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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others.

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The Ill Health of Rural Hospitals in Four Charts

Health Populi

. “The accelerated rate at which rural hospitals are closing continues to unsettle the rural healthcare community and demands a more nuanced investigation into rural hospital performance,” threatening the stability of the rural health safety net, according to the Chartis Center for Rural Health’s latest research.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

Addressing mental health is, truly, embodied in every one of the ten pillars in Manatt’s imperatives: Ensuring access to both physical/medical care as well as mental health — ideally bundled into primary care.

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In telehealth hearing, House committee weighs access against cost

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Telehealth is a tool in our toolkit that is largely substitutive, not additive, to in-person care," she said. Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine Dr. Ateev Mehrota proposed a more measured approach.

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Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’

Henry Kotula

She documented all of our symptoms,” Ms. Across the country, only half of primary care doctor practices say they have enough cash to stay open for the next four weeks, according to one study, and many are already laying off or furloughing workers. Rutledge said. They were swabbed from their car.

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

I addressed this as an emerging opportunity in 2012 in The Online Couch , a report I wrote for the California Healthcare Foundation documenting the need and growing supply side for telemental health services. health care system.

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6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

Most offer the same reasons: Medicaid reimbursement rates are typically lower than other insurers and the documentation requirements can be burdensome. Remote monitoring can increase medication and care plan adherence or alert providers of a spike in blood pressure or other need for intervention.