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CareCloud CEO predicts what's around the corner for telehealth

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What's less certain, however, is what that utilization will look like in the future, particularly as the end of the public health emergency looms. What is driving all this, of course, is the regulatory changes during this public health emergency. First of all, we should think about the public health emergency.

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How Will New FDA Hearing Aid Regulations Impact Health Plans?

HIT Consultant

First, let’s examine the new regulatory framework the FDA established. – Prescription hearing aids will require a consumer to have a prescription for a hearing aid from a physician, audiologist or a licensed hearing instrument specialist. Health plans should be on the alert for potential pitfalls arising from the new regulations.

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EU and US Regulatory Challenges Facing AI Health Care Innovator Firms

Bill of Health

It provides several rules for sharing information and exceptions keyed directly to the realities of the health care setting, such as permitting information sharing for treatment, payment, or health care operations, some public health situations, and if certain identifiers have been stripped from the data set.

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Accessing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines for Research: The Re-emergence of the Tragedy of the ‘Anticommons’

Bill of Health

For instance, a study conducted in 2005 by the American Association for Advancement of Sciences revealed that 40% of respondents reported problems securing licenses for carrying out research; 58% reported delays due to licensing requirements; and 28% reported abandoning their research due to licensing issues.

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Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection

Bill of Health

Together, these articles underscore the injustice of the present moment and emphasize the need to reform intellectual property protections for government-funded inventions of public health significance. Recent Research on Public Funding of mRNA Technology The first of the two new articles is an in-depth empirical study of U.S.

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The growing practice of prescribing medical devices via telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

UpScriptHealth also works with other medical device companies to increase access – for example, it powers telehealth consultations for Spark Biomedical's Sparrow Ascent, the only FDA-cleared, drug-free, non-addictive, non-invasive, wearable treatment technology for the relief of opioid withdrawal symptoms.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Despite the end of the public health emergency, individuals and informed political leaders will continue to work with pharmacies to continue access to vital care for individuals in need of medication for mental health because mental health is part of overall health. Your third prediction concerns medication.

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