Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

– and the wherewithal of the information systems and digital data that keep them running – been put to the test quite like it was in 2020. An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 24, 2021

The Commonwealth Fund released an issue brief this week reviewing state actions to expand individual and group health insurance coverage of telemedicine between March 2020 and March 2021. It found that 22 states changed laws or policies during that time period to require more robust insurance coverage of telemedicine.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

With President Trump’s somber speech from the Oval Office last night, we wake up on 12th March 2020 to a ban on most travel from Europe to the U.S., Here is a link to the President’s full remarks from the White House website, presented at about 9 pm on 11 March 2020. 43% of Americans are concerned they will contract COVID-19.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JULY 18, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 15, 2022, the United States again renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans special access to free tests, vaccines, and treatments. The public health emergency was initially declared in January 2020, when the [.].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2024

WHAT IT'S ABOUT During the groundbreaking ceremony, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung revealed that the EGH campus will be "digitally enabled from the start," particularly offering telemedicine. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Population and Public Health Patient Access Care

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Telehealth providers saw a rapid rise in the need for remote services with the initial spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Last year, Congress eliminated barriers to patient care by approving a bill called the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2022

COVID has shown us that telemedicine is effective and easy to use. But why limit the use of virtual care to public health emergencies? With providers and clinicians under increasing strain from staffing gaps and other issues, telemedicine is a valuable solution. Doug Duskin, CEO, Avel eCare.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In January 2020, before we knew how to spell “coronavirus,” millions of consumers were already “Amazon-Primed” for everyday life-flows and consumer behaviors. What a difference a public health crisis makes, accelerating digital health beyond fitness geeks, Quantified Self adherents, and smartwatch adopters.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has re-shaped consumers for work, school, fitness, cooking, and certainly for health care. Younger Americans prefer retail health settings for vaccines: retail clinics, urgent care sites, or retail pharmacies. adults in April 2020, 2,501 iu May, and 2,511 in September.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Mitchell is quoted in the story, New data says more communities built their own broadband because of COVID published in Motherboard on 10th September 2021, an important report written by Karl Bode. The post Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2020

South Korea has been lauded as a role model in its containment and flattening the curve of COVID-19 infections through a combination of rapid intervention, extensive testing for the virus, contact tracing/surveillance and enlisting the public’s health, according to a report by The New York Times. Challenges. (1)

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Over one million Americans have died from COVID-19, while 20 percent of those who survive may develop post-COVID conditions. With weak safety net policies and high health care costs it would hardly be surprising if our fellow citizens tried to shift some of their COVID costs to arguably responsible defendants.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. Congressional leadership on February 28 2020. The President signed the $8.3

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2021

A new report from the RAND Corporation suggests that the biggest upticks in virtual care availability occurred in more affluent and metropolitan communities, and that telemedicine services were mostly enjoyed by patients with private insurance. In its findings, RAND points to a twentyfold increase in telehealth visits starting in March 2020.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

I was scheduled to meet with Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader of Connected Care at Philips, at HIMSS in Orlando on 9th March 2020. HIMSS cancelled the conference just days before it was to commence… due to the great disruption of COVID-19. It’s also an enormous stress test of the [health care] system.

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) reports that 80% of the U.S. Many waivers of CoPs requirements will end.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

UAB partnered with our Alabama Department of Public Health to obtain funding and purchase videoconferencing equipment for each of our county health departments. We used these county health departments as a way to deliver subspecialty care across our state. "This was all too clear during COVID.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“The expansion of telehealth and the offering of new telehealth services that were not previously covered really enabled physicians to care for their patients in the midst of this crisis,” said Todd Askew, the AMA’s senior vice president of advocacy, during a recent “AMA COVID-19 Update.” ii] [link].

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 15, 2023

Telemedicine is one such advancement that has revolutionized the way we receive medical care. Telemedicine allows patients to receive care from the comfort of their own homes, without having to visit a doctor’s office or hospital. HIPAA and Telemedicine: Why Should You Be Compliant?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sun River Health was among the first organizations to receive funding under the Federal Communications Commission COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Prior to implementing the telemedicine technology supported by the FCC program funds, Sun River Health had relatively limited and targeted capacity to support remote visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

representatives has reintroduced a bill aimed at expanding access to telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced this past week by Rep. A bipartisan group of U.S. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., cosponsored by Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt.,

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Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2021

consumers to gauge five generations of peoples’ perspectives on connected life in the context of COVID. The report covers the various life-flows of our repurposed “crowded digital homes,” including school remote work, and making health, wellness, and fitness where we live. ” In the U.S.,

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HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

Talib Jaber, RPh, VP of Customer Success, Sunwave Health The pandemic caused a significant increase in overdose and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) related deaths, exposing long-standing deficiencies in the identification and treatment of SUD. And recent statistics bolster this worry.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors. The survey was conducted online in June 2020 among 2,074 U.S. The survey was conducted online in June 2020 among 2,074 U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora developed an active and growing telemedicine program over the past eight years. Before COVID-19, almost all specialties were using telemedicine in some aspect of their practice. THE PROBLEM. The organization also uses a custom-developed, HIPAA-compliant photo-sharing platform.

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Health Populi

MARCH 30, 2021

Still, the Homebody Economy will persist even post-COVID, with a growing realization that “home” has become a safe haven for many life-flows — with continued investments planned in 2021 for home renovations as well as luxury goods. consumers say they will use virtual platforms and apps post-COVID. One-half of U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated digital transformation of organizations, including health care providers. Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S. adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2022

To determine which specialties were able to fulfill patient needs using telehealth and which required in-person follow-up visits more often, two teams of researchers examined more than 35 million telehealth visits conducted between March 1, 2020, and May 31, 2022. While telehealth use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, one study of 40.7

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

"COVID-19 has changed not only the way we live, but the way healthcare providers support their patients, especially in regard to mental health," said Cuomo in a statement. Cuomo's proposal would make permanent many flexibilities that are currently in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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Health Populi

APRIL 22, 2020

Stress is up, smoking increasing, drinking more alcohol… Americans are tapping into a variety of coping mechanisms in the coronavirus outbreak, with health on their collective minds. Toluna and Harris Interactive are collaborating on the COVID-19 Barometer , publishing biweekly data on consumers’ views on the coronavirus pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

If they don't act before the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the groups said, Medicare beneficiaries "will lose access to virtual care options which have become a lifeline to many." "Unfortunately, this progress is in jeopardy," they wrote.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2021

Greg Abbott signed a bill into law this week that formally authorized dentistry via telemedicine in the state. In March 2020, the State Board of Dental Examiners issued guidance declaring that "dentists in Texas are not authorized to practice teledentistry," according to court documents. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

As outlined in the settlement agreement , PPOA is accused of using telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic to allegedly try and compensate for revenue lost from elective services. "Shortly thereafter, PPOA instructed medical providers to begin seeing patients by telemedicine twice a month. billion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a data brief this month aimed at providing insight into state evaluations and oversight of tele-behavioral services. In response to COVID-19, patients have regularly turned to telemedicine for behavioral health needs. WHY IT MATTERS.

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