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Taming the beast of multistate provider licensure for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy found telehealth use during the initial COVID-19 peak increased from less than 1% of visits to 80%. Generally speaking, what are the multistate caregiver licensing challenges health systems and telemedicine companies face?

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The Next-Normal Health Care Consumer After the Pandemic

Health Populi

And telemedicine, McKinsey points out, was adopted at a rate of ten times growth over 15 days, the chart quantifies as an increase in virtual appointments. Health and well-being. Online searches for telemedicine increased more than nine-fold during the crisis, McKinsey noted. Shopping and consumption. Life at home.

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Two Forms of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

Lloyd Price

What is Synchronous Telemedicine? 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 Asynchronous Telemedicine?

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Why Implementing Telehealth Is Worth the Cost

AMD Telemedicine

Healthcare organizations around the world are faced with a lot of uncertainty right now and have to make pretty major decisions about their course of action to survive in the new hybrid model of healthcare delivery. The post Why Implementing Telehealth Is Worth the Cost appeared first on AMD Global Telemedicine. View our Solutions.

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Hims & Hers, ATA, and 10 others launch Telehealth Equity Coalition

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth was held up as a "panacea," said Adaeze Enekwechi, a board member at the Public Health Institute and the Alliance for Health Policy, at the final installment of the American Telemedicine Association's EDGE policy conference on Tuesday.

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Op-Ed: As a doctor, I use telemedicine. With the coronavirus threat, it could revolutionize healthcare

Henry Kotula

Here’s one thing I hope will come out of the crisis: an increased reliance on telemedicine, something that should have happened long ago. On the verge of bankruptcy, the hospital was unable to attract many specialists to join its ranks, and in desperation, had turned to telemedicine to cover many services.

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ATA Policy Summit: Telemedicine Policy Topics Ripped from the Headlines

LinkousThink

The program for the ATA Federal Telemedicine Policy Summit (June 27-28 in Washington, DC) is designed to give you insider perspective on the big policy issues facing remote healthcare. We all know what these policy hot topics are—they’re splayed throughout the industry press on a daily basis.