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Telemedicine Today (#tday): September 2015

American Well

For those new to this feature, we share the telehealth industry’s hottest news, events, legislation, insight and more. Avizia Launches Integrated Telehealth Platform. Top 10 Issues Telehealth Providers Should Keep In Mind. Rapid Growth of Telehealth Investment Activity. Telehealth and New Payment Approaches.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

For context, I re-visited a similar recent study on this topic, published in the November/December 2019 Annals of Family Medicine, looking at national trends in primary care visit use between 2008 and 2015. Note in the chart the emerging trend by 2015 of PCPs emailing with patients and offering after-hours appointments.

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. broadband households in 2020 from 17% in 2015. Smart appliances, increasing to at least one per broadband household from 33% of homes in 2015 to 42% in 2020.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Those advertising companies include Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, and many more, which are immune to HIPAA violations because they are not covered entities. HIPAA, in some cases, may not legally obligate privately held companies to keep collected information private. BMC Medicine (September 7, 2015): 214. Ramirez, Edith.

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Teladoc accuses Amwell of patent infringement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth giant Teladoc has accused another player in the space, Amwell, of infringing on several of its patents. "While the telehealth market is in an early stage of development, it is competitive and we expect it to attract increased competition, which could make it difficult for us to succeed. THE LARGER TREND.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

At American Well, we recognize that telehealth is a new or budding concept for a lot of people in a lot of different industries. Our goal is to help you understand how telehealth can work for you and what exactly all these buzzwords mean. Telehealth is on the rise in ACOs. Click here for an in-depth showing of AW9 features.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

At American Well, we recognize that telehealth is a new or budding concept for a lot of people in a lot of different industries. Our goal is to help you understand how telehealth can work for you and what exactly all these buzzwords mean. Telehealth is on the rise in ACOs. Click here for an in-depth showing of AW9 features.