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Women are less likely to use video for telehealth care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A wide-ranging study published this past week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older people, women, Black and Latinx individuals, and patients with lower household incomes were less likely to use video for telemedicine care during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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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. Despite bipartisan support such legislation has failed to gather significant momentum.

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Why Implementing Telehealth Is Worth the Cost

AMD Telemedicine

However, while there is an initial upfront cost to implement telehealth and telemedicine technology, it tells only one chapter of the full financial story. Connected, integrated medical devices allow remote healthcare providers to treat patients as if they were there next to them in their facilities. View our Solutions.

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Telehealth Is Just Healthcare Now – One Post-COVID Certainty, Three Reports

Health Populi

As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.

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2022 Telehealth Growth Predicted to Create a Quarter-Trillion-Dollar Industry by 2031

Telebehavioral Health Institute

While the global telemedicine market was estimated at $68.3 billion in 2021, it is now projected by GRG Health to rise to $324.38 An example is the recent Park Associate’s annual Connected Health Summit, a virtual conference featuring innovation in consumer behavior, IoT technologies, and operations.

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Telehealth Policy 2018: Keeping You In The Know

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

On March 15 at 1 PM CT , Mei Wa Kwong, JD, Executive Director, and Christine Calouro, Policy Associate, from the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) will present a free National Telehealth Resource Center webinar to provide an update on federal and state telehealth policy actions and to discuss issues that may arise throughout the year.

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2019: Telemedicine’s Year in Review

GlobalMed

We’ve had an action-packed year in telemedicine, but now it’s drawing to a close. The CONNECT Act is aimed at removing what AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA called “antiquated restrictions in the Medicare program” while addressing alternative payment models and the reimbursement approval process. billion by 2025.