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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. WHY IT MATTERS.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

He said that in January 2019 – more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated, in short order, an even bigger, more sustained and more widespread scaling up of virtual care services than could ever have been imagined two years ago.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Intuitive software tools can help to connect care teams and patients. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Patient and Clinician Experiences with Telehealth for Patient Follow-up Care, Am J Manag Care. A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia.