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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Department of Health and Human Services once again (for the ninth time) extended the public health emergency this past month , stretching it beyond mid-July. But sooner or later, that provision of the Public Health Service Act will draw to a close. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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The rapid proliferation and advancement of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, Babylon Health offers a symptom checker and AI/ML driven diagnosis recommendations to patients. The current landscape for healthcare innovations involves two entities: on one hand, healthcare institutions engaged in their own digital transformation efforts and on the other, digital disruptors.

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Is Disruptive Innovation Really Such A Good Thing?

Healthcare IT Today

The day will come when they’re widely used for remote patient monitoring and public health surveillance, but that day may be further ahead than you’d expect. Even now, though, after many years of experimentation, we still haven’t reached a consensus on how to take advantage of wearables’ full capabilities.

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Why Temporary Telehealth Policies Should Be Made Permanent

SteadyMD

Unfortunately, many telehealth waivers were created to be temporary and limited to the duration of the COVID-19 PHE–even though they have improved patient access to care and affect both public health programs and private health coverage. So, do the pros of making permanent telemedicine policies outweigh the concerns of doubt?

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Coffee Talk: Training Professionals to Lead Healthcare’s Evolution with Biomedical Informatics

Digital Health Today

And so, in the course of that, I teach about healthcare, innovation, entrepreneurship. . You know, in a very first class, I usually tell the student that maybe not all of you need to be entrepreneurs, but you should all be at least the innovator in your unit, wherever you’re going to work at.

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2023 may bring progress in SDOH tech, telehealth and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Despite innovations, a new study from the Yale School of Public Health finds the nation is losing ground on access to healthcare, with more barriers now than 20 years ago. Sherry discusses top examples of health equity in action in 2022 and what more needs to be done to break down barriers to care.