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Toward new telehealth strategies at the HIMSS24 Virtual Care Forum

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Even if some telehealth stats have come back down to earth , policy and legislation such as the Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act, have made virtual care's expansion imminent – prompting a critical examination of its processes and technologies.

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Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The European Health Data Space (EHDS) legislation aims to improve access to and control by individuals of their electronic health data, expand healthcare data accessibility across borders, and use healthcare data for patient acute care and research. It is very difficult to stay on top of innovation in digital health.

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Sweeping Senate healthcare proposal would address surprise billing, transparency

FierceHealthIT

Senate lawmakers released a draft package of legislation Thursday aimed at curbing health care costs they said they believe they can pass on a bipartisan basis — starting with topics like surprise billing and drug prices.

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A Look at the 21st Century Cures Act with Micky Tripathi

Healthcare IT Today

One of the biggest pieces of legislation to hit healthcare IT since the HITECH Act is the 21st Century Cures Act. I couldn’t resist asking him about TEFCA and QHINs as well which seem to be the hottest healthcare interoperability topic right now. Finally, I ask him to share his overarching vision for ONC.

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Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Health Populi

point to nurses, doctors, and pharmacists as the most honest and ethical professionals in America, shown here in Gallup’s latest poll on the topic. Thee of the five least-honest/ethical jobs people told Gallup are state officeholders (legislators in U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points; Health citizens in the U.S.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Emergency declarations, Congressional legislative actions, and state regulations implemented unprecedented changes to many healthcare delivery aspects. Some of these changes will expire in the next few weeks, but many will continue while further legislative action develops.

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In the U.S., Patients Consider Costs and Insurance Essential to Their Overall Health Experience

Health Populi

This year’s survey also provides a deep dive into LGBT people around the world, a topic for another Health Populi – but well worth your reading on people’s social cohesion, equity, and health). In the latest OECD report Society at a Glance 2019 , published last week, the U.S. is higher than in most OECD nations.