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Telehealth summit debrief: staffing shortages, wider acceptance but expansion barriers

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. Healthcare IT News sat down with Doug Duskin, Avel eCare's chief executive, to get a debriefing on the conference and find out the major themes and learnings.

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Telehealth Brings Expert Sexual Assault Exams to Rural Patients (SANE Services)

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The nurse examiners offering SANE services have extensive training in how to care for assault survivors and collect evidence for possible criminal prosecution. She said every sexual assault survivor faces health consequences. Avel eCare, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been providing telehealth services since 1993.

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Telehealth Brings Expert Sexual Assault Exams to Rural Patients

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The nurse examiners have extensive training in how to care for assault survivors and collect evidence for possible criminal prosecution. She said every sexual assault survivor faces health consequences. Avel eCare, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been providing telehealth services since 1993.

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How telemedicine can help close the maternal health gap

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Drawing on resources published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Sable proposed virtual prenatal and postnatal visits, mental health care, online provider communication, lactation support, and at-home monitoring of blood sugar and other measurements as pregnancy-related services that can be delivered virtually.