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Ryan Haight Act Telemedicine: AHA Calls on DEA to Release Special Registration Now

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) urging the agency to advance its proposed rules on the Special Registration for Telemedicine under the Ryan Haight Act. AHA Stresses the Importance of Updating Ryan Haight Act Telemedicine Regulations.

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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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How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What was the strategy behind incorporating full-blown telemedicine into your business? Telemedicine has always been at the core of Hims & Hers' business. We follow HIPAA guidelines and employ strict access controls. The 2008 economic crisis spurred the sharing economy. And this is just the beginning.

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Weekender 6/22/18

HIStalk Weekender

million in penalties for HIPAA violations stemming from three data breaches and non-compliance in following up with device encryption. Here’s a timeline: February 2008 – Travis Bond sells his EHR and physician practice services vendor Bond Technologies to MediNotes, which acquired by Eclipsys for $45 million a few months later.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine. This year there was job posting for a HIPAA compliance lead for the Alexa team. Google started a health-records initiative in 2008, but shut it down by 2011, citing poor adoption. But how easy will it actually be?

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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. COVID-19 and working from/learning from/exercising from/praying from/cooking from home accelerated, our homes have been morphing into our personal “HealthQuarters,” I recently discussed here in Health Populi.

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

Health Populi

Six in ten people told Kantar that privacy concerns like data breaches prevent them from using wearable tracking devices or using telemedicine services. And Trust is a precursor to peoples’ health engagement, we learned in the first Edelman Health Engagement Barometer study conducted in 2008.

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