South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). 1/11/18: Introduced and referred to Public Health and Human Services Committee. Carry Over from 2017. LEGISLATION.

Telemedicine 48

Telemedicine Telehealth Public Health Nursing 48

Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 2, 2018

According to its 2016/2017 annual report, videoconferencing through its network has resulted in 284 million kilometres of patient travel avoided, leading to more than $77 million in savings in travel costs. Some advancements in virtual delivery of healthcare have already been made — particularly for rural and remote regions. Source : [link]

Telemedicine 46

Telemedicine Health Policy Public Health Nursing 46

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

followed by immigration (at 13%, falling 3 points in the month since September), race relations (at 6%), health care and insurance (at 5%), unifying the country (5%), and climate change (4%). “Average mentions of government have been on the rise since 2017,” Gallup noted in a growing polarized political climate in the U.S.

Medical Billing 136

Medical Billing Medicare Mental health Public Health 136

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

concerned about state citizens’ public health in the era of COVID-19. We fast-forward to the era of cloud computing and AI to find that Microsoft has adopted the health citizen persona in their work with health systems around the world, such as in this explanation on democratizing AI to improve citizen health , published in 2017.

eHealth 45

eHealth Mental health Nursing Public Health 45