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New survey sheds light on providers' embrace of telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News sat down with Virginia Telehealth Network's Mara Servaites, executive director, and Robin Cummings, special projects director, to dig into the results and find out the status of telemedicine in the state. What does the survey show about telemedicine addressing patient care barriers and seeing more patients?

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Telemedicine: What Slows Down the Healthcare of the Future

HIT Consultant

This article explores the challenges of telemedicine and examines solutions to resolve current issues. Main Obstacles the Telemedicine is Facing Today. Not only did the pandemic accelerate the implementation of telemedicine, but remote health services became a necessity. On the legal side, telemedicine faces two main drawbacks.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Telemedicine is considered to be under the umbrella of telehealth and refers specifically to clinical services. Telehealth and telemedicine cover similar services, including medical education, remote patient monitoring, patient consultation via videoconferencing, wireless health applications, and transmission of imaging and medical reports.

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AI, licensing and remote prescribing among key issues facing telepsychiatry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This, among other policy shifts, has a direct impact on healthcare provider organizations and telemedicine companies delivering care virtually. Some parts of our practice do leverage telemedicine prescribing flexibilities, and we were part of that scramble to align with DEA’s original proposed rules.

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Audio-Video Telehealth, Mobile Device Management & You

AIHC

As AIHC advises, another resource is legal advice through your malpractice insurance company. For Beginners - Basic Telehealth Concepts Telehealth is also referred to as Telemedicine. Click Here for Cross-State Licensing information. This type of patient encounter involves a spectrum of technologies.

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Risky Business of Health Trackers: What Digital Health Leaders Need to Know

HIT Consultant

If a company is dispensing medical advice, providing guidance or therapy, or prescribing or selling products, there are additional risks spanning from medical malpractice to bodily injury claims associated with these services that are often overlooked. Cyber liability, errors and omissions, and medical malpractice liability are key exposures.

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Health Provider News

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for physician referral scheme In Los Angeles, hospital CEO pay could be capped Kaiser Permanente ratings affirmed amid healthy financial profile Nurses vote ‘no confidence’ in California hospital administration, board Nursing facility, management company settle physician kickback allegations for $3.8M