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Budget 2024: Private hospitals tapped to provide psychiatric telehealth amid crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In its latest 2024-2025 Budget, for example, the Ministry of Health and Aged Care announced a funding of A$588 million over eight years to establish a new national digital service to provide support for people in temporary distress. APHA CEO Michael Roff further discussed this upcoming telehealth trial with Healthcare IT News.

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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

However, some forms of technology – particularly those that support telehealth services – are in hot demand as they prove their worth during the national pandemic, say experts who assess information technology adoption by the nation's healthcare providers.

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Digital from the start: New medical campus to rise in Singapore's east

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To be located next to the downtown line of the Bedok North MRT station, the Eastern General Hospital (EGH) Campus comprises the Eastern General Hospital and Eastern Community Hospital. "For example, during a tele-consult, doctors can verbally ask if the patients are keeping up with their rehab[ilitation] exercises.

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

So the organization had a solid foundation on which to build and improve its telehealth solution. "In 2016, we began exploring various telehealth workflows to meet those needs but hit many billing-related roadblocks due to the restrictive New York State and federal regulations. " MARKETPLACE. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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How Dr. Sophie Feller Builds Relationships with Colleagues Virtually

Iris Telehealth

I was looking at different telehealth companies and Iris was one of the top companies that popped up. How does telehealth compare to in-person care? I’ve found that I am just as able to connect with patients via telehealth as I am in person. Why do you think telehealth is important to the future of mental healthcare?

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RPM strategies for moving from discharge to hospital-at-home care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A variety of factors have given rise to more focus on hospital-at-home – the pandemic, persistent staffing shortages, rising costs, patient complications, such as delirium – leading CMS to increase financial incentives to provide care at home without reducing quality or access. This may seem like an insignificant example.

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Does DTC Digital Health have a future?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Digital health direct-to-consumer (DTC) refers to healthcare products and services delivered directly to consumers online, bypassing traditional intermediaries like doctors or hospitals. DTC appeals to this desire with features like telehealth appointments and at-home services.