Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In a separate Health Affairs blog, health policy experts noted that Medicaid users have had "less consistent" access to telemedicine. THE LARGER TREND.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2022

Physical, mental and behavioral health took hits, depending on one’s living situation, social determinants of health risks, and even health plan, I write in the Medecision Liberate Health blog.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In the spring of 2018, the Center for Connected Health Policy published its update of the State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report. The post Reimbursement for Home-Based Care appeared first on TBH Institute Blog. One of the most comprehensive reports available on the issues involved with U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2023

you can search through the Health Populi blog for my various takes — starting with the milestone research of Deaton and Case discussed in this post. Subtitled “the sad state of U.S. life expectancy,” The declining curve here represents U.S. life expectancy for all residents of all ages of 76.1,

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

Cybersecurity and privacy of personal health information will be top-of-mind, as well, along with issues of the larger healthcare microeconomy and health policy issues such as telehealth reform and mental health payment parity, techquity and connectivity access, among others.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JULY 29, 2021

For the purposes of this blog post, however, let’s step into the wayback machine and venture nearly 25 years into the past, a heady time pre-diagnosis. Did you enjoy this blog? The post Pay Attention to the Symptoms, but Don’t Ignore the Patient first appeared on SPM Blog. Difficulty breathing?

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E-CareManagement

JANUARY 15, 2015

For the second time, it’s my honor to host HWR — providing you summaries and links to the best recent writing in the health blogosphere. Federal Health Policy. The post The “Shake the Winter Blahs” Edition of Health Wonk Review appeared first on e-CareManagement blog. Let’s go!

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2021

When I say “Oscar” here on the Health Populi blog, you’re conjuring up an image of the health plan insurance innovator founded in 2012. And this year’s Oscar winner for leading actor, Anthony Hopkins, played The Father, who with his family is dealing with dementia.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

Here is a snippet of how I explained the Accenture research here in Health Populi when it was published: “Making healthcare more human begins with a step in the patient’s shoes,” Rich Birhanzel wrote in Accenture’s Humanizing Healthcare blog in July 2021.

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore the role of healthcare informatics in revolutionizing the healthcare industry, highlighting its benefits and applications. Health informatics research contributes to advancements in healthcare practices, treatment modalities, and public health policies.

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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2020

In her blog on this first day of the World Bank/IMF conference, Gita Gopinath wrote about The Great Lockdown: Worst Economic Downturn Since the Great Depression. Earlier today, the IMF published its outlook on the global economy. Read carefully. That’s “Depression,” not “Recession.”

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 8, 2018

If you are interested in learning more about the telehealth program development process, read this blog series: The Telehealth Professional’s Guide to Successful Program Development. To learn more about telehealth and program development, check out the resources provided below. If you are interested in learning via podcast: Telehealth Talk.

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E-CareManagement

AUGUST 1, 2019

This post is part of the series “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Privacy? Read the full post on The Health Care Blog. In the coming weeks we’ll provide separate blog posts discussing some of the most relevant aspects of pending comprehensive Congressional bills: What types of entities are covered.

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E-CareManagement

AUGUST 20, 2019

Congress is seriously considering bipartisan legislation — the “Protecting Personal Health Data Act” — to better protect the privacy of consumers’ personal data. Read the full post on The Health Care Blog. appeared first on e-CareManagement blog.

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E-CareManagement

AUGUST 13, 2019

The McKinsey “2,750 times” statistic is a pretty good proxy for the amount of your personal health data that is NOT protected by HIPAA and currently is broadly unprotected from sharing and use by third parties. Read the rest of our article on The Health Care Blog.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2021

Stay connected to the industry by following vendor blogs and sites like Center for Connected Health Policy or by getting active with American Telemedicine Association. Blazing the Virtual Health Trail. Telehealth devices and software continue to advance; clinicians are always finding new ways to apply virtual care.

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E-CareManagement

JUNE 22, 2020

Read the full article on The Health Care Blog. The post Contact Tracing: 10 Unique Challenges of COVID-19 appeared first on e-CareManagement blog. ” The 10 unique challenges of COVID-19 contact tracing are: 1) COVID-19 is Highly Contagious and Deadly. 2) Contact Tracing is Becoming Politicized. 10) The U.S.

