Telehealth is the future but it is obscured by a dismal present
KevinMD
JULY 11, 2020
In so far as our current public health emergency is concerned, telehealth has obvious, indisputable benefits.
The Virtual Care Paradigm: Going beyond telehealth for the future – and present – of care
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
In this 14-part video and podcast series, HIMSS Media editors and guests go deep on what the next phase of virtual care, beyond telehealth video visits, will look like.
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The potential security crisis presented by rapid telehealth rollouts
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked an unprecedented upswing in the use of telehealth technologies. But security experts say that rise presents vulnerabilities – and the crisis is "blood in the water" for cybercriminals. "There's nothing inherently riskier about telehealth technology," Riley said.
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COVID-19 presents a new chance to make telehealth accessible to the underserved
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 8, 2020
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory, reimbursement and technological changes have all helped trigger a massive and rapid expansion of telehealth accessibility. "Telehealth solutions need to be deployed in a culturally competent, equitable way to ensure they reach the communities that need the most support," he said.
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Expanding Rural Care: A Telehealth Funding Roadmap
AMD Telemedicine
JANUARY 24, 2024
Expanding Rural Care: A Telehealth Funding Roadmap Date: Thursday, February 8, 2024 Time: 2:30 – 3:15 pm EST We are excited to invite you to attend this comprehensive webinar focused on helping you access opportunities to find $100 million in telehealth grant funding! market of healthcare professionals.
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Telehealth helps stop suicidal ideation for many patients, study finds
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Recently, the Journal of Medical Internet Research published some significant data highlighting the efficacy of psychiatric care delivered through telehealth: Those in the treatment group were 4.3 We spoke with Winsberg to get an in-depth look at this study and what the results mean for the future of telehealth and mental healthcare.
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Tennessee criminalizes abortion via telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 9, 2022
Bill Lee signed a bill into law on Thursday that would make providing abortion via telehealth a Class E felony, punishable with a fine of up to $50,000. The state already required physicians to be physically present with patients when providing medication for abortion. Tennessee Gov. It will go into effect in 2023. ON THE RECORD.
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Telehealth Is Just Healthcare Now – One Post-COVID Certainty, Three Reports
Health Populi
JUNE 3, 2020
As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.
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Telehealth Workshop Series: Focus Mississippi
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
AUGUST 11, 2020
The South Central Telehealth Resource Center will be hosting a series of events focused on Mississippi and the telehealth landscape in that region. The following topics will be covered: Telehealth 101, Telehealth Grant Writing, Telehealth Billing, and Real World Examples of Telehealth.
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The prominent issues telehealth must tackle when the pandemic passes
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 25, 2021
At the start of the pandemic, emergency declarations and insurer policies encouraged the shift to telehealth. Telehealth usage has skyrocketed, often leading patients to grow accustomed to relying on virtual care for its convenience and cost-efficiency. All that would have been present potentially in their home.
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Growing Evidence for eConsults – the Asynchronous, Clinician-to-Clinician Platform for Telehealth
Health Populi
JUNE 29, 2020
Telehealth and its various flavors enabled both patients and providers to manage the risk of contracting the virus, especially at a time when little was known about the nature of transmission, treatment and prevention — except for washing hands, covering one’s face, and isolating when showing symptoms.
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Telehealth is biggest threat to healthcare cybersecurity, says report
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Although a new report suggests that the healthcare industry slightly improved its security posture this year compared to last, it warns that increased provider reliance on telehealth since the COVID-19 pandemic now presents a new slate of risks to patient data. THE LARGER TREND.
Epic research shows telehealth efficacy, makes case for more reimbursement
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 15, 2022
A dual team study of in-person, same-specialty follow-up rates after telehealth appointments published by Epic Research examined the cadence of care and found virtual medicine to be an effective tool. million telehealth visits during the study period, nearly 3.7 million adults found telehealth comparable for chronic conditions.
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Digital retail pharmacy NowRx expanding into telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 10, 2021
NowRx is expanding into telehealth, the digital retail pharmacy and prescription delivery company announced Wednesday. NowRx Telehealth will enable provider-patient, app-based interactions, in addition to same-hour or same-day prescription medication deliveries, according to the company. WHY IT MATTERS.
