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Telehealth consortium to deliver after-hours service in rural NZ thumbnail

Telehealth consortium to deliver after-hours service in rural NZ

A new after-hours clinical telehealth service will be offered shortly to rural communities in New Zealand.  This comes after the contract to deliver the said service nationwide over three years was awarded to a consortium of telehealth providers, which is composed of Reach Aotearoa, Practice Plus and Emergency Consult. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Commissioned by Te
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Telehealth summit debrief: Staffing shortages, wider acceptance, but expansion barriers thumbnail

Telehealth summit debrief: Staffing shortages, wider acceptance, but expansion barriers

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. This first event featured healthcare leaders from across the country and took place in Nashville. Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout, increasing access to telebehavioral health, expanding critical and emergency care
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Audio-only telehealth benefits patients in need, study finds thumbnail

Audio-only telehealth benefits patients in need, study finds

A recent University of California study of telehealth implementation at community health centers found that although phone visits were beneficial to historically marginalized patients, continued virtual care use depends on increased technological resources.   The study, published in SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, took a closer look at the rollout of telemedicine at two…
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Telehealth revenue could hit $20B in five years, say analysts thumbnail

Telehealth revenue could hit $20B in five years, say analysts

A new report released this week from Bloomberg Intelligence predicted that the telehealth sector could bring in $20 billion in U.S. revenue by 2027.   The Digital Reshaping the Health Care Ecosystem publication said that virtual care is set to "become a staple" of healthcare delivery. "The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of telehealth…
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Tech difficulties pose telehealth barriers for patients of color thumbnail

Tech difficulties pose telehealth barriers for patients of color

A systematic review of 28 studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association this week found that telehealth-delivered interventions for patients of color were mostly effective when it came to treating and managing many conditions. However, technological difficulties were the main barriers to effective telehealth consultation.   The study, led by researchers…
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Telehealth advocates ramp up pressure on elected officials thumbnail

Telehealth advocates ramp up pressure on elected officials

The American Telemedicine Association announced Friday that it had launched ATA Action, a new affiliated trade organization aimed at supporting the enactment of state and federal telehealth coverage throughout the United States. ATA Action, which will be helmed by ATA Vice President of Public Policy Kyle Zebley, will also push for appropriate payment policies to safeguard…
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How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes thumbnail

How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes

In the latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed for the first time a set of CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. These codes, according to the proposal, are intended to be used to understand the effectiveness of and the patient's response to a prescribed therapy. In particular,…
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