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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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The Role of Telehealth In Medical Malpractice

Electronic Health Reporter

The article The Role of Telehealth In Medical Malpractice appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. There are a number of reasons for this, primarily, as the use of the internet and various new technologies are becoming more and more advanced and widespread, this has meant that the cost […].

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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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Should TikTok Doctors Owe Any Duty of Care Toward Their Followers?

Bill of Health

This picture rapidly changed with the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased use of telemedicine, creating the necessity to revisit the classic standard for establishing a doctor-patient relationship. TikTok doctors use their accounts to talk to a larger audience, without particularly referring to the specific case any individual patient.

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AI innovator talks personalized treatment, telehealth enhancement and ethics

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She also feels AI can encourage telemedicine innovation and holds strong opinions on the ethics of AI in healthcare. What are some ways AI can encourage telemedicine innovation? AI is poised to drive significant innovation in telemedicine , enhancing healthcare delivery in numerous ways. And what would be the expected outcomes?

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Medical Malpractice Issues for Telehealth and Technology

Healthcare IT Today

If you think back 10-15 years, the health system of today is quite different than the one we knew then. There’s been an explosion of technology implemented in healthcare. Plus, thanks to COVID, telehealth has exploded too. As is usually, the case, the laws around these technologies haven’t really kept up with the pace of […].

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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.