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Australia ends support for 128 telehealth items

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Some changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for telehealth items in Australia – including the termination of 128 items, amendment of 17 items, and the addition of two more items – have taken effect this week. Some healthcare leaders in the country have pointed out potential consequences of the MBS telehealth changes.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

President, Emirates Nursing Association. Al Mahri is also group chief nursing officer at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, or "SEHA," where she was the first senior nursing leader to identify the importance of the nursing informatics specialty. They are: Aysha Al Mahri. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Sue Feldman, RN.

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GlobalMed Announces Official HIMSS20 Speakers

GlobalMed

The session will address the special needs for bringing care to the underserved with consideration of the logistical challenges of a large telehealth deployment. The best care you typically have is a traveling nurse who would stop there and provide care. Telemedicine programs entail getting rural clinics access to specialists.

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Government of Zimbabwe Partners with GlobalMed for Virtual Care Pilot

GlobalMed

With many health delivery organizations in Africa already standardized on GlobalMed’s platform, this move cements GlobalMed’s position as the telehealth partner of choice in Africa for sophisticated, evidenced-based projects that require simplicity, scalability and world-class technologies. Barthelemy, GlobalMed founder and CEO.

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The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013

American Well

While my boss probably sent me with the purpose of evangelizing the idea of telehealth at each opportunity, I spent much of my time in wonderment of the brilliant (and often bizarre) world of health information exchange. I had 48 hours to absorb as much as possible. What does this mean to you?

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

In 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions (ICCC) Framework, which emphasizes community and policy components of enhancing chronic disease health care. This information can then be remotely shared with doctors or nurses who can provide feedback and support. registered nurses, etc.)

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Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response to gather initial data insights from digital services providers

Lloyd Price

During the SARS (2002-2004) epidemic, social disengagement, mental stress, and anxiety were associated with increased suicide rates in the elderly population [2]. Qualitative insights from Orygen (Australia) revealed that young people report privacy concerns in having telehealth consults with family members in the background.