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Nurses are the most trusted profession in America, followed by doctors and pharmacists

Health Populi

Nurses rank top in Americans’ minds for the seventeenth year-in-a-row, Gallup found in its annual survey of honesty and ethics in professions. Note that last year, pharmacists dipped to an historic low in this poll, compared with a high bar set in 2013. Doctors and pharmacists were virtually tied with two-thirds of U.S.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Karen Rheuban, cofounder and director of the Center for Telehealth and medical director of telemedicine at the University of Virginia Health System. "Since 2013, we had provided e-consults as one of the original AAMC Project CORE institutions," she added. "We were forced to teach and train our partners from a distance.

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Telemedicine Is Gaining Popularity In Schools

Clocktree

School nurses are treating a wider range of issues than ever before. Even though this increase is known, only 40% of elementary schools in the US have a full time nurse on staff. The use of telemedicine can expand the reach of school nurses and their ability to care for a wider range of illnesses.

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

ECRI builds this report of the Top 10 patient safety issues leveraging its long-time expertise in this field: their staff are expert across the health care landscape including people in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, risk management, and of course patient safety and quality.

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HEART Act Targets Medicare Limits on Telehealth

American Well

Addressing the barriers facing telehealth, despite its low cost and high efficacy. the Helping Expand Access to Rural Telehealth (HEART) Act targets the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) strict limitations on RPM reimbursements in rural areas. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) During the month of May, the U.S.

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HEART Act Targets Medicare Limits on Telehealth

American Well

Addressing the barriers facing telehealth, despite its low cost and high efficacy. the Helping Expand Access to Rural Telehealth (HEART) Act targets the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) strict limitations on RPM reimbursements in rural areas. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) During the month of May, the U.S.

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The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013

American Well

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend New York eHealth Collaborative’s Digital Health Conference 2013 in New York City. The post The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013 appeared first on American Well. The hustle and bustle of New York still amazes me- how can there be this many people in one space?

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