Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora developed an active and growing telemedicine program over the past eight years. Before COVID-19, almost all specialties were using telemedicine in some aspect of their practice. The organization also uses a custom-developed, HIPAA-compliant photo-sharing platform. THE PROBLEM.

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Mend

APRIL 12, 2023

Will virtual care still count as telehealth excepted benefit? What about telehealth HIPAA compliance? In the final part of our 3-part series, we’ll cover which telehealth policies end immediately with the PHE. After May 11, providers must follow the usual HIPAA rules when using telehealth.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have joined forces to issue a temporary telemedicine prescription rule to extend certain exceptions to existing DEA telemedicine regulations.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 8, 2020

Telemedicine Fraud Increases Access to telehealth has grown rapidly since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency. As access to telehealth has increased, so has telemedicine fraud. Telemedicine fraud is discussed below. Telemedicine Fraud In March, Attorney General William … Read more.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 11, 2023

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have joined forces to issue a temporary telemedicine prescription rule to extend certain exceptions to existing DEA telemedicine regulations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

More than 40% of total inpatient cases include a behavioral health diagnosis. Temple also is a critical access point for vital public health services. Each year it serves thousands in its emergency department, inpatient behavioral health unit, labor and delivery unit, and other departments. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

TriHealth, a health system based in Cincinnati, Ohio, had an access problem regarding patients who desired a first contact medical option that did not require a visit to a doctor’s office. The first would be the platform’s ability to integrate into an electronic health record. THE PROBLEM. " Nick Kostoff, TriHealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. "Today we have the opportunity to consider how we can deploy telehealth to expand access to healthcare for everyone," said Sen. " Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. HELP Committee Chairman Sen.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Molly and I then segued into how the health system incumbent players — hospitals, plans, clinicians, and life science companies — can (and should be) part of the telehealth ecosystem and solutions to deliver care, everywhere.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy released a final report on Tuesday outlining its findings and recommendations around safeguarding the future of telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic. As the report notes, the COVID-19 crisis acted as a catalyst to transform telehealth from a niche passion to an in-demand modality.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

“The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant. CSC’s four community clinics swiftly prioritized telemedicine training and changed practice workflows to incorporate the LANES platform. Telehealth consultations are CSC’s new normal. ” ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sun River Health was among the first organizations to receive funding under the Federal Communications Commission COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Prior to implementing the telemedicine technology supported by the FCC program funds, Sun River Health had relatively limited and targeted capacity to support remote visits.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) urging the agency to advance its proposed rules on the Special Registration for Telemedicine under the Ryan Haight Act. AHA Stresses the Importance of Updating Ryan Haight Act Telemedicine Regulations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

THE PROBLEM Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, there were federal and state policies in place that discouraged FQHCs like Ryan Health from adopting telehealth services due to payment restrictions. Besides the telehealth platform, we lacked webcams and laptops for providers. "Ryan Health uses eClinicalWorks as our EHR.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

If you’re active in the telemedicine world (or just paying attention to it), then you know that virtual care’s benefits aren’t always matched by its adoption rates. The potential to transform healthcare globally is there – but somehow the actual telemedicine deployments aren’t always happening where they can do the most good.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

Among the many insights they've gained over the past year-plus, they discuss the need to secure a place for telemedicine and expand its capabilities, deploy and scale new technologies faster, and embrace Agile processes and collaborative IT. The new importance of telemedicine. " Growing telehealth capabilities.

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Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? Here’s the essential telehealth terminology that will put you ahead of the curve. This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. Just getting started in the field? Sometimes this is referred to as the consulting site.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves kicked off the Mississippi Telehealth Association (MTA) 2020 Annual Conference on Monday, February 24 th by describing much of Mississippi living “small town ways” as a blanket description of many state residents. Basically anyone involved or interested in digital health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2020

“During the pandemic, we have experienced a significant decrease in patient volume; we could not perform elective procedures; and, we substantially increased our telehealth utilization. “While most patients have heard of telehealth, far fewer had experience using it, particularly the elderly. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2019

The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services has to cope with a very serious tuberculosis problem. To help overcome the challenges it faced with directly observed therapy, the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services turned to a healthcare technology from emocha Mobile Health. THE PROBLEM.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Address social determinants of health. Accelerate digital health. Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care. Advance academic medicine.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 10, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Payors continue to make permanent telehealth policy changes that incorporate greater telehealth flexibilities. Permanent telehealth changes seen from payors such as Cigna and UHC include the removal of the originating site restriction and expanded telehealth code sets. HIPAA compliant platform is required after PHE ends.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2020

The Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared that they would allow the use of telehealth technologies to communicate with patients during the nationwide public health emergency that may not fully comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 8, 2023

This article reviews Gen Z’s mental health statistics, explores the role of telehealth in addressing Generation Z’s mental health crisis, and offers suggestions for psychotherapists who wish to develop services to help address this urgent need.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 21, 2022

The White House Office on National Drug Policy (ONDCP) supports permanent telehealth prescribing for people with Substance Use Disorders (SUD), according to the issued guidance “ Telehealth and Substance Use Disorder Services in the Era of Covid-19: Review and Recommendations ” published on June 22, 2022.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 29, 2023

Practitioners of all healthcare professionals will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 8, 2023

This article reviews Gen Z’s mental health statistics, explores the role of telehealth in addressing Generation Z’s mental health crisis, and offers suggestions for psychotherapists who wish to develop services to help address this urgent need.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Telehealth giant Teladoc has accused another player in the space, Amwell, of infringing on several of its patents. As the COVID-19 crisis has rocketed, the longevity – and potential profitability – of telemedicine back into the public sphere, Teladoc and Amwell have carved out large sectors of the virtual care market.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024. Preventive care delivery platform Fullscript has joined the athenahealth Marketplace app store.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The “concerned” aspect of the tech-embrace in health care means consumers are also keen to have privacy data protections and procedures in place to prevent their PHI from traveling outside of trusted health care circles. ” The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S. Trust is in short supply in the U.S.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) are two technologies that have revolutionized the way healthcare is delivered in the modern era. Telehealth is the use of electronic information and communication technologies to provide health-related services remotely, such as virtual consultations, remote monitoring, and patient education.

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Health Populi

APRIL 5, 2021

With such turbocharged growth on the supply side, Beazley, experts in specialty insurance, explores the risks of digital health and wellness in a new report, Digital health, telehealth and wellness: Attitudes to risk and insurance.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

APRIL 10, 2023

By Kim Stanger Idaho’s new Virtual Care Access Act (the “Act”) amends Idaho’s existing law to make it easier to render telehealth in Idaho effective July 1, 2023. All virtual care records must be maintained in compliance with applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations, including HIPAA and HITECH. ( Virtual Care.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

health citizens’ health engagement given growing financial exposure to health care costs (e.g., Financial literacy, especially key to U.S. high deductibles, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket copayments).

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