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Telemedicine: What Slows Down the Healthcare of the Future

HIT Consultant

This article explores the challenges of telemedicine and examines solutions to resolve current issues. Main Obstacles the Telemedicine is Facing Today. Not only did the pandemic accelerate the implementation of telemedicine, but remote health services became a necessity. On the legal side, telemedicine faces two main drawbacks.

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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the same time, the researchers noted, several hurdles remain for primary care providers when it comes to integrating telemedicine. Review, revise and communicate telehealth malpractice policies. "My health insurance may have coverage for telemedicine, and yours may not." " If the U.S.

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AI, licensing and remote prescribing among key issues facing telepsychiatry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This, among other policy shifts, has a direct impact on healthcare provider organizations and telemedicine companies delivering care virtually. Some parts of our practice do leverage telemedicine prescribing flexibilities, and we were part of that scramble to align with DEA’s original proposed rules.

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Healthcare & Life Science M&A Activity Plummets 1H’22

HIT Consultant

Rising costs for nurses and hospital staff along with growing labor shortages have resulted in several of the largest hospital companies, such as HCA Healthcare, lowering earnings estimates, which drove prices downward across the sub-sector in Q2 2022. Behavioural Health and Telemedicine: The Behavioural Health subsector was down 18.4%

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Telemedicine is considered to be under the umbrella of telehealth and refers specifically to clinical services. Telehealth and telemedicine cover similar services, including medical education, remote patient monitoring, patient consultation via videoconferencing, wireless health applications, and transmission of imaging and medical reports.

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Audio-Video Telehealth, Mobile Device Management & You

AIHC

How is the organization training its workforce (management, doctors, nurses, and staff) on policies and procedures? ? How does the organization hold its workforce (management, doctors, nurses, and staff) accountable for non-compliance? As AIHC advises, another resource is legal advice through your malpractice insurance company.

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Health Provider News – May 13, 2022

Hall Render

Nurses make exit plans after RaDonda Vaught’s conviction. Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. US faces deficit of 450,000 nurses by 2025. Alaska needs to train more nurses, but it doesn’t have enough nursing faculty to meet demand. Arizona telemedicine company owners admit $64 mln kickback scheme.