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By extending the Expansion of Buprenorphine Treatment via Telemedicine Encounter and Continuity of Care via Telemedicine for Veterans Affairs Patients final rules – first promulgated Jan. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.
We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff. These tools helped to keep us safe during the pandemic and are now working to ease the burden healthcare can have on people. The following is what they had to share.
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Drug Enforcement Agency and Health and Human Services announced the Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications, preventing some patients from losing access to their telehealth-prescribed medications. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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Both specialize in telemedicine. Healthcare IT News sat down with the men to discuss main players in the U.S. telemedicine sector, merger and acquisition trends for telemedicine, main financial backers and investment dynamics, and short-term and long-term valuation trends.
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This requirement could arbitrarily prevent qualified practitioners from effectively serving patients via telemedicine." " These include primary care and general practitioners who increasingly integrate behavioral health into their practices to improve access.
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specialists, 79% said that their use of telemedicine technology had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey adds yet another data point to the massive increase in telemedicine use amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic. The same report also found that telemedicine mobile app downloads had dramatically increased.
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