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Telehealth helps reduce depression in youth, Texas consortium finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Government agencies are trying to solve the mental health crisis by expanding access to behavioral health services," said Dr. Laurel L. Williams, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, and medical director, Council on School Health (COSH) for the TCMHCC. million students.

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Creating A Thriving Patient-Centric Data Economy

HIT Consultant

How can we unify the system around the ultimate goal of better health outcomes? They’ve outlined guidelines for data governance and stewardship as we build this new future. Patient advocacy and non-profit health entities should be beating the drum for this philosophy. Establish thoughtful parameters for data governance.

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The rise of virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Platforms like these ensure that a patient’s data is easily and securely transferred via the cloud from hospital A to B, and provide the most up-to-date, accurate portrayal of a patient’s health,” elaborated Clarke.

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Managing Healthcare Compliance in Mississippi

MedTrainer

Mississippi Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is dedicated to protecting and improving the health of its residents through various public health services, health education programs, and regulatory initiatives.

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AWS physician expert talks new use cases for telehealth, machine learning, cloud

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Based on work with a number of organizations , including Halodoc, Doctor Anywhere and Doctor Raskam, we've seen telehealth driving better health outcomes in several ways. Researchers no longer have to download data onto their own systems and invest in expensive high-performance computing. In the U.S.,

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Stony Brook Medicine crafts a telehealth strategic plan that bears fruit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Improve health outcomes by ensuring adequate follow-up and better patient adherence and patient satisfaction. Secure the institution as an academic health center using innovative biomedical technology. For some patients, this is important because they don't know their app store password or how to download an app."

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OIG Approves Cash Equivalents Paid to Patients Participating in Contingency Management Program Offered Through Digital Health Technology

Health Care Law Brief

Adherence is often tracked and confirmed by those that provide the incentive payment through digital health technologies—including apps that can be downloaded to the patient’s smart phone or that are already downloaded to a smart phone provided to the patient as part of a CM program.

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