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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News sat down with this digital health investor to talk about digital health investment trends during the pandemic and where he sees funding trending in 2022 and beyond. What has been another digital health investment trend during the COVID-19 pandemic, and why is it significant? billion that year to $5.1

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Mississippi provider org's use of telehealth enables huge turnaround during the pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before shifting gears to telemedicine, the technology infrastructure of Southwest Mississippi Mental Health Complex in McComb, Mississippi, was very old and extremely limited. The last computers purchased across the agency were acquired in 2008. " Margo Brooks, Southwest Mississippi Mental Health Complex.

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What an eventual end to the PHE would mean for telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Despite the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 providing a 151-day extension on some flexibilities granted during the COVID-19 public health emergency once the PHE ends, providers and other healthcare professionals engaged in telehealth are eager to prepare for the expiration date. What's at stake. The bill H.R.

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How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hims & Hers has grown rapidly across both of its lines – for men and for women – supporting care for many conditions that patients often feel uncomfortable talking about, including sexual health, mental health, contraception and hair loss. The 2008 economic crisis spurred the sharing economy.

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Telepsychiatry saves east Texas hospitals $18 million over 7 years

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the early 2000s, the state of Texas was in the midst of a widely recognized, multi-decade crisis from lack of mental health services for people in need. Psychiatric facilities were above capacity, leaving patients in mental health emergencies with either jail or emergency rooms as their only options. THE PROBLEM.

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No registry for telemedicine providers is a missed opportunity, says ATA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DEA’s ability to identify providers operating legally and appropriately from those that are not could be managed under a special registration regime, required initially of DEA in the 2008 Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Act. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Telemedicine M&A trends moving into 2024

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News sat down with the men to discuss main players in the U.S. The GAMMAs have actively been involved in the telemedicine sector as far back as 2008 and have accelerated the pace of investment in the sector. Christophe Morvan is managing partner at Drake Star, and Lawrence Giesen is a partner. Enterprise Taxonomy: