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HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In June 2020, Avel and ViTel Net, a telehealth technology company, were awarded funds as a team to compete in the NETCCN project, provided by the U.S. In 2004, Avel evolved to begin providing 24/7 on-demand services. The approach will serve as a model for delivering crisis telehealth in future pandemics and natural disasters.

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How Telehealth is Expanding OB/GYN Care in Rural Communities

GlobalMed

Between 2004 and 2014, 179 rural counties lost hospital-based obstetric services ; by 2014, more than half of all rural counties lacked a hospital offering maternity care. Luckily, telehealth can change that by supporting not only women’s overall health but optimizing healthy pregnancies and births. 5 Advantages to OB/GYN Telemedicine.

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Telehealth: Practicing Across the Idaho Border

Health Law Blog | Telehealth

More healthcare practitioners are using telehealth to render patient care or expand their practices. When telehealth crosses state borders, the practitioner must ensure that he or she is licensed in or otherwise authorized to practice medicine in the state where the patient resides. by Kim Stanger. at § 54-1803). at § 54-5704).

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Telehealth: Practicing Across the Idaho Border

Health Law Blog | Telehealth

More healthcare practitioners are using telehealth to render patient care or expand their practices. When telehealth crosses state borders, the practitioner must ensure that he or she is licensed in or otherwise authorized to practice medicine in the state where the patient resides. by Kim Stanger. at § 54-1803). at § 54-5704).

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The Stress of the Caregiver: The Most Over-Utilized, Unpaid Stakeholder in U.S. Healthcare

Health Populi

healthcare system since Dr. Charles Safran testified with that statement to Congress way back in 2004 …an era where bipartisanship for health IT was a real thing. We’ve long know that “the patient” has been an under-utilized resource in the U.S.

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Joe Kvedar is new president-elect of American Telemedicine Association

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Kvedar, vice president of connected health at Partners HealthCare and a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, has served as ATA president before – from 2004-2005 – and also served on its board for several years. He'll help lead the group as telehealth is gaining ground among U.S. ON THE RECORD.

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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" PROPOSAL Since 2004, Providence has been using various telemedicine technologies and virtual care models, including Teladoc Health, to support safe, high-quality care across the organization. "Virtual nurses will become a new area of professional practice.

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