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DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the recent IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Health Industry 2021 Predictions report, experts at IDC Health Insights offer their thoughts about the issues healthcare and life science organizations will contend with over the next year and beyond. Here are IDC's 2021 predictions. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

BroadbandOhio, a division of the Ohio Department of Development, selected OCHIN as its statewide telehealth administrator to help expand healthcare services for Ohio’s K-12 students. WHY IT MATTERS The new initiative aims to help administrators in at least 10 districts implement school telehealth programs.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

Burnout has been an ongoing scourge at hospitals for years now, and the crushing demands of the pandemic have only made it worse for physicians , nurses , telehealth managers and others. "A primary health IT focus for 2021 must be empowering clinicians with solutions that deliver relief today," said Laureau.

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APRIL 30, 2021

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

According to Insider 's Blake Dodge , Amazon Care will bring the "full package" of telehealth and in-person services to Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas and Boston in 2021, with 16 more to follow the next year. In June, an Amazon exec said it had signed several companies to the company's telehealth service.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence published its final guidance this week on securing telehealth and remote patient monitoring ecosystems. NIST has been offering tips around cybersecurity and telehealth deployments for years. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

The American Telemedicine Association announced Friday that it had launched ATA Action, a new affiliated trade organization aimed at supporting the enactment of state and federal telehealth coverage throughout the United States. HCA Healthcare. Intermountain Healthcare. Best Buy Health. Bicycle Health. Circle Medical.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. Giving HHS the authority to determine appropriate telehealth services and providers. THE LARGER TREND.

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MAY 10, 2021

Researchers from West Virginia University have set out to determine the optimal frequency of telehealth appointments for patients with chronic conditions. In a study published in E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks , the team reviewed other work concerning telehealth and chronic conditions. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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MAY 9, 2022

Bill Lee signed a bill into law on Thursday that would make providing abortion via telehealth a Class E felony, punishable with a fine of up to $50,000. However, the upsurge of interest in telehealth during COVID-19 included abortions. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Tennessee Gov. ON THE RECORD.

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JULY 26, 2021

The bill, HB 3308, requires insurance reimbursement parity for virtual mental health and substance use disorder services, as well as authorizing all other telehealth to be covered through 2027. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich. ON THE RECORD.

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MAY 2, 2022

Walmart Health's telehealth company MeMD launched a virtual care diabetes program this past week aimed at helping individuals improve management of the disease. Its acquisition of MeMD in May 2021 reverberated throughout the industry, with experts comparing the move to Amazon's own telehealth efforts. Twitter: @kjercich.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Innovation in digital health for seniors to continue in 2021 Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A new report released this week from Bloomberg Intelligence predicted that the telehealth sector could bring in $20 billion in U.S. The Digital Reshaping the Health Care Ecosystem publication said that virtual care is set to "become a staple" of healthcare delivery. Who are the telehealth 'super utilizers?'

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Laura Mrazik, manager of telehealth at MaineGeneral Health, to discuss best uses and best practices with Zoom so others can learn from MaineGeneral's lessons. Our initial pilot quickly evolved into four active telehealth services. Volumes have continued to rise since we shifted all services.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

representatives has reintroduced a bill aimed at expanding access to telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced this past week by Rep. A bipartisan group of U.S. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., cosponsored by Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., WHY IT MATTERS.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

A massive nationwide scale-up of telehealth and remote patient monitoring unlike anything yet seen. The hope, of course, is that the galvanizing technology innovations that have emerged from the stress and disruption of the past year will be foundational to a better, brighter world in 2021 and beyond. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

The Massachusetts Federally Qualified Health Center Telehealth Consortium announced this week that its dozens of members have conducted more than one million telehealth visits total since March 2020. At the same time, Consortium representatives note that telehealth expansion must not leave patients behind. WHY IT MATTERS.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A systematic review of 28 studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association this week found that telehealth-delivered interventions for patients of color were mostly effective when it came to treating and managing many conditions. THE LARGER TREND.

