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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s. Health Populi’s Hot Points: That’s a lot of “free” for $39.99

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How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Early in the pandemic, the company launched mental health and primary care service lines. To receive medical care from licensed healthcare professionals, patients must provide personal data such as their medical history. We follow HIPAA guidelines and employ strict access controls. First we launched primary care.

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Implementation Of Telehealth Services Update: Survey

BHM Healthcare Solutions

SGP CEO Dan D’Orazio noted that the definition of telemedicine varies throughout the medical community, ranging from mature connections in life-threatening situations to simpler connections used to help patients with a cold or sore throat. These differing definitions of the term impact adoption, he said.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

CMS is the federal agency that administers HIPAA standards and develops Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement policies for telemedicine. HD : HD stands for high definition and refers to video that is a higher resolution than standard. Home health care : Home health care refers to healthcare that is delivered in the patient’s home.

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What Are Patient Gateways or Portals?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Definition of Patient Gateways or Portals Patient gateways or portals are digital platforms that provide patients and clients with secure access to their personal health information and facilitate communication with healthcare providers. Federal privacy laws protect them, such as HIPAA in the United States and PIPEDA in Canada.

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Telehealth Myths De-Bunked

American Well

American Well’s physician network, the Online Care Group, has spent the last few years developing proprietary clinical care guidelines regarding the practice of telehealth that address a wide variety of health concerns – In fact, over 1,000 distinct diagnoses have been made on American Well in the past two years.