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HIMSSCast: Taking telehealth beyond the video chat

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the gas pedal on the use of virtual care, particularly synchronous video chats. The use cases of telehealth beyond synchronous video calls. Evidence for telehealth's longevity. More about this episode: Telehealth's post-COVID challenge: Integrating in-person care.

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Australia to restore video telehealth subsidy for rural mental health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Australian government is restoring its subsidy for bulk-billed video telehealth psychiatry consultations through a A$47.7 Starting this November, people living in rural and regional areas and other eligible patients can once again access free video consultations for mental health. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

PROPOSAL " Asynchronous video technology is important to improving patient care, supporting equitable access to care, and to our hospital moving forward our strategic enabler, called 'Sustainable Future – Advance Digital Health to Improve Patient and Staff Experiences,'" said Cindy Fedell, CIO at TBRHSC.

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Virtual care: Telehealth must be more than just video visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth. Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: Virtual care: Telehealth must be more than just video visits Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Women are less likely to use video for telehealth care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A wide-ranging study published this past week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older people, women, Black and Latinx individuals, and patients with lower household incomes were less likely to use video for telemedicine care during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Otherwise telehealth won't work."

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Study: Video telehealth, in-person diagnoses agree in 87% of cases

Mobi Health News

Specialty care was significantly more likely to result in concordant diagnoses between telehealth and in-person appointments, compared with primary care.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.