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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
November 14, 2023
Telehealth heavy hitter Dr. Roy Schoenberg on virtual care in 2023
From the distant past of the 1990s up to just a few years ago, many healthcare technologists have predicted that telemedicine would make it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Today, thanks to many factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream. And now that it is being so robustly
December 14, 2022
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
October 31, 2022
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…
March 2, 2022
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…
February 25, 2022
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…
February 17, 2022
Telehealth, physical therapy and the pandemic: Lessons for all
February 14, 2022
For vulnerable patient populations – and for those who just prefer the convenience of care at home – telemedicine has been a success. But it still has its limitations. For example, the precise movements and exercises involved in physical therapy rehab are hard for a patient to accomplish remotely. A provider on a video call…
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…
January 24, 2022
Amwell CEO on what 2022 may hold for RPM and telehealth reimbursement
Remote patient monitoring, technological advances that impact the balance of where and how care happens, and temporary reimbursement enacted by government and payers for the sake of the pandemic are three hot topics in telemedicine today. To get an idea of where these areas of telehealth will evolve in 2022 and beyond, Healthcare IT News…
December 21, 2021
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,…
September 28, 2021