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TBHI Faculty to Present Telehealth Training at APA 2019 Convention
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JULY 22, 2019
TBHI Faculty to Provide Telehealth Training for the APA 2019 Convention The American Psychological Association (APA) will be conducting the APA 2019 convention on August 8-11, Thursday to Sunday, at Chicago, Illinois. The post TBHI Faculty to Present Telehealth Training at APA 2019 Convention appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.
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How much telehealth do patients need? Researchers weigh in
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 10, 2021
Researchers from West Virginia University have set out to determine the optimal frequency of telehealth appointments for patients with chronic conditions. In a study published in E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks , the team reviewed other work concerning telehealth and chronic conditions. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.
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Most primary care telehealth visits don't require in-person follow-up, Epic study shows
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 2, 2023
To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments. High rates of in-person follow-up were present only in specialties that require hands-on care, such as obstetrics and surgery.
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Grow Your Practice Through Telehealth
Continue Education Journal
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Practice across multiple states: Telehealth gives the opportunity for providers to increase the number of patients they can see across states. Check out our list of telehealth licensure requirements by state here. Why is now the right time to embrace telehealth as a permanent way of delivering care?
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How a medical university's Telehealth Service Implementation Model can help you
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
In 2021, Wellpath leveraged TSIM, the Telehealth Service Implementation Model that was developed at the Medical University of South Carolina's Center for Telehealth, an HRSA-designated National Telehealth Center of Excellence. What are a couple of the challenges of developing a national telehealth service?
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Physicians Practicing in the Age of COVID-19: Lower Incomes, More Telehealth
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2020
85% of doctors believe the use of telehealth will become much more widespread after the pandemic, with the majority of physicians cautioning that telemedicine’s persistence will depend on both parity for payment and lowering of administrative burdens. That’s the private sector bullish approach to telehealth after the pandemic.
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Telehealth resource centers nationwide aid providers at no cost
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 17, 2020
In 2019, the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers received 4,039 requests, total, from providers looking for technical assistance or for more information about telehealth. This year, the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, one of the 14 U.S.
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HHS OIG: 2 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth during first pandemic year
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 30, 2022
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released a study examining how Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Telehealth was critical for providing services to Medicare beneficiaries during the first year of the pandemic," read the report.
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Telehealth helps Lynn County Hospital District improve access to care, avoid ER visits
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 29, 2021
Deploying telehealth to improve access. In an effort to provide more accessible healthcare to Lynn County and the surrounding counties, LCHD applied for and received grants to establish telehealth hubs in Lynn County and the surrounding counties. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access. " Avoiding ER visits.
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Most clinicians can't access telehealth directly from EHRs
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
According to a survey released Tuesday by the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, the majority of physicians and other qualified healthcare professionals say telehealth is positively influencing clinical outcomes, patient experience, cost and professional satisfaction. Workflow was also an issue.
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Legislators at HIMSS21 point to telehealth as key pandemic-era tech
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 12, 2021
But what they do have in common, said two legislators who co-presented at a HIMSS21 session on Thursday, is a telehealth strategy that proved to be wildly popular among residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. For several years, he said, he fought to get legislation through that would enable telehealth expansion in the state.
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eVisit Shares Top Take-Aways From 6th National Telehealth Summit
eVisit
JANUARY 28, 2021
The 6 th National Telehealth Summit hosted by BRI Network was a two-day virtual conference held earlier this week and chock full of the latest and greatest successes, learnings, best practices and vision to advance telehealth.
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Hospitals should prepare now for future telehealth demands
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 19, 2020
In an article published in the Journal of the American Informatics Association this week, Duke University researchers examined COVID-19's effect on transforming the telehealth landscape. These responses have included ramping up support for telehealth services to minimize in-person contact in both inpatient and outpatient care.
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Cleveland Clinic, RAND hope to tackle telehealth's digital divide
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 26, 2021
Telehealth has the potential to expand access to care to previously underserved populations. By bringing together a wide variety of experts and stakeholders, the facilitators said they hoped to trigger discussions regarding still-open questions on telehealth and to foster collaborations.
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Telehealth poses big cybersecurity dangers, Harvard researchers warn
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 16, 2020
A Harvard Medical School team published a letter in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association this week warning of the "substantial" information security concerns around telehealth. The authors, led by organizational cybersecurity researcher Mohammad S. ON THE RECORD.
