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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? Here’s the essential telehealth terminology that will put you ahead of the curve. This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. Just getting started in the field? Sometimes this is referred to as the consulting site.

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As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

Health Populi

Over the past decade the share of workers in plans with annual deductibles has grown from 59% in 2008 to 85% in 2018. The biggest cost problem is for people who are sick, Altman asserted: this is, as he observed, “the opposite of how a health system should work.”

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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

The growth of virtual care and telehealth, adoption of wearable technologies ( discussed here in Health Populi in yesterday’s coverage of the Capgemini health consumer study), and growing use of the cloud were all shown off at CES 2020.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

As we observed in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, more DIY care came to people’s self-care at home. This only accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, and this time around, bolstered by digital health tools and access to broadband unavailable 14 years ago.

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State Telehealth Laws And Reimbursement Policies: 2017 Report

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Telehealth services extends networks beyond urban hubs and expands payers’ member enrollments. Staying current with state telehealth laws allows payers flexibility with policy updates. Private Payer Reimbursement: 36 states and DC have laws that govern private payer reimbursement of telehealth.

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How the Latest Pandemic Relief Bill Effects Telehealth

Mend

Telehealth advocates aren’t impressed with the lack of support for connected health services in the latest pandemic relief package. We believe arbitrary restrictions on telehealth must be permanently removed to make way for a modernized and more accessible healthcare system.”. But those calls were largely ignored.