Rural telemedicine in the United States is receiving great attention, with considerable effort being applied to changing laws and reimbursement policies.
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Category Archives: TeleMedicine
telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient’s clinical health status
Examining Payment Parity in Telehealth Laws
Many states are enacting laws requiring commercial health plans to cover medical services provided via telehealth to the same extent they cover medical services provided in-person. These laws are intended to promote innovation and care delivery in the private sector by catalyzing healthcare providers and plans to invest in and use the powerful telehealth technologies available in the marketplace.
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 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.
VA looks to invest heavily in mHealth, telehealth
Telehealth and mHealth initiatives are playing a significant role in the proposed 2016 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs, with officials laying out more than $1 billion for specific telehealth programs and devoting more than half of the proposed IT budget for so-called “customized” programs.