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Top 3 Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) in Solving the Opioid Crisis

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

from 2016 through 2017, which led to HHS declaring a public health emergency in 2017. Since the pandemic began, many healthcare providers began using telemedicine to treat OUD to maintain continuity of care while preventing further exposure from COVID-19. Better pain management. In 2019, an estimated 10.1

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Master Guide to Telehealth Statistics for 2019

Enzyme Health

If you are working in telemedicine, you should be aware of the latest data supporting this method of healthcare delivery. Telemedicine is a big business; by 2025, it is projected to exceed $64.1 Telemedicine visits increased at an average compound annual growth rate of 52% per year from 2005 - 2014 ( JAMA ). As of 2017, 61.2%

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What Effective Telehealth Legislation Looks Like

InTouch Health

Back in 2018, Governor Matt Belvin signed SB 112 into law, which changed the official definition of telehealth to include asynchronous (store-and-forward) telemedicine technology. In 2017, there were 1,160 reported opioid-involved deaths in Kentucky—a rate of 27.9 deaths per 100,000 persons.

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Oncology Patients experience a personalized journey with interventions and education for better care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

The National Cancer Institute reports 2017 U.S. According to Deloitte’s report in Evidence Based Oncology ( The American Journal of Managed Care publication), many organizations are exploring ways to control costs and enhance care quality for oncology patients (e.g. 2) Improved symptom management. 3) Cost reduction.

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How Can Medicaid Coverage Combat Opioids?

BHM Healthcare Solutions

The guidance falls in line with the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis final report released on November 1, 2017. Specifically, this report singles out telemedicine and prescription monitoring tools as useful in the effort to combat the opioid crisis. Addressing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome .

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

In 2017, Adventist’s corporate campus received the Orlando Business Journal ‘s Corporate Philanthropy Award. As a 73-bed acute care hospital, Bailey Medical Center was recognized with Ardent Healthcare’s Ardent Cup as an outstanding facility in four times from 2012 to 2017, and it earned a five-star CMS rating in 2017.

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Former US Sec. of Veterans Affairs & Daughter Launch Chronic Pain Care Startup, Override, Raise $3.5M, Acquire Leading Pain Coaching Company

Healthcare IT Today

Shortly after fundraising, Override acquired the country’s leading pain management coaching business: Take Courage Coaching. have chronic pain – with nearly half of them experiencing unsatisfactory management of their condition. Today, 50 million adults (1 in 5) in the U.S.