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Stuck in the Middle with You: Licensing Reforms for Cross-State Telehealth

Bill of Health

Instead, it requires that physicians be licensed in the state where their patient is located to provide care. There are limited pathways for physicians to meet the health needs of their patients located in other states. Or it could treat medical licenses akin to driver’s licenses.

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When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good

Bill of Health

For example, public health officials at virtually every level have resisted implementation or reinstatement of mask mandates in part by arguing that either some percentage of the population will not mask or that mask mandates alone will be ineffective. Sound familiar? It’s one justification for pandemic policy inaction in a nutshell.

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Trust is a Superpower for Public Health – The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer Through the Health Lens

Health Populi

In addition, the politicization of health, dispersion of authority (with friends and family at least as trusted as scientists to “tell the truth on health”), and self-guided health (not necessarily in partnership with a licensed clinicians) can all be risks for health outcomes.

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Pursuing an Interstate Medical Telemedicine Registration Compact

Bill of Health

by Tara Sklar Because I believe strongly in the benefits of telehealth, I have obtained licenses in six states through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. States with a telehealth registration allow out-of-state physicians to deliver telehealth services to patients located in that state without pursuing a full medical license.

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Nursing License Verification: Necessary, But Complex

Provider Trust

License verification, especially nursing license verification, is essential to ensuring that only the most qualified practitioners are seeing your patients. Additionally, of all licensed RNs, 84.5% Although license monitoring is vital, verifying healthcare licenses can be extremely complex and time-consuming.

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Three Challenges Impacting Healthcare License Verifications

Provider Trust

Organizations across the healthcare continuum have experienced several workforce trends that are creating gaps in license monitoring and verifications. Hospitals and health systems continue to find themselves desperately searching for available frontline nurses to relieve their exhausted staff and make up for vacant positions due to burnout.

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License Verification and Monitoring Critical Amidst Healthcare Labor Shortages

Provider Trust

However, this solution comes with its share of compliance risks, especially if interstate licenses are involved. Workers soon became overworked and overwhelmed, and COVID quickly proved that many hospitals don’t have sufficient equipment or staff available to deal with a sudden public health emergency.