth cybersecurity.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Access to Telehealth Services Private Health Insurance Coverage for telehealth and other remote care services will vary by state and private insurance plans. The article below clarifies and summarizes the end-of-pandemic reimbursement decisions made by private payers, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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Taming the beast of multistate provider licensure for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy found telehealth use during the initial COVID-19 peak increased from less than 1% of visits to 80%. Telemedicine companies encounter these challenges more frequently than traditional providers.

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How IT leaders are reimagining and repurposing technologies to handle new challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Reimagining everything for remote care. The entire foundation of healthcare is built on in-person care. Everything needs to be reimagined for remote care, said Canino at Johns Hopkins Health Systems. " Health IT is an art similar to having to reconfigure an airplane in flight, Dawson described.

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

” Assuring health equity in a post-pandemic world. As we move to “build health care back better” in the U.S. post-pandemic, we laud the fact that the private sector has been playing a greater role filling in gaps left bare by the public sector in health over the past few years.

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

Enzyme Health

Whether you’re interested in learning more about state-by-state policies, the latest on healthcare cybersecurity, or how to attain financial independence working in this alternate career path, these telemedicine newsletters can keep you wired in. For Broad Digital Health and Telehealth News 3.