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A staffing expert shows how telehealth is stepping in to fill the staffing shortage
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 19, 2022
But telehealth may be becoming an emerging strategy to help fill in gaps within hospitals and health systems , contended Chris Franklin, president of LocumTenens.com, a self-service job board and a full-service physician and advanced practice recruitment agency working in high-demand medical specialties. Please elaborate on this.
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Medical oncologists split on telehealth's clinical effectiveness
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 15, 2021
A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that although medical oncologists recognized the convenience and access to care presented by telehealth video visits, many raised doubts about its clinical effectiveness. of all visits to the cancer center took place via telehealth.
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Is DEA putting a telehealth controlled substance registry on the table?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 7, 2023
The American Telemedicine Association released a statement on Friday saying that it applauds the Drug Enforcement Agency for posting a meeting notice on Friday that indicates that it is "openly considering" a special registration that would allow providers to prescribe medically necessary substances by telehealth.
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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 14, 2020
The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. Giving HHS the authority to determine appropriate telehealth services and providers. THE LARGER TREND.
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Telehealth Workshop Series: Focus Mississippi
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
The South Central Telehealth Resource Center will be hosting a series of events focused on Mississippi and the telehealth landscape in that region. The following topics will be covered: Telehealth 101, Telehealth Grant Writing, Telehealth Billing, and Real World Examples of Telehealth.
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Data privacy, lack of in-person contact among major barriers to telehealth uptake among Asian PLHIV
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
This report followed another Gilead-backed study in 2020 which found that over half of PLHIVs and 64% of at-risk individuals in APAC have no access to telehealth services. According to the report, this upturn in telehealth usage is due to the widespread availability of new online sexual health services during the pandemic.
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Telehealth group practice offers free care to seniors nationwide during crisis
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 27, 2020
CCS Healthcare is a telehealth practice that has been delivering telehealth care extensively throughout Western Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 2016. “Telehealth has had a major impact on reducing hospitalizations for the patients in our practice. For more information on the free-for-seniors telehealth care, click here.
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CHF Management and the Effectiveness of Telehealth Solutions
Health Recovery Solutions
MAY 5, 2023
Telehealth solutions present numerous benefits to patients struggling with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) management. As technology develops, an increasing number of clinicians will utilize telehealth solutions to improve patient outcomes and reduce hospital admissions. Will you be one of them?
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Telehealth and RPM are improving care at Tanner Health System
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 15, 2021
"In enabling our organization to provide anytime/anywhere care to patients and operate more efficiently and cost-effectively, our initiation of a telehealth platform was an important part of the strategy to achieve these goals," said Hugh Jackson, service line administrator with clinical program development at Tanner Health System.
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Telehealth and mail-order abortion possible in some states during pandemic
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 16, 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic, an increasing number of patients have turned to telehealth. "The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how telehealth can, if implemented properly, allow clinicians to deliver high-quality care to their patients," Perryman continued, pointing to ACOG's resources for members on telehealth best practices.
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Health center's makeshift telehealth OK, but now is building something grand
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 20, 2021
Bee Busy Wellness Center in Houston, Texas, like other health centers across the country, struggled with efforts to offer telehealth services to patients when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. THE PROBLEM. So providers engaged with patients via mobile phones, on iPads and on laptop computers to address their healthcare issues.
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Telehealth can effectively manage COVID-19 at home, study finds
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 23, 2022
"Despite the low intensity of the intervention, our results support the use of telehealth to effectively monitor patients with COVID-19 at home," wrote researchers. One patient died while being monitored, having presented to an emergency department beforehand. WHY IT MATTERS. required hospitalization, and 1.2%
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What sort of staying power does telehealth really have?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 15, 2020
This past week, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma said she "can't imagine going back" to making beneficiaries return to in-person visits after the agency's relaxation of telehealth regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 23, 2021
"Prior to the pandemic, telehealth wasn't really taking off all that much; it was kind of a very long, slow growth without a high level of adoption," said Fisne of Geisinger. " Fisne also said that patient satisfaction is up with the rise of telehealth. " Growing telehealth capabilities.
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Check out these SEARCH2018 Featured Presentations
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
JULY 17, 2018
The SEARCH Telehealth Research Symposium, scheduled for October 24 – 25 in San Diego, CA, will focus on sharing findings from existing telehealth research to demonstrate lessons learned from connected health programs with an emphasis on planning, research, training and education. Don’t miss their informative presentations!
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