Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. This grant comes as we near the conclusion this month of our first two-year, $1 million award studying how telehealth transformation impacted primary care access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. Access for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Patients experienced a lack of resources in the areas of having data coverage for video transmission and living in rural areas where there was not a significant signal, which affected how e-consents would be signed. Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Patient access to a connective device such as a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Technical literacy, such as knowing how to use devices and interact with electronic health record (EHR) portals and video interfaces. The availability of stable broadband or sufficient data speeds for video interactions is tied to social determinants.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

TRU Community Care, based in Lafayette, Colorado, had a vision for incorporating a telehealth/remote patient monitoring program: to meet the needs of patients in the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Seriously Ill Population" (SIP) program. A patient with COPD would receive a video explaining lung functioning.

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Enzyme Health

APRIL 30, 2019

The lawsuit highlights a national battle between ocular telehealth companies and the 11 states where connected care eye exams are banned. The device is meant for the home, allowing patients to perform comprehensive medical exams and then use the TytoHome app to send the data and connect with a healthcare provider for a video consult.

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