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Senator Tina Smith: 'We have to learn from our experiences' on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" “Telehealth has been instrumental in connecting patients and health care professionals during COVID-19. It saves lives, allows doctors to spend more time with patients, and allows access to care for those who normally could not access, said Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., Bill Cassidy, R-La.,

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One expert travels the country to see how telehealth is holding up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The requirements of the contagious COVID-19 and the subsequent loosening of governmental regulations and commercial payer rules have finally propelled telehealth into the mainstream. Before the COVID-19 pandemic there was not a lot of back and forth between virtual and in-person modalities. Travel to virtually any U.S.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

The third chart bolsters a fact we know-we-know about patients’ faith in health care providers as trusted data stewards : that is that apps recommended by doctors and hospitals more likely make patients feel more comfortable about using them than digital tools not vetted by a trusted source. One pillar of that trust is privacy.

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on 7th medical office building acquisition in a year Baptist Health expanding in Nassau and St.

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Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M

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Health Provider News – October 7, 2022

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State health department ends COVID data summaries, will track COVID and flu side by side. In COVID years, new patterns emerged in Alaska hospitals and emergency rooms, report says. Arkansas health official: Falling covid numbers show that state is ‘headed in the right direction’. COVID cases are low in D.C.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

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Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. Under that ruling, “[Congress] may use its spending power to create incentives for states to accord with federal policies,” unless the “pressure turns into compulsion.”.

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