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Blockchain: Increasing Security In Telehealth

Electronic Health Reporter

The healthcare industry is no different – the telehealth industry is predicted to be worth more than $130 billion by 2025. While telehealth offers many benefits to patients, particularly those who are […]. The article Blockchain: Increasing Security In Telehealth appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Top 10 telehealth stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There's no question that the COVID-19 crisis ignited unprecedented patient interest in telehealth. But to gain a sense of the landscape going forward, here's a refresher of Healthcare IT News' top 10 telehealth stories from 2020: Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation.

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Telehealth set for 'tsunami of growth,' says Frost & Sullivan

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is more in demand than ever during the coronavirus crisis, and a new report from Frost & Sullivan suggests its uptake will increase by 64.3% Frost & Sullivan forecasts a seven-fold growth in telehealth by 2025 – a five-year compound annual growth rate of 38.2%. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Monash University project to enhance telehealth for mental health, palliative care services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new project in the Australian state of Victoria aims to improve the telehealth capabilities of mental health and palliative care services. million) funding from the federal government-backed Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) for its Enhanced Telehealth Capabilities project. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Telehealth 2050: The future design of virtual care technology

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Miles Romney, cofounder and chief technology officer at telehealth company eVisit, paints a vivid, sci-fi-seeming picture of what virtual care will look like in the year 2050. Romney spoke with Healthcare IT News about what he sees as the future of telehealth – when virtual care will no longer be virtual care, it will just be care.

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Telehealth is Helping Patients Receive Care Faster

Clocktree

The USA as a whole is expected to be short 90,000 physicians by 2025, meaning the wait to see a physician should continue to lengthen. Telehealth technology could be an answer to this problem. Today on average a patient waits 29 days to meet with a doctor. So what can be done instead?

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Controversy: New Mental Health Telehealth Requirement for An “In-Person Visit”

Telebehavioral Health Institute

This week’s installment concerns a recently published blog post about a controversial reimbursement requirement for telemental health telehealth after the end of the public health emergency (PHE). ” See New Medicare Law Requires In-Person Visit for Telehealth Coverage for more information.