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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

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Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance.

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Long-Term Telehealth Coverage in Question for Physicians and Hospitals

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Why Telemedicine Is Struggling for Telehealth Coverage Many hospitals and health systems relied upon and therefore invested heavily in telehealth during the height of COVID-19. Telehealth visits billed to Medicare are currently paid at the same fee-for-service rate as an in-person visit. When a service is performed in a facility (e.g.,

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Psychiatrist Shortage Drives Search for Quick Solutions

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Telemedicine. Telemedicine ranks as the go to answer, especially during the height of COVID-19. While asynchronous telemedicine is used in other specialties, it is rarely employed in psychiatry. In 2020, legislation increased Medicare-supported residency slots for the first time in decades.

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Why It's Time to Embrace Telemedicine

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What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new! I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world.

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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem. As Iris Telehealth's chief medical officer, Dr. Tom Milam manages a team of clinicians and guides them in telemedicine and industry best practices. More than three-quarters of U.S.

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How Telepsychiatry Improves Access and Patient Satisfaction in the ED and Beyond

Iris Telehealth

Is your emergency department (ED) becoming the go-to for behavioral health patients because your psychiatry unit is under too much pressure? Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients have increasingly welcomed telemedicine into their healthcare journey as they seek more convenience and partnership with their healthcare providers.

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How ED Telehealth Improves Access and Patient Satisfaction

Iris Telehealth

Is your emergency department (ED) becoming the go-to for behavioral health patients because your psychiatry unit is under too much pressure? Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients have increasingly welcomed telemedicine into their healthcare journey as they seek more convenience and partnership with their healthcare providers.