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Report: Telemedicine, modernized licensing can help bridge health disparity gap

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When it comes to policy changes that could help bridge the gap, report authors pointed to ensuring health coverage, investing in social services, reducing administrative burdens and improving service delivery – including via telemedicine and licensure modernization. ON THE RECORD.

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The intersection of telehealth and AI: How can they reinforce each other?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine took a huge leap forward during the pandemic as more providers and patients embraced remote delivery of healthcare services. Piotr Orzechowski is CEO of Infermedica, an AI health company dedicated to improving preliminary symptom analysis and digital triage. AI also significantly enhances telemedicine adoption.

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The prominent issues telehealth must tackle when the pandemic passes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News interviewed Mulcare to dig into the reversion to pre-pandemic regulations, the ethics of telemedicine across state lines, what telehealth technologies can do to increase access, and more. There will be lost opportunities for patients to achieve the health outcomes they are motivated to or need to obtain.

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Why Family Caregivers Need Help from the Healthcare Establishment

HIT Consultant

Add to this the fact that patients with multiple chronic illnesses see multiple doctors – all creating care plans and prescribing medications to address their specialized areas. Our nation has a vital opportunity to unleash the potential of family caregivers to improve health outcomes. In addition, President Biden’s $1.9

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United Physicians finds success with telepsychiatry for virtual collaborative care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The mission at United Physicians is to advance physician performance to improve patient health outcomes. With this in mind, in working with its doctors, it noticed that patients' mental health issues increasingly were negatively impacting their health status. THE PROBLEM. In fact, they'll worsen.

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17 HLTH 2022 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch

HIT Consultant

As the healthcare world continues to rapidly adopt telemedicine, move toward value-based care, and combat rising pharmacy costs, HLTH 2022 will showcase digital health companies that embrace those trends: medication management solutions, telemedicine services, and population health analytics. Mark Engelen, CEO of RXLive.

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A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It offers one system for telemedicine that spans the care continuum from urgent to acute care, and equips clinicians, patients and the industry that supports them with tools to enhance the healthcare experience. The typical time from a patient request to a doctor visit is five minutes – slightly longer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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