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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. billion spent on corrections in 2011 went toward inmate healthcare. Telemedicine can control costs in several ways.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Telemedicine Today: October 2016

American Well

Welcome to the October 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! By next year, it is estimated that 75% of large companies will offer telemedicine benefits. There is no substitute for primary care physicians, but in the appropriate cases telemedicine is exactly what is needed. Millennials Demand Telemedicine.

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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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Telemedicine Today (#tday): January 2016

American Well

Welcome to the the first edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today for 2016! 2016 is already shaping up to be another BIG year in the world of Telehealth and Telemedicine. 3 Ways Telemedicine is Changing Healthcare. 3 Ways Telemedicine is Changing Healthcare. Why such a gap between support and actual telemedicine adoption?