Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In February 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), less formally known as the Stimulus Bill. The policy’s acronym fully spelled-out was the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009. trillion in 2009 when HITECH was signed into law to $3.7

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Clocktree

JUNE 15, 2020

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, passed in 2009 and revised in 2013, provides a national standard for health information technology and strengthened the privacy and security protections spelled out in the original HIPAA laws.

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Health Populi

JULY 9, 2020

.” To gain insights on health consumer trust, the company analyzed millions of patient encounters among people who had been hospital inpatients, been admitted to emergency departments, seen clinicians in ambulatory care practices, and experienced telemedicine visits over six weeks between March and April 2020.

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Ortholive

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The passage of the Healthcare Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009 was a Congressional mandate requiring healthcare providers to adopt electronic medical records (EMR) technology. $27

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LinkousThink

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Many telemedicine applications are, finally, now on that road, some ahead, some far behind. Several people, including myself, have indicated that many applications of telemedicine are starting to enter such a hype cycle. The road from hype to real is bumpy. To shepherd the applications along some tough decisions needs to be made.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

” The implementation of electronic health records, spurred on by the HITECH Act which was embedded in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the Stimulus Bill) resulted in lots of EHRs deployed in hospitals and doctor’s offices, with huge gaps in interoperability and data liquidity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

In 2023, HIMSS will not only be working to prop up telehealth further with really strong data on how these services help patients to achieve broader reform, but will also work at the state level with licensing boards to discuss how telemedicine can reach more patients.

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Yes, it was Topol who dropped his stethoscope in the trash on stage at TEDMED 2009 and suggested that the handheld ultrasound should become the standard of care by the time the 200th anniversary of the stethoscope rolled around in 2016. This is not the first time we have heard this idea. A new one will still set you back $7,900.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

But as a feature of something else, usually a PERS device, in 2019, you can search and you can find multiple choices, more than in 2009. Wearing a fall detector does not prevent a fall, though if it catches a precursor fall, it can serve as an early warning signal of future, perhaps more dangerous falls, and prompt an intervention.

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LinkousThink

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Reed was an important part of ATA while on our staff from 2007 to 2009. As a result, telemedicine gained significant support in Congress and among federal agencies. As a result, telemedicine gained significant support in Congress and among federal agencies. However, he often returned to visit ATA.

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LinkousThink

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The telemedicine community suffered a loss this week with the passing of Robert J. Waters, JD, the founder of the Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law and a long-time leader in telemedicine. His dedication to the field and his contributions to moving telemedicine forward were enormous.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

ATA Accreditation: The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) developed an accreditation program to establish standard criteria regarding the security of patient information, transparency in pricing and operations, qualifications and licensing of providers and clinical practices and guidelines for telemedicine.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

ATA Accreditation: The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) developed an accreditation program to establish standard criteria regarding the security of patient information, transparency in pricing and operations, qualifications and licensing of providers and clinical practices and guidelines for telemedicine.

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LinkousThink

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In December 2009 ATA provided comments to the Federal Communications Commission regarding a proposed national plan for broadband. That is why ATA suggested that “instead of home-based telemedicine, a more appropriate term is remote person-based care or personal telehealth.” The tether to "place" has been broken.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. Offer HIPAA compliant telemedicine with Mend , and use our suite of tools to help more patients than ever. Of course, any method for storing e-signatures must also comply with HIPAA standard, just like any other PHI. Schedule Demo.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 15, 2018

Digital health / telemedicine is going to be the cheap, low-quality option that serves the masses while high-touch, in-person visits with an actual physician is going to be the gold standard that is expensive in 10 years. Best Reader Comments. You seem to be all right to me.”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Telemedicine: opportunities and developments in Member States: report on the second global survey on eHealth. References. Smith et al.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Since it raised its first fund in 2009, it has backed nearly 60 health-related enterprises. Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine. Some of the more notable investments include 23andme, Oscar Health, and Doctor on Demand.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 24, 2018

between 1998 and 2015, nearly 40 percent occurred after 2009, according to data published recently in the journal Health Affairs. In cases of suspected stroke, Roberts said, Partners employs a telemedicine program in which patients who arrive in its emergency rooms are examined by physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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InTouch Health

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Studies show the cost of total family coverage premiums has increased by 54% from 2009 to 2019. The on-site clinic offered the following services over a four-month period: Primary care Urgent & emergent care 24/7 access Telemedicine technology Claims management Referral management. Why Employer Clinics?

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Telehealth Primary Care Telemedicine 52

Enzyme Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Quickly scale your telemedicine business using our clinician network - announcing Enzyme On Demand ! Blog Login Sign Up Guide to Telemedicine Prescribing for Providers Enzyme Health Team February 27, 2019 One of the biggest pain points for telemedicine providers has been navigating the confusing world of state and federal prescribing laws.

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HIStalk Weekender

JULY 13, 2018

The biggest challenge to telemedicine is the lack of insurance coverage. England’s health secretary Jeremy Hunt takes the foreign secretary job vacated by Boris Johnson, with the country’s culture secretary taking over as health secretary in a major government shakeup. Best Reader Comments. In Case You Missed It. News 7/13/18.

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EHR Nursing Medicare Telemedicine 28

Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

Since the enactment of the HITECH Act of 2009, which required the industry to adopt EHRs, data sharing between disparate vendor platforms, geographically dispersed facilities and unassociated medical institutions has improved; but data transparency has not. Groves Medical Group will be the first.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 29, 2019

According to the National Resident Matching Program, the number of programs filling available training positions dropped by more than 40 percent between 2009 and 2017. Expand access to care, reduce provider burden, lower costs, and improve outcomes with telemedicine technologies. Or they may not have one at all. It’s frightening.

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Telemedicine 58

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

In addition to offering employees a competitive benefits package, the firm covers the cost of monthly telemedicine services for employees and hosts monthly employee appreciation days, including baseball game outings, massages and yoga sessions. North American Partners in Anesthesia (Melville, N.Y.). AORN (Denver).

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