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China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2013, family doctor contract services were piloted in rural areas before its nationwide implementation in 2016. The Chinese government is promoting the family doctor service to make high-quality primary care services more accessible to the general population and help decongest hospitals.

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Responding to Public Health Emergencies by Upholding Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

Bill of Health

It has been an important forum for enabling States to address the fault lines in national public health systems, bridge gaps in global health security and policy, and strengthen collective efforts to build back better. Supply chains must be strengthened, diversified, and kept open during public health emergencies.

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Two in Three Americans Cite the U.S. Presidential Election is a Significant Source of Stress, Even More than the 2016 Race

Health Populi

If you felt stressed during the 2016 Presidential election season, you were also one in a million. The latest, published 7 October, finds that the 2020 Presidential election is a source of significant stress for more Americans than the 2016 race. Two in three U.S. In the 2020 pandemic summer, two-thirds of Americans said the U.S.

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Reproductive Health at Risk: Climate Change and Agrotoxins in Latin America

Bill of Health

In Uruguay , 97% of food consumed between November 2015 and August 2016 contained pesticide residues, and in Mexico , 140 agrotoxins banned in other countries are used, 111 of which are classified as highly dangerous. Cumulatively, the Americas accounted for 51% of global pesticide use in 2020, a concerning increase from 44% in 2000.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Questions about the future of telehealth regulations have endured ever since the federal government opted to relax some of them during the COVID-19 pandemic. Provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the permanent authority to waive telehealth restrictions. Access for Medicare beneficiaries. A years-long effort.

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The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through Medicare. Remove unnecessary in-person visit requirements for telemental health services.

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AMA offers further guidance for telehealth rollouts

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The 128-page update to AMA's Digital Health Implementation Playbook Series comes as telehealth adoption is increasing by leaps amid the coronavirus pandemic. During the pandemic, the federal government has taken unprecedented steps to widen access to telehealth: increasing reimbursements , removing regulatory barriers and more.

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