Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2022

She talks about physicians' newfound familiarity with telehealth and what it means for the future, the possibility of physicians working full time in telemedicine, and how virtual care can help with staffing shortages in healthcare. " With virtual-first care, patients can start their care journey with telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

Telemedicine provider Medgate saw a 170% increase in teleconsultations in Philippines last year, with an 80% case resolution rate. Our high case resolution rate is proof of telemedicine’s efficiency as a platform for delivering quality care,” said Medgate Philippines President Stavros Athanasiou in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2023

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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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 27, 2021

"While we predominantly use Zoom for telemedicine encounters, we also frequently use a variety of other modalities, including Skype, Teams and the telephone." " Overall, through its use of telemedicine, BHSN has seen an uptick in the number of services provided and a decrease in no-show and cancellation rates.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2022

Only Florida, Arizona and Indiana have what the report defines as a "clear, straightforward, predictable registration or licensing process for all out-of-state health care providers." By contrast, nearly every state has barriers in place to telehealth across state lines.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 20, 2023

AMIH), is a direct-to-consumer subscription-based telemedicine platform, that expects to provide its customers affordable, unlimited, 24/7 access to board certified physicians and licensed mental and behavioral health counsellors and therapists. . – ZipDoctor Inc.,

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YouCompli

JUNE 1, 2022

This month’s article looks at interstate licensing actions. The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) allows nurses to have one multistate license with the ability to practice in their home state and other compact states. For the individual nurse, the risks include fines, loss of license and even jail where criminal activity is involved.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Dr. David Berg, cofounder and chairman of the board of Redirect Health, a primary care national healthcare organization featuring telemedicine and mobile health, believes the healthcare industry should reduce unnecessary inconveniences – such as extensive travel or wait times – from the healthcare experience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2020

“Zoom also provided our health center with an easy-to-implement telehealth option while we researched an integrated telemedicine option for our electronic health record, which would be more permanent.” There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MARKETPLACE. ” RESULTS.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. So telemedicine helps bridge that gap in rural or other markets that may not have adequate resource availability. What were the overarching themes?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2023

Laura Purdy, a telemedicine and digital health expert and a physician licensed in all 50 states, discusses helping medical professionals launch their digital health businesses with the aim of making care more accessible to all.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Its program Focused on Feeding has helped families go from hospital bed (with malnutrition) to the dinner table – entirely via telemedicine. Kelly is a licensed professional counselor and founder and CEO of Focused Approach. And how did telemedicine come into the mix?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

But the center is now down to only two physicians working remotely via telemedicine, with two additional doctors onsite. Last year, it expanded to having one of its onsite physicians also doing telemedicine sessions with one of its other offices in a different city. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Founded in Hong Kong in July 2020, Aurora Tele-Oncology Limited, an oncology-specific teleconsultation platform striving to improve cancer care, recently announced a strategic partnership with Hainan UMP Internet Hospital, a telemedicine center of UMP Healthcare Holdings Limited. THE LARGER PICTURE. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Telemedicine took a huge leap forward during the pandemic as more providers and patients embraced remote delivery of healthcare services. We interviewed him to discuss the intersection of telemedicine and AI. Q. What is the problem in telemedicine that you think Al is especially suited to address?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 10, 2019

Hundreds of thousands patients were lured into worldwide criminal healthcare fraud schemes involving telemedicine and durable medical equipment (DME) executives, according to the FBI and Department of Justice. WHY IT MATTERS. billion in losses.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. " Finally, prior to CMS loosening telemedicine policy for the pandemic, reimbursement was a concern. NextGen and Zoom for Healthcare both were proposed as telemedicine vendors.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JULY 20, 2023

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On April 6, 2022, Florida's Governor signed into law legislation to remove the state's prior restrictions on telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances. The new law in Florida allows healthcare providers to prescribe many controlled substances via telemedicine. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On April 6, 2022, Florida's Governor signed into law legislation to remove the state's prior restrictions on telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances. The new law in Florida allows healthcare providers to prescribe many controlled substances via telemedicine. Indest III, J.D.,

