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Indonesia extends free telemedicine services for COVID-19 patients nationwide

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Starting tomorrow, the Indonesian government will deliver free telemedicine services for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms across the country in a bid to ease hospital pressure as cases hit record highs. billion for COVID-19 treatment, testing, tracing, drugs, vaccines and protective gear. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Thailand closely monitors COVID-19 patients via telemedicine platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Thai government has built a telemedicine platform to monitor COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at home and at community isolation centres. The platform was built to keep COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms out of hospitals given the lack of hospital beds.

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DEA Extends COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for 6 Months

HIT Consultant

For any practitioner-patient telemedicine relationships that have been or will be established up to November 11, 2023, the full set of telemedicine flexibilities regarding the prescription of controlled medications established during the COVID-19 PHE will be extended for one year – through November 11, 2024.

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Indonesia to expand telemedicine service for COVID-19 patients outside Jakarta

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Indonesian government will be extending its free telemedicine service for COVID-19 patients outside its capital, Jakarta. Accessible through a government website, the service is intended for asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 patients under self-isolation. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Telemedicine M&A trends moving into 2024

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Both specialize in telemedicine. telemedicine sector, merger and acquisition trends for telemedicine, main financial backers and investment dynamics, and short-term and long-term valuation trends. telemedicine sector and where do they stand? What are the M&A trends for telemedicine going into 2024?

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MassHealth Partners with Maven To Offer Immediate Free Access To Telemedicine During COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

Maven, the largest telemedicine provider for women’s and family health, announced a new partnership with MassHealth, the Massachusetts, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. MassHealth will provide free telemedicine appointments for members with COVID-19 […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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‘Bravo Congress’: Telehealth groups cheer omnibus extension of COVID-19 flexibilities

Healthcare Dive

Still, the American Telemedicine Association and other virtual care lobbies said there was more to do to enshrine telehealth access into American law.

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