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South Korean Health Ministry calls to make telemedicine permanent

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare has released its report on the conduct of temporary telemedicine during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. FINDINGS According to the report, over 25,000 medical institutions provided remote treatment to 13.79 million people from February 2020 to January 2023.

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IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH), which is the first fully digitalized-paperless health care institution in South Korea, was designated by the government on 1 March as a “public safety hospital,” an institution that separates the treatment process of respiratory patients to prevent COVID-19 spread with the facility.

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Managing Healthcare Compliance in New Mexico

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Telehealth Policy For providers in New Mexico, telehealth services are governed by regulations that emphasize equitable access and reimbursement rates. New Mexico’s parity law requires insurers to cover telemedicine services to the same extent as in-person services.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

911 dispatchers couldn’t understand them OKLAHOMA Children’s hospital in Oklahoma second in country with new therapy technology OU Health receives federal grant to support telemedicine for rural stroke patients OREGON Legacy Health sells medical office building for $60.5M Accused Of Filing False Claims Settles For $14.7M

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Mifepristone Manufacturer Wins First Round in West Virginia

Drug & Device Law

Even before that post- Dobbs statute, however, West Virginia “prohibit[ed] providers from prescribing medication abortion drugs via telemedicine.” Accordingly, this Court declines to find that a widely abrogated 19th century statute which the federal government will not enforce bars redressability here. Sorsaia , C.A.

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