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First connected health service in Malaysia launched

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Private tertiary hospital Subang Jaya Medical Centre has launched what could be the first connected health service in Malaysia. THE LARGER TREND Connected Care represents a major milestone in SJMC's goal of building a comprehensive, end-to-end healthcare system.

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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Health Populi

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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Designing Digital Health for Public Health Preparedness and Equity: the Consumer Tech Association Doubles Down

Health Populi

At the same time, CTA has published a paper on Advancing Health Equity Through Technology which complements and reinforces the PHTI announcement and objective. Tribal health departments. Over 160,000 public and private labs. Hospitals and health care providers. Health plans. value-based).

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Billing Medicare and Private Payers for Telehealth Visits: What to Expect Post-Public Health Emergency

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” While the AMA and many others are advocating for continued support of telehealth post-pandemic, healthcare providers and practice leaders should anticipate and prepare for a return to more standardized regulation after the public health emergency (PHE). Anticipated New CMS Rules for Telehealth.

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How Virtual Care is Morphing into “Just” Healthcare – my post in Medecision Liberation

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In the COVID-19 era, clinicians and health systems stood up virtual care across the board as-required. One are, tele-mental and -behavioral health, is meeting the moment, with virtual therapy meeting up with under-served demand from before the public health crisis.

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Dispatches from the Frontlines: Connected Health and COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and our members worked tirelessly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, and state officials to expand access to connected health solutions during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

Health Populi

Susannah has fashioned this history and these powerful stories into what she terms is a “field guide to the patient-led revolution in medical care:” Rebel Health. If you were involved with writing a business plan from the earliest days of digital health (in the so-called “Health 1.0 or Health 2.0”

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