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JUNE 30, 2021

A new report from analytics firm Trilliant Health suggested that telehealth use is starting to taper in the United States "post-peak pandemic," with use spiking in April 2020 and petering off from there. Telehealth has generated significant interest during COVID-19, but the picture of who relied on it most heavily is still emerging.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Supermarket giant Woolworths' health and wellness subsidiary HealthyLife has started offering same-day telehealth services. THE LARGER CONTEXT Woolworths continue to foray into the digital health and wellness space w ith its introduction of telehealth services amid the worsening GP shortage and increasing GP gap fee payments in Australia.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, healthcare industry leaders are looking ahead to 2021 with excitement and anticipation. The following is a guest article by Mike Noshay, MSE, Founder and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Verinovum.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Their multivariable regression model analyzed weekly EHR metadata, comparing the same measures for one year before the pandemic – August 2018-September 2019 – with the same period one year after its onset – August 2020-September 2021. hours in September 2021, according to the study. before the pandemic to 8.18

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APRIL 25, 2022

A survey conducted by the American Medical Association found that the vast majority of physician respondents say they're currently using telehealth – and many of those reporting a decrease say they're providing a mix of virtual and in-person care. The results suggested enduring interest in virtual care among physicians.

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MAY 12, 2022

The report , which grew out of an NCQA roundtable discussion on the future of telehealth, outlines existing barriers to equity and recommendations for improving care delivery. The spike in telehealth use triggered by COVID-19 has prompted examinations of its potential role in both expanding access to and enacting hurdles to care.

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APRIL 21, 2022

In return, said the agency, telehealth companies allegedly paid Raffai about $25 or $30 per patient consultation. Federal law enforcement has brought the hammer down on alleged telehealth fraud in several highly publicized cases. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Australian government has set aside A$106 million ($76 million) over four years to support what it calls "permanent" telehealth, which will ensure flexibility in healthcare delivery and continuous health consultations via phone or online. Around 89,000 providers are now using telehealth services. WHY IT MATTERS.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

The emergence of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting surge in the adoption of telemedicine are helping address patients’ needs without major signs of safety concerns, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente. WHY IT MATTERS The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed more than 1.5

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

A group of legislators from the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee have introduced a bill aimed at temporarily extending telehealth flexibilities established during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, the Telehealth Extension Act , would also end geographic and site restrictions on approved telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries.

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MARCH 22, 2022

Verizon Business has partnered with wireless connectivity operator Kajeet to offer its BlueJeans Telehealth through Kajeet channel partners. The companies announced this past week that the team-up will give healthcare providers and care teams a new, secure way to connect with patients remotely. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. Craig Settles Six years ago I had a stroke and telehealth saved my life. However, as wonderful as telehealth is, it has a serious Achilles' heel.

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MARCH 4, 2022

Analysts and stakeholders have put a lot of energy toward trying to predict the future of telehealth: Are we at the peak of a bubble, or is it only up from here? A new report from Trilliant Health takes a measured view, arguing that telehealth use tapered in 2021 from its early pandemic spike. Reasons for telehealth use rates.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

Limitations and uncertainty around telehealth reimbursement have always been an impediment to adoption. What barriers still remain to telehealth reimbursement, and how might they be overcome? Reimbursement for different telehealth modalities. Telehealth reimbursement and health equity.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: More remote monitoring, adoption of predictive analytics coming in 2021 Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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MAY 16, 2023

The solution Oak Orchard found was telehealth, which it continues to use today. Telehealth has helped the health system with medical, dental and behavioral health services. So, telehealth helps us extend services." "Our behavioral health team continues to use telehealth services post-pandemic," Kinter said.

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APRIL 29, 2022

million commercially insured adults in the United States who sought care via telehealth found contrasting patterns of follow-up care between those with chronic conditions and those with acute clinical conditions. Many previous large studies of telehealth use have relied on Medicare data. A study of 40.7 WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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