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Correctional Healthcare Is Changing and Here’s Why

GlobalMed

But did you know virtual health is making a big impact on inmate care? When you think of a typical telehealth visit, you might picture a patient at home communicating with a primary care provider or a patient and nurse in a long-term care facility coordinating care with a specialist. Improved Care.

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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them.

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): January 2016

American Well

For those new to this feature, we share the telehealth industry’s hottest news, events, legislation, insight and more. 2016 is already shaping up to be another BIG year in the world of Telehealth and Telemedicine. Here are three changes influenced by telehealth: Virtual Visit Volumes are on the Rise. MobiHealthNews.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

Hands-On Data Collection I talked to Dr. Geoff Rutledge, chief medical officer of HealthTap , a company that came early to telehealth and that I covered several times as far back as 2011. Estimated Costs of Intervening in Health-Related Social Needs Detected in Primary Care. JAMA Intern Med. 2023;183(8):762–774.

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The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013

American Well

While my boss probably sent me with the purpose of evangelizing the idea of telehealth at each opportunity, I spent much of my time in wonderment of the brilliant (and often bizarre) world of health information exchange. I had 48 hours to absorb as much as possible. What does this mean to you? Neither will her physician.

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