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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. ATA : ATA stands for the American Telemedicine Association and is the prominent professional telemedicine organization in the United States.

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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

One of the long-time exhibitors at CES is Withings, who once again showed off a host of new-new things for personal health and wellness at CES 2020. Well-known for its direct-to-consumer connected health devices in the forms of weight scales and fitness watches, Withings announced focused on sleep and heart health in its CES 2020 launches.

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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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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

BHM offers services geared toward controlling expenses and integrating the behavioral health opportunities presented by measuring telehealth. An updated version of the fifth edition of the Center for Connected Health Policy’s (CCHP) State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report was released.

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Trust Is the Currency for Consumer Health Engagement – A Bottom-Line at CES 2020

Health Populi

While most consumers say technology enables us to be connected with our health care, trust is a barrier to digital engagement. Six in ten people told Kantar that privacy concerns like data breaches prevent them from using wearable tracking devices or using telemedicine services.

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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. That registration process was included in the Ryan Haight Act of 2008 and reinforced by the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) Act in 2018.