Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

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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GlobalMed

MAY 21, 2019

Recently GlobalMed’s Chief Clinical Officer Gigi Sorenson and Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Dean Smith presented talks about disaster recovery and telemedicine at the International Conference on Disaster Medicine and Hurricane Resiliency. Maartens conference focused on public health challenges after hurricanes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2023

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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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

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As part of the collaboration, both companies will also collect unused data items, such as discharge summaries, nursing records, and surgical records, on top of EMR data, from partner medical institutions and the J-MIMO (Japan Medical Association Medical Information Management Organization) to build up their database for big data analysis.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

With government’s relaxing regulations, health care providers could move staff and resources virtually from place to place, regardless of State licensure or other barriers to providing telemedicine, remote monitoring, and other flavors of telehealth. Scale matters to survive a public health crisis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2023

Pager offers AI automation and integrated concierge services, including triage, telemedicine, e-prescriptions, appointment scheduling, after-care follow-up, care advocacy and customer service. public health officials," added Nick Malhomme, the company's international development director.

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Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. ATA : ATA stands for the American Telemedicine Association and is the prominent professional telemedicine organization in the United States.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2022

The American Psychiatric Association, American Telemedicine Association and 70 other organizations signed a letter this past Friday urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and permanently revise requirements regarding controlled substance prescription. Drug Enforcement Administration to collaborate with the U.S.

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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

JULY 18, 2022

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. "In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

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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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

The high-deductible health plan design in fact prevents many people from seeking preventive care or testing: uninsured patients could pay at least $500 for a test, and a 10-day hospital stay can tally $75,000 according to Gerard Anderson , professor of public health at Johns Hopkins.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

.” Molly and I covered a lot of ground here , starting with the key forces shaping and accelerating virtual care across the continuum.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Shelley, a professor in the Department of Policy and Public Health Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health. At the same time, the researchers noted, several hurdles remain for primary care providers when it comes to integrating telemedicine. " If the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2020

"Much of this transformation is dependent on temporary flexibilities extended to health systems and providers that are limited to the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration," the letter read.

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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. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2022

Hopefully the Congress and state legislatures will act soon to ensure the temporary reimbursement expansions for telemedicine will continue after the public health emergency ends. Telehealth solutions also can be used to share knowledge from experienced nurses.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

Telemedicine has helped to bridge the access divide between the clinic’s rural and urban communities. The particular telemedicine solution depends on the need presented. Alternatively, direct-to-patient video telemedicine is used to offer follow-up care at a distance. ” MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 19, 2020

Here’s one thing I hope will come out of the crisis: an increased reliance on telemedicine, something that should have happened long ago. On the verge of bankruptcy, the hospital was unable to attract many specialists to join its ranks, and in desperation, had turned to telemedicine to cover many services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

” Because residents will have the opportunity to receive primary care services in a safer environment through telehealth, Parker will contribute to public health goals of reducing the spread of COVID-19 while reducing excess burden on the hospital systems throughout New York City that may be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 30, 2020

For years, staff at the Petersen HIV clinic in Tucson, Arizona, had been working on implementing a telemedicine protocol for their patients in the region. For injections, the current procedure is to set up nursing visits within the brick-and-mortar clinic.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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. Medicare added over 100 billing codes for the duration of the public health emergency. When a service is performed in a facility (e.g.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. This is a story worth watching.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Prior to having telemedicine technology in place, M Health Fairview was only able to provide specialty care and other services like hospice or diabetes education to patients throughout its 10 hospitals if it had someone who could "round" (come in person to see a patient) at that hospital.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

All those digital tools generate data, which must flow into some version of a patient health record to ensure the data are collected, safely stored, and accessible for diagnosis and sound action-making and -taking. What a difference a decade makes for clinicians’ embrace of electronic health records.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2021

For years, Dr. Mariea Snell, a telehealth clinician at the Maven Clinic and assistant director of the Online Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Maryville University, worked in an inner-city public health clinic. It offers access to doctors, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, mental health providers and many other resources.

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SightCall

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Much in the same way you use technology for personal matters, your doctor is looking at using the technology to improve your health. While telemedicine has become a buzzword lately, you might be surprised to learn that telemedicine has been around since early in the 20th Century. Early Telemedicine. Modern Telemedicine.

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GlobalMed

APRIL 26, 2021

GlobalMed, a telehealth industry leader, announced today their support of a $250M COVID-19 telehealth funding program offered by the FCC to eligible nonprofit and public health care providers. General Interest 7 Ways Telemedicine Helps Control Diabetes. This program supports our vision of a world without disparity of care.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 16, 2021

At the same time, both PCPs and the patients who need them face many challenges – and now both are finding that telemedicine may be the answer. Today’s primary care provider also faces competition from retail clinics like CVS and Walgreen’s, as well as urgent care centers that hire nurses to work extended hours. Contact Us.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

Dr. Joseph Kvedar, president of the American Telemedicine Association, agreed with Alexander's recommendations. "We must make sure that essential telehealth services do not abruptly end with the public health emergency, especially as we look to reorient our healthcare system to deliver 21st century care," said Kvedar.

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Beyond Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2021

March 9, 2020, was the first day that our hospital realized that telemedicine was going to be a lifeline for access to patients. Will virtual visits be reimbursed after the public health emergency ends? We know that the public health emergency will end, but the virus will still be in our midst for many years.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Allows telemedicine providers to provide substance use disorder treatment. LEGISLATION. Pending Legislation. Mississippi. Mississippi.

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Health System CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The biggest mistake healthcare organizations can make with telemedicine? ” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs. It’s a tool that can be shaped and molded like a piece of clay.”.

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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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Health Populi

JULY 9, 2020

Combine these new life-flows with conflicting information about the nature, severity, and life-span of COVID-19: From three levels of government leaders: The President and the Executive Branch at the Federal Level, Governors of States, and Mayors of cities; Public health agencies, especially the U.S.

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