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AI, licensing and remote prescribing among key issues facing telepsychiatry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There has been a lot of discussion about state licensure and the fact that our system of healthcare is divided up on a state-by-state basis where local medical boards hold the authority to grant licensure, when our nation would obviously benefit from a single universal license or a system of reciprocity.

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Healthcare Document Management Software

Healthcare Blog

Healthcare Document Management Software: Enhancing Patient Safety Through Better Care Coordination What drives today’s fast-paced healthcare environment? Healthcare organizations face the challenge of managing vast amounts of critical documentation, including compliance documents, regulatory forms, and policy updates.

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North Queensland GPs get access to Inca's care planning platform

Healthcare It News

It also enables GPs to allocate tasks and send automatic reminders for actions needing completion, track and monitor adherence to a plan, and store all approved and shared documentation in one record. NQPHN have already acquired 12-month licenses to use the system on behalf of participating GPs.

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Senator wants Google to answer for accuracy, ethics of generative AI tool

Healthcare It News

What documentation did Google provide hospitals, such as Mayo Clinic, about Med-PaLM 2? Google has not publicly provided documentation on Med-PaLM 2, including refraining from disclosing the contents of the model's training data. Did it share model or system cards, datasheets, data-statements, and/or test and evaluation results?

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Digital Documentation: How PDFs Can Help Providers Expedite Care

HIT Consultant

From documenting clinical care to filing medical claims and registering patients, paper documents have been entrenched in healthcare processes since the inception of modern hospitals. Going digital in healthcare requires the adoption of electronic documents. Healthcare stakeholders have long relied on paper-based processes.

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Texas passes law authorizing teledentistry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In March 2020, the State Board of Dental Examiners issued guidance declaring that "dentists in Texas are not authorized to practice teledentistry," according to court documents. Although Mohr lives in South Carolina, she says most of her patients live in Texas (where she is also licensed).

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AI has a role to play during the patient intake process

Healthcare It News

Dr. Josh Reischer is CEO of Health Note, a vendor of a platform that can automate pre-visit documentation and help optimize time spent in the exam room by limiting EHR time. Only one in five physicians say they have enough time to document. Technology makes the mundane better and allows doctors to practice at the top of their license.

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