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Physician adoption of digital health tools is accelerating, AMA research shows

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"The AMA survey illustrates the importance physicians place on validated digital health tools that improve health while streamlining the technological and administrative burdens faced each day in medicine," said AMA President Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. Doctors across specialties adopting RPM tools.

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AMA offers new tools to help doctors navigate COVID-19

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Its financial checklist offers physicians and administrators 14 tips to help business during the public health emergency, such as consolidating administrative resources like coding tools and making better use of digital health technologies. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Aging and Health Technology Watch 2020 Research – A Recap

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Voice, Health, and Wellbeing 2020. Although work is being explored in using the voice as a health diagnostic tool, most uses today are rudimentary and/or experimental. 2020 saw more entrants into this early segment, particularly in voice assistants and new health-oriented skills, refining what works and adds value.

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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

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The COVID-19 pandemic pushed telehealth into the spotlight with exponential adoption, helping to prove its value. The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere. Patients with cardiac arrhythmias can remain home while being continuously monitored.

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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from June 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Who would have thought that telehealth definitions would include phone calls and Facetime ? So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Read more.

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Mississippi Telehealth Network Could Be FCC’s Model for RPM Expansion

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Back in 2014 , the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) collaborated with a network of local and national health technology leaders to build the Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network, an effort to extend quality care into rural and underserved regions with high rates of chronic illness.

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2024 Brings New Medicare Billing Opportunities for FQHCs and RHCs with RPM and RTM Services

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For the first time, these centers can bill Medicare separately for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) services. Additionally, it incentivizes the adoption of more technologically advanced care models, aligning with the broader healthcare industry’s shift towards telehealth and remote care.