Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you made your living in commercial real estate — and especially, working with hospitals’ and health systems’ office space — would the concept of telehealth be freaking you out right now? The firm asserts that, and I quote from the report, “telehealth is not replacing the physical office by any means.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

The moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax regulations around telehealth have been lauded by providers and patients around the country. But after the danger from the coronavirus has passed, some fear that the agency will reinstate those regulations, making telehealth less accessible for those who need it.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 29, 2022

million commercially insured adults in the United States who sought care via telehealth found contrasting patterns of follow-up care between those with chronic conditions and those with acute clinical conditions. Many previous large studies of telehealth use have relied on Medicare data. A study of 40.7 WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Calling digital health a "blessing and a curse," authors pointed to telemedicine and virtual care as particularly at risk, with organizations sometimes spinning up patchwork solutions without prioritizing security. "Cyberattacks are nothing new to the healthcare industry. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

Telehealth An occupational medicine physician offered his patients a poll with a single question. The world has turned upside down and, ironically, I am one of the providers who utilizes telehealth the most in my large organization. I estimate about 90% of my visits were telehealth visits during the first four months of the pandemic.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2021

Those percentages were polled as of September 2020, about six months into the now-year+ long pandemic, Peoples’ homes became their safe havens, literally, in the public health crisis, or our “Year of COVID” as Dr. Michael Osterholm of CIDRAP has nicknamed 2020. Similarly, there is a gap between the 37% of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough both indicated their support for telemedicine in the long term. Even as states have moved to enact their own laws aimed at telehealth expansion , questions have persisted about a federal response.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

During the coronavirus pandemic, an increasing number of patients have turned to telehealth. "The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how telehealth can, if implemented properly, allow clinicians to deliver high-quality care to their patients," Perryman continued, pointing to ACOG's resources for members on telehealth best practices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

CSC’s four community clinics swiftly prioritized telemedicine training and changed practice workflows to incorporate the LANES platform. Telehealth consultations are CSC’s new normal. Another telehealth benefit to HIE participation is the newfound ability to reconcile medications. ” ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

Among the many insights they've gained over the past year-plus, they discuss the need to secure a place for telemedicine and expand its capabilities, deploy and scale new technologies faster, and embrace Agile processes and collaborative IT. The new importance of telemedicine. " Growing telehealth capabilities.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

It is affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine and its clinical faculty practice, Yale Medicine, which provides a depth and breadth of clinical expertise to support much of the health system's telemedicine programs and provides existing infrastructure that supports joint development of telehealth programs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2021

Telemedicine can have long-term health equity benefits, including allowing providers to reach more patients in remote regions without travel requirements and see an increased number of patients in need who have historically avoided care due to stigma. Q: What do you think telehealth looks like 10 years from now?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

During a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, Dr. Rachel Levine expressed her support for telemedicine, emphasized the importance of addressing young people's mental health needs and described her strategy for combating the ongoing opioid crisis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. " WHY IT MATTERS. Bill Cassidy, R-La.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2021

For years, Dr. Mariea Snell, a telehealth clinician at the Maven Clinic and assistant director of the Online Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Maryville University, worked in an inner-city public health clinic. Telehealth seemed to be a natural fit for my patients. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL. MARKETPLACE.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 10, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Among the more than 5,500 pages of the coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress this week were a number of provisions aimed at expanding broadband and telehealth services, as well as addressing the needs of rural hospitals. WHY IT MATTERS. The bill included billions of dollars in broadband expansion investments, with $3.2 THE LARGER TREND.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Listen and read the full text here!

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Listen and read the full text here!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A massive nationwide scale-up of telehealth and remote patient monitoring unlike anything yet seen. Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. So, naturally, many of them came here to explore their options.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

After continuing COVID-related telemental health laws and behavioral telehealth regulations in 2022, many key issues for 2023 are already decided. Both federal and state legislative groups have focused heavily on passing behavioral telehealth regulations to be enacted in 2023 and are poised to extend in subsequent years.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Lloyd Price

MARCH 21, 2020

As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight and helping healthcare provider organizations and caregivers better respond to the needs of Americans who have contracted the virus and Americans who need to touch base with their providers on the status of their health.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 29, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professionals will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Clear Arch Health

APRIL 22, 2024

From reorienting to a more value-based care approach (propelled by remote patient monitoring and similar forms of telehealth/telemedicine), to embracing artificial intelligence (AI) with all its implications and promises for facilitating efficient and reliable patient care, innovations are rampant.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 21, 2022

The White House Office on National Drug Policy (ONDCP) supports permanent telehealth prescribing for people with Substance Use Disorders (SUD), according to the issued guidance “ Telehealth and Substance Use Disorder Services in the Era of Covid-19: Review and Recommendations ” published on June 22, 2022.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Radiology and radiologists play starring roles in our health care, with he core work flow of diagnostic imaging supporting prevention, disease detection, diagnosis, delivering and monitoring therapy, linking specialists to other providers in telehealth, and as a medium for teaching clinicians, patients and caregivers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2023

Drug Enforcement Administration's stance on prescribing via telehealth has been evolving, with hints toward an appetite for lasting flexibilities. This, among other policy shifts, has a direct impact on healthcare provider organizations and telemedicine companies delivering care virtually.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The first chart illustrates the importance of CARES Act funding to keep hospitals financially afloat during the public health crisis through most of last year. The growth of telehealth for behavioral and mental health is shown in the last chart from the Commonwealth Fund’s research.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 26, 2023

California was the first state to codify telehealth practices 25 years ago. The state’s updated laws are relevant to clinicians everywhere because they are based on telehealth best practices and published competencies. Is It Better for Clinicians to Have Their State Remain Mute about Telehealth Laws? In a word, no.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 30, 2020

For years, staff at the Petersen HIV clinic in Tucson, Arizona, had been working on implementing a telemedicine protocol for their patients in the region. They knew HIV care could be provided efficiently via telehealth and had been studying best practices of other facilities around the country.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Millions of Americans turned to live audio and video visits with healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Congress needs to make decisions that will permanently affect how Americans, in particular Medicare patients, may access these telehealth services on a permanent basis.

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GlobalMed

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

HIMSS20 is right around the corner – and GlobalMed is excited to be represented on stage on Thursday, March 12 in an education session “Transforming Africa’s Health Crisis with Telemedicine.” Transforming Africa’s Health Crisis with Telemedicine”. Africa confronts the world's most dramatic public health crisis.”

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

Since the early phase of the pandemic, CVS Health expanded the use of Epic MyChart, the report explains, to deliver COVID-19 test results to patients as well as provide an on-ramp to patients seeking telehealth visits. Health care is omni-channel. Even as the coronavirus abates in the U.S.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 9, 2020

Prior to COVID-19 the regulatory environment made it difficult for providers to adopt a robust telehealth strategy. Chan School of Public Health noted that the pandemic highlighted longstanding health inequities in the United States. We need positive change, and part of that change is the technology that is telemedicine.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

California was the first state to codify telehealth practices 25 years ago. The state’s updated laws are relevant to clinicians everywhere because they are based on telehealth best practices and published competencies. Is It Better for Clinicians to Have Their State Remain Mute about Telehealth Laws? In a word, no.

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 19, 2020

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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