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E-CareManagement

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Read the rest of our article on The Health Care Blog. The post For Your Radar — Huge Implications for Healthcare in Pending Privacy Legislation appeared first on e-CareManagement blog. Here’s an overview of the ground we’ll cover in this post: Why Now? Six Key Issues for Healthcare. What’s Next?

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Here is what we know-we know about primary care: that countries with strong primary care backbones where patients lack barriers to seeking PCP care spend less money per capita on health care. And, that primary care is a social determinant of health, bolstering public and individual health.

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AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 31, 2023

Another important distinction is that the reimbursement policies from private insurers vary between real-time and store-and-forward technologies. For more information on live real-time telemedicine technologies and to begin developing your own custom solution, request a demo today.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020.

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Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2018

I summarize the lessons learned from Governor Leavitt, along with insights from Tan Le, Dr. Andrew Chacko, and Dr. Donald Rucker in this third of my three posts served up on the Medecision blog site here.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

MAY 2, 2019

As the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) notes, different telehealth modalities include: Live video: referred to as “synchronous” format and uses live interaction between two parties over video. To learn more about healthcare industry news and upcoming events, connect with us via social media and follow the AMR blog.

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E-CareManagement

JULY 29, 2019

On The Health Care Blog , my colleague Deven McGraw and I are hosting a new ongoing series to explore the Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma. The post New Series on THCB — The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Privacy? appeared first on e-CareManagement blog. The Goldilocks Dilemma has U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2022

I welcome and dig into the Edelman Trust Barometer every year, and put on my health/care lens when reviewing its findings. In this Health Populi blog, I’ll cover the global results and some of the granular health-related nuggets I can divine from this overall world-view.

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TheraNest

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We may work in private or group clinical practices, hospitals or other medical offices, research institutions or in health policy firms or organizations. She has worked in multidisciplinary treatment settings for over 10 years focused on health behavior change related to chronic health conditions, including obesity and cancer.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 13, 2018

” Since 1993 – only 25 years – Cochrane has spread across the globe, with centers on every populated continent: Cochrane UK (and their Evidently Cochrane blog , which is terrific). For now, the best we’ve got is the Cochrane US West Center at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon.

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E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Executive Vice President, Clinical Health Policy, Chief Medical Officer, WellPoint, Indianapolis, IN. Principal, Sidorov Health Solutions; Chair, Board of. The post Population Health POV — “It’s About Patient Data” appeared first on e-CareManagement blog. Jaan Sidorov, M.D.,

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E-CareManagement

JANUARY 22, 2020

HIPAA’s rules protect data and also protect incumbents’ interests in controlling health data. Read the full article in The Health Care Blog. fyi, here’s a listing of all the posts in the Health Data Goldilocks series to-date.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2018

Move care to the home via telehealth, enabled through net-neutral broadband, can help if we treat connectivity as a social determinant/public utility the way public health looks at clean air and clean water. Consumers who use more primary care can lower healthcare costs, as this blog in Health Affairs pointed out this week.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2020

Stay connected to the industry by following vendor blogs and sites like Center for Connected Health Policy or by getting active with American Telemedicine Association. Telehealth devices and software continue to advance; clinicians are always finding new ways to apply virtual care. Blazing the Telemedicine Trail.

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Docnotes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Blogs are better. This post is about why I should have blogged instead of tweeted. With Blogger, one could craft blog posts and plop them on the Internet for everyone to see. A blog post (like this) gives us time to think, offer insight and provide background. This was a new idea. I took a risk.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: When PatientsLikeMe was acquired by UnitedHealthcare earlier this year, my friends-in-health-tech Susannah Fox, Lisa Suennen and I wrote a response to the acquisition and situation on each of our blogs, and on Medium. Here’s the link to our post here on Health Populi, from July 1, 2019.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

The Mental Health Policy Gap Excavated by Data Brokers The COVID-related surge in mental health disorders and the limitations on accessing in-person therapy Ignited a rapid shift towards telehealth and mHealth apps, where downloads increased by 200% between 2019 and 2020.

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AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 6, 2022

Because the pandemic made in-person care more complicated, coverage and federal reimbursement for telemedicine services have increased, from behavioral health to cardiac care. Many expanded reimbursement opportunities will be in place until the end of 2023 , so the time to elevate your healthcare program is now.

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