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Consumers Intend to Invest in Technology — With Budget and Value in Mind

Health Populi

Consumers continued to invest in and use several technologies that supported self-care at home in 2021, with plans to purchase connected health devices, sports and fitness equipment in the next year. TV penetration dropped to a new low of 89% with younger people employing other platforms for video viewing. 24% of U.S.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Medicare and Telehealth Reimbursement for many audio and video behavioral telehealth services has been permanently approved and will extend beyond the PHE without interruption for Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare Advantage plans may offer additional telehealth benefits. Other changes are expected but have not yet been announced.

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How COVID-19 Is Driving More Deaths of Despair

Health Populi

The policy prescriptions WBT and the center recommend are to: Get people working, providing training, identifying new opportunities to employ people in unique workforces like COVID-19 tracking and tracing. Integrate mental health with health care.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

This digital transformation speaks to the importance of paying for health care regardless of whether services happen between patient and provider face-to-face in real-time, via video calls on-screens, or during an audio-only telehealth visit (a clinical phone call).

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Two Forms of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

Lloyd Price

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) defines synchronous telemedicine as "live video-conferencing," which is a "two-way audiovisual link between a patient and a care provider." What is Synchronous Telemedicine? " The U.S. " What is Asynchronous Telemedicine?

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Targets quality of care and quality of life. In addition to connecting patients with a primary care physician or APRN, telehealth can facilitate access to specialists and subspecialists. If you are interested in telehealth case studies, watch this video: Telehealth Case Studies.

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

Power points out several granular perspectives to keep in mind as we design and implement omnichannel health care services: Two-thirds of U.S. consumers has accessed video telehealth services in the 12 months from June-July 2021. Underneath the mass acceptance of telehealth among those who have experienced it, J.D.