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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

Mild patients were admitted to the community recovery center and treated through telemedicine, and only patients with moderate levels or higher were treated in the hospital. (2) Without direct physical contact, medical personnel can monitor the status of all COVID-19 patients at a glance. 1) Telemedicine.

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Managing Healthcare Compliance in New Mexico

MedTrainer

New Mexico’s parity law requires insurers to cover telemedicine services to the same extent as in-person services. Of note, private payer laws require that telemedicine services be encrypted in order to meet regulatory requirements.

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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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How Israel’s Largest Medical Center Used AI to Save Lives During Israel-Hamas Conflict

HIT Consultant

We, leaders at Israel’s largest Medical Center, have faced a brutal three-pronged assault: a daily influx of injured civilians and soldiers, a depleted workforce due to medical personnel called to military duty, and the looming danger of relocating the entire medical center to missile-proof shelter.

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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.” at *2 (citation omitted). The potential customers were subject to a “credible threat” of prosecution. The state and its prosecutors had certainly not “disavowed enforcement.”

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