The Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure voted Thursday to withdraw a proposed regulation that would have put a serious crimp on out-of-state telemedicine companies operating in the Magnolia State.
Category Archives: TeleHealth
Telehealth is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration
Delaware Expands Health Coverage for Telemedicine Services
The only way that telemedicine services can truly expand and improve healthcare quality across the nation is by developing new state and federal policies that move toward digital and video-based physician-patient relationships. In efforts to support the expansion of telemedicine services, the state of Delaware passed a telemedicine commercial reimbursement statute, according to The National Law Review.
Modern Doctors’ House Calls: Skype Chat and Fast Diagnosis
While telemedicine consultations have been around for decades, they have mostly connected specialists with patients in remote areas, who almost always had to visit a clinic or hospital for the videoconference. The difference now is that patients can be wherever they want and use their own smartphones or tablets for the visits, which are trending toward more basic care.
25 things to know about telemedicine
Healthcare may have been accused of lagging in technology adoption in the past, but health IT has made significant strides in the past few years. One of the biggest trends to emerge from healthcare’s digital revolution is telemedicine.
Mississippi emerges as a leader in telemedicine
Mississippi scored a “B” on the American Telemedicine Association’s new report card for state reimbursement policy. The state actually dropped from an “A” last year due to changes in Medicaid policy, but is still considered a pace-setter in telemedicine. As we reported in February, Mississippi ” has emerged as a leader in policy and implementation of telehealth that can help address major barriers of access in the rural state.”
Telemedicine: Creator Of New Private Wealth
The future of healthcare delivery is telemedicine. However, the business models that will dominate the industry fostering better healthcare and creating tremendous new private wealth have yet to be determined.
Is Telemedicine Improving Your Healthcare?
Telemedicine is often referred to as the future of healthcare, but the reality is that it’s already happening. If you had an X-ray or MRI done recently, “chances are it was read by a radiologist at a distant site,” says Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). “If you had neurophysiologic monitoring during surgery, there’s a 90 percent chance it was done remotely.”
Telehealth Intervention Cuts Hospital Readmissions by 31%
A behavioral telehealth management program delivered over a two-month period helped to cut the number of hospital admissions for cardiac patients by nearly a third, reports a study published in theAmerican Journal of Managed Care. The program improved patient engagement and produced cost savings by targeting patients with heart conditions who needed additional psychological support to cope with their illnesses.
Telehealth Promises to Reshape Health Care
Hospitals embrace powerful new tools to continuously connect to patients.
Telehealth services surging despite questions about value
The business of offering consumers virtual visits with physicians is booming even as questions about the quality of care and cost effectiveness of those services remain unresolved.