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Dozens charged in sprawling $1.2B telehealth and genetics fraud crackdown

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

billion in alleged fraud involving telehealth, phony genetic testing and durable medical equipment. Three dozen defendants across the U.S. were charged this week for more than $1.2 WHY IT MATTERS. " THE LARGER TREND. billion, according to the department.

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Roundup: LKCMedicine launching more AI, digital health courses and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Since joining Philips in 2007, he has held leadership roles in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and at the company's global headquarters in the Netherlands. Quinlan most recently led the company's MR, CT and diagnostic X-ray imaging businesses in APAC, Japan, India, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa.

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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

Health Populi

As the first line chart illustrates, the peak of medical trend in the last 18 years was in 2007 when the U.S. Here’s a link to PwC’s 2007 study looking behind the numbers, noting that the 11.9% saw double-digit cost growth of nearly 12%.

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Guest Blog: Growing Rural Health Access with Telehealth – by Ryan Kelly, Mississippi Telehealth Association

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

One of several possible measures includes the use of telehealth services. However, there may be an additional benefit to providing telehealth beyond just receiving a technology fee. Mississippi Telehealth Association. So, what can be done to help elevate these issues? Ryan Kelly. Executive Director. www.mstelehealth.org.

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Using Telehealth to Serve Disparate Populations

Healthcare IT Today

When UMH-West moved to its current location in 2007, downtown Grand Rapids was already home to the “Medical Mile,” a cluster of large providers and medical schools. Embracing Remote Care Exalta did not utilize telehealth services prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, furloughs gutted the clinic’s on-site staff.

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Australian Teletrial Program to expand nationwide with $45M funding

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Australian Teletrial Program (ATP), which was first piloted in 2018, leverages telehealth technology to create a network of rural, regional and remote clinical trial sites nationwide. Enterprise Taxonomy: Rural and underserved communities Telehealth Patient Access. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Health Populi

Note that telehealth was not nearly the only digital health tool employed by consumers and clinicians during the pandemic; clinical trials leveraged connected devices, care team emails proliferated (part of telehealth, broadly defined), and disease management apps supported patients managing chronic conditions from home.