Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

The Australian National Audit Office has conducted a review of the expansion of telehealth services across the country by the Department of Health and Aged Care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. FINDINGS Based on the state audit , the department fell short in governance, risk management, and evaluation of the telehealth expansion.

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Telehealth Psychiatry Medicare Health Policy 142

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

Medicaid Telehealth has emerged as a crucial component in extending and facilitating access for individuals with behavioral health needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of telehealth to deliver healthcare services safely and effectively.

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Telehealth Mental health Medicare Health Policy 52

Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

The last point on “new technologies” begs the question, “who” will fund innovation in health care as we emerge from the pandemic with national economics growing back at different paces, and employment in a very different context than pre-pandemic. spends on NASA.

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BioTech Pharmaceuticals Public Health Telehealth 270

Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Underneath this statistic, it’s important to compare the payor mix of patients delaying care: nearly one-third of people with private, commercial insurance delayed care by 2018; 22% of people enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare put off care. Consider the 2020 Presidential elections and calls for universal health care.

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Primary Care Medicare Telehealth Health Policy 211

Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Google,” WebMD, or any number of.gov,edu, or.com healthcare information on-ramps; or, to order medical supplies and equipment on ecommerce sites like Amazon, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, and other retail health outlets. These three maps illustrate the inconsistent growth rates across metro areas in the U.S,

Public Health 225

Public Health Primary Care Digital Health Telehealth 225

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

trillion based on future health trends — not historic workflows and delivery mechanisms which would consume an additional $3.5 trillion spend represents about the same proportion of today’s health care spending, roughly $1 in $5 of national spending. health care and that volumes turned downward in 2020.

Primary Care 170

Primary Care Public Health Interoperability Medicare 170

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

With “Economy” embodied in the law’s name, a rationale for including HITECH in ARRA was, in part, to help stimulate the nation’s economy beyond the revenues of health IT companies many of whom, in the short-term, directly benefited from the law. Growing telehealth throughout the rural regions of the U.S.

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Digital Health EHR Telehealth Health Information 154