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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We already had developed a virtual personal protective equipment model in our special pathogen unit of our Medical ICU, or iSOCOMS," said Dr. Karen Rheuban, cofounder and director of the Center for Telehealth and medical director of telemedicine at the University of Virginia Health System. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Behavioral health has a supply-demand issue. Can virtual care help?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and clinicians have pointed to behavioral health as a particularly effective use case for telehealth and virtual care. But what about after the public health emergency?

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Telehealth and Program Integrity

Connected Health Initiative

Millions of Americans turned to live audio and video visits with healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Congress needs to make decisions that will permanently affect how Americans, in particular Medicare patients, may access these telehealth services on a permanent basis.

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A Tale of Two America’s for Health

Health Populi

The top row illustrates that the ACA covered a lot of people with health insurances between 2012 and 2016. The lower row shows that the level of self-rationing due to costs fell across the entire northern section of America, leaving at least 15% of people living in the deeper south to continue to ration in 2016 as they did in 2012.

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Call It Deferring Services or Self-Rationing, U.S. Consumers Are Still Avoiding Medical Care

Health Populi

” Nearly a decade ago, I cited the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Security Watch of May 2012 here in Health Populi. In October 2020, The American Cancer Society explained that patients were postponing care, which also drove up peoples’ anxiety in dealing with their health and daily lives.

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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

Health Populi

This could include the use of peer-to-peer counselors, universal screening for mental and substance use disorders, and de-stigmatizing mental health in society and in the medical practice. I recommend that you read this essay on Paul Wellstone’s important legacy for mental health , written by Al Franken in The Atlantic in October 2012.

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6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.2

Digital Health Global

Furthermore, telehealth is proving to be extremely effective in maximizing the efficiency of healthcare delivery, thus optimizing the way healthcare systems respond to rising demand for healthcare services. Two forms in which telehealth presents itself are teleconsultations and remote monitoring devices. 2021 [6] Regina M.