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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. One of the big keys to the company's success has been telehealth.

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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There's the massive electronic health record modernization , of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth. Indeed, telehealth continues to be a major priority for the VA.

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DEA Proposes New Rules for Telehealth Prescriptions

Telebehavioral Health Institute

On February 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced its long-awaited proposal for permanent rules regarding telehealth prescriptions for controlled medications. They explained their focus on expanding patient access to critical therapies beyond the May 11 end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

Health Populi

The chart on the median price of newly marketed drugs between 2008 and 2002 shows the cost in 2022 reaching $222,000. CMS) and commercial/private side of health plan strategies. Take prescription drugs pushing medical trend upward. Since 2019, we can see the hockey-stick increase in the price of specialty drugs fast-growing.

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Telehealth Group Therapy for Suicidal Clients or Patients

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The literature on treating suicidal patients via telehealth group therapy is sparse. Telehealth Group Study Overview Seventeen participants were enrolled in a 10-week, manualized video group. The video equipment chosen to deliver PLF via telehealth included either VA Video Connect (VVC) or VA WebEx software.

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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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The Hair Economy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Control, Wellness, and Self-Care

Health Populi

In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , I feature the black barbershop to introduce a chapter on “The New Retail Health.” But this first-wave impact of the pandemic and #StayHome mandates have exacted a price on financial and mental health. Can you see yourself?