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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. by Healthcare IT News November 22, 2019. by November 18, 2019.

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2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Could Expand RPM Reimbursement

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Just as it did for the 2018 calendar year , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking to further expand reimbursement for remote patient monitoring, virtual visits and other telehealth services as part of its proposed 2019 Medicare physician fee schedule.

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Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

We all should know by now that the most kind thing a carer can say to a Patient in 2019 with a chronic condition is “Here’s my mobile number” and that obviously doesn’t require anyone to have a smartphone as you can benefit from this if you just both have even the most basic mobile phones.