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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

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News and Research The American Telemedicine Association’s ATA Action submitted two letters to the Drug Enforcement Administration about its proposed rules regarding the remote prescribing of controlled substances. With the end of the public health emergency, DEA is proposing a rollback on flexibility for remote prescribing.

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First connected health service in Malaysia launched

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WHAT IT'S ABOUT The 400-bed hospital joint venture by Ramsay Health Care Australia and Sime Darby Malaysia seeks to "revolutionise" healthcare delivery through its latest service called Connected Care. Enterprise Taxonomy: Quality Care Patient Access Population and Public Health Care

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Nuvance Health develops new memory care-at-home platform

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Along with telehealth, remote patient monitoring programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic because federal rules gave providers the flexibility to use RPM for the duration of the public health emergency.

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How RPM can solve many patient and provider problems in rural areas

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are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. However, with the public health emergency recently coming to an end, many patients, health systems and healthcare providers have been left wondering what’s next for RPM.

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Premier lists rule relaxations that should be made permanent, post-pandemic

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Department of Health and Human Services Premier made the case that some two-dozen federal regulatory waivers – enacted early in the coronavirus pandemic to enable rapid response to COVID-19 – should be made permanent once the public health emergency has ended. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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The benefits and future of remote patient monitoring

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A: At the beginning of the pandemic, HHS and CMS released an interim final rule to give providers more flexibility to furnish services using remote care technology for the duration of the public health emergency. Q: Who on the care team should be managing RPM (doctors versus nurses, case managers, etc.)?

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

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Nurses, physicians, counselors or dentists can all provide telehealth services. The reality of having virtual services available from specialities like psychiatry, dermatology, primary care, plastic surgery would mean more accessible healthcare for all, regardless of income.