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Delaware PSYPACT

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Delaware PSYPACT Legislative Update On June 5, 2019, Delaware voted to pass PSYPACT legislation as DE HB 172. It reads: This Act, the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), is an interstate compact designed to facilitate the practice of telepsychology and the … Read more. The post Delaware PSYPACT appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Why Alexa’s bedside manner is bad for health care

Lloyd Price

Amazon has opened a new health care frontier: Now Alexa can be used to transmit patient data. Using this new feature — which Amazon labeled as a “skill” — a company named Livongo will allow diabetes patients — which it calls “members” — to use the device to “query their last blood sugar reading, blood sugar measurement trends, and receive insights and Health Nudges that are personalized to them.