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Med Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A previous telemedicine bill was passed in Pennsylvania in July of 2018, when the Pennsylvania Senate approved Bill 780, which was discussed in my MedLaw Blog article of July 30, 2018. The Pennsylvania Senate announced on October 26, 2021 that it has passed Senate Bill 705 , and a copy of the Senate Press Release can be found at [link].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2021

Greg Abbott signed a bill into law this week that formally authorized dentistry via telemedicine in the state. Although Mohr lives in South Carolina, she says most of her patients live in Texas (where she is also licensed). State boards might also play a role in the future of telemedicine more generally speaking.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

On Friday, February 24, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) proposed new regulations that would permanently allow for telemedicine-controlled substance prescriptions, including induction of medication assisted therapy (“MAT”) using buprenorphine. These telemedicine exceptions, however, are quite narrow (e.g.,

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 27, 2021

Joining a growing number of healthcare organizations to embrace tele-rehab, UT Health East Texas at Ardent Medical Services recently licensed the TheraNow Platform to provide telemedicine and remote physical therapy treatment to its patients throughout […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 31, 2024

What You Should Know: Today, Talkspace, the largest telemedicine-based therapy provider covered by insurance in the nation, and Bicycle Health , the leading telemedicine-based program for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, have announced a partnership to enhance virtual care access for their respective patient bases.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

Smart phones, wearable devices, telemedicine platforms, artificial intelligence software, internet applications, and other digital health technologies are advancing and transforming disease diagnosis, therapy, and other medical practices by physicians, direct-to-consumer services for better health and well-being, and other healthcare services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Physicians can qualify to practice medicine in multiple states, receiving separate licenses for each, via one application within the compact. The licensing is still state-based, but the application process is streamlined. The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact became operational in 2017.

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Verisys

DECEMBER 12, 2023

US S3193 DEA: The DEA and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the extension of current telemedicine flexibilities through December 31, 2024. In particular, practitioners are allowed to prescribe controlled medications via telemedicine, even when the practitioner has not conducted an in-person evaluation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2021

"Telehealth expands access to medical services for low-income families and those living in rural areas, protects vulnerable populations, and allows snowbirds visiting our state to receive telemedicine from their home state," said Ducey in a statement. Ensures payment parity coverage for audio-visual telemedicine services.

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Verisys

MARCH 12, 2024

As of May 1, 2024, licensees should refer to the Medical Practice Act and Board Rules to ensure compliance with telemedicine practices. GA BOM Telemedicine Press Release Illinois : The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has issued a reminder for Physician Assistants.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

MultiCare Health System will be the first health care system to license the 98point6 virtual care technology within its leading hybrid ambulatory care platform, Indigo Health. To support the rapid growth of this new vertical, 98point6 has quickly raised over $20 million from investors to help scale the new offering.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2021

"We’re working hard to expand licensing for our physicians as well as hire physicians licensed in all 50 states!" But some experts caution that a massive shift to telemedicine for primary care may exacerbate healthcare disparities, particularly for people who already face hurdles to accessing services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2020

She pointed to so-called sensitive medical topics – such as sexually transmitted infections, erectile dysfunction and hair loss – as good candidates for telemedicine coverage, as well as dermatology and ophthalmology. " Before COVID-19, telemedicine was "underutilized," she said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 15, 2021

The organizations note that the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many hospitals and health plans toward remote work, including providing care via telemedicine. Telemedicine, he said, is "going to enable providers to up their game and deliver better care." WHY IT MATTERS. " ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

"During the COVID pandemic, we've seen an expansion of telemedicine used in Montana. The bill also revises the definition of telehealth to expand beyond licensed physician-provided care and encompass treatment such as behavioral health. As noted at the American Telemedicine Association EDGE policy conference last week.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

More than 90% of patients prefer providers who offer telemedicine , and 62% of patients prefer to consult with physicians remotely when possible, according to a poll of 1,002 patients from Software Advice. Madaket Health has collaborated with Licentiam to add state medical licensing and credentialing services to its data management platform.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality "Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process" is a free quality improvement program designed to help practices improve the cancer diagnostic process. She is a team scientist, licensed psychologist and associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine.

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