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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. We need to refine the Ryan Haight Act to develop a telemedicine registry that can safely prescribe controlled medication virtually.

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NYU Langone Health used its FCC grant to expand Epic-linked telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The organization has offered services such as virtual urgent care, telepsychiatry and virtual post-op appointments for several years to meet the needs of patients. Telemedicine is not only cost-effective for both the patient and the hospital, it also can reduce the risk of exposure to disease for all parties, especially during a pandemic.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

They improve their health in real time with an easy-to-use smartphone application, and catch risk in time. Employers and payers may offer telehealth options that allow the team member to meet with their doctor via video. iRhythm Technologies. Another product is called the eCareCompanion patient application.

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Avizia CEO Mike Baird on Numbers Narrative Podcast

American Well

And so our meetings are very quick, it’s sort of like being able to snap my fingers and have anyone in the company in my office instantly. It seems like security is kind of everyone’s problem, the hospital, the health care and all of the vendors. And it’s a much richer forum of collaboration than voice.