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Te Whatu Ora Waikato deploys new attendant solution and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Delivered by the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network and Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), the free virtualKIDS service connects families with a clinical nurse who helps determine the best care pathway for their children and their non-life-threatening health concerns.

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Budget 2024: Private hospitals tapped to provide psychiatric telehealth amid crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Australian mental health system has reached a crisis point where psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are leaving the sector in droves due to burnout and inadequate support, leaving patients to wait for long to receive care or delay their treatment and risk further deterioration.

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The American Hospital Association Looks at Retail and Tech Health Care Disruptors

Health Populi

hospital sector is facing major challenges on all fronts: staffing (especially nursing and more broadly, clinician burnout), supply chain, financial stressors, demographics, and cross-industry politics vis-à-vis pharma and health insurance. markets by 2025 and planning for 1,000 by 2027.

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Taking stock of the sudden evolution of telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts a sevenfold growth in telehealth by 2025 – a five-year compound annual growth rate of 38%. This means patients can receive care wherever they are – at home, nursing home, assisted living, etc. This trend in remote access to care has expanded widely and is expected to continue.

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Practicing Telehealth Across State Lines: 2023 Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Practicing Telehealth Across State Lines: 2023 Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Practicing Telehealth Across State Lines: Spring 2023 Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Practitioners of all healthcare professionals will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?