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Could 2022 Be The Year Telehealth Breaks Out of Its Silo? 

Healthcare IT Today

While telehealth use has made tremendous gains since the emergence of COVID, the technology still sits largely on the sidelines. Telehealth visits are now widely available, but the providers offering these visits aren’t adding new capabilities or even integrating the technology into their overall workflow.

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Amazon Clinic may delay its nationwide telehealth launch

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Warren and Welch asked Amazon executives earlier this month about patient health data privacy and expressed concerns that the platform’s new healthcare service is putting users’ private health data at risk. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Top 5 Benefits of Telehealth for Patients in Rural Areas in 2022

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Telehealth is transforming the way underserved communities in rural or remote areas receive care by using technology such as computers and mobile phones especially in times of the COVID-10 pandemic, which brought about isolation and quarantine. Let’s look at the five benefits of telehealth in rural areas for patients in 2022: 1.

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HIMSS promotes key policies on telehealth expansion, maternal health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As part of its Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS (parent organization of Healthcare IT News), is promoting two policy campaigns, at the federal and state level, respectively. Those risks to maternal health have only increased during the pandemic.

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Cerebral Telehealth: 2023’s Second Largest Patient Data Breach

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Adding to the growing number of recent FTC investigations about data being shared by telehealth platforms for profit, Cerebral reportedly notified 3.1 million users that their protected health information was shared with tech companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok. HIPAA investigations don’t occur in a vacuum.

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4 Ways US Military Veterans May Utilize Telehealth and Telemedicine in 2022

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

With this, the US government is leading the way with new technology that allows veterans to get health care from anywhere and at any time through telehealth and telemedicine. With telehealth and telemedicine, US military veterans may be afforded continuous quality care. Telehealth for Preventive Care.

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Weekly Roundup – August 27, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

Writing from The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, John shared updates on ongoing work DirectTrust is doing to improve the directory of Direct addresses. Read more… Federal or State Health Data Collection?

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