Albany Herald | November 30, 2015
While health care across rural Georgia has many shortcomings, Hancock County has languished at the more desperate end. Located between Atlanta and Augusta, the county — named for the founding father who made history with his signature — has been marked …
Read MoreiHealthBeat | November 25, 2015
Some advocates argue that telemedicine has not yet reached its full potential largely because of state policies that curb access to such services, the Washington Post reports. Read More
Read MoreUS Dept. of Agriculture | November 24, 2015
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $23.4 million in 75 projects across 31 states and the Western Pacific to expand distance learning and telemedicine opportunities in rural areas. Read More
Read MoreNational Law Review | November 23, 2015
Often considered the primary obstacle to telemedicine implementation, reimbursement changes are now better viewed as one of the most prominent drivers of telemedicine expansion. Payers are finally beginning to realize what many providers have known for some time – telemedicine …
Read MoremHealth Intelligence | November 18, 2015
A new payment model finalized this week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may open the door for telehealth in remote patient monitoring programs. CMS’ long-anticipated Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model creates a bundled payment program for knee …
Read MoreCMIO | November 17, 2015
The American Medical Association’s (AMA) house of Delegates is holding its Interim Meeting and announced its latest policy efforts regarding Meaningful Use (MU) and telehealth. Read More
Read MoreCapital Public Radio | November 16, 2015
Telehealth allows patients to consult with physicians through video conferences. The California Telehealth Network facilitates the service for hospitals and clinics in rural and under-served urban areas. It reports the number of consultations on its network is increasing 40 percent …
Read MoreHealthIT Interoperability | November 13, 2015
Only 15 percent of a survey sample of more than 1,500 family physicians reported they had provided telehealth services for their patients in the past 12 months. Nonetheless, researchers from the Robert Graham Center found that telehealth integration provides a …
Read MoremHealth News | November 12, 2015
For those of you who think the Emergency Room is a hospital’s loss leader, Neal Sikka would beg to differ. Sikka, an associate professor at the George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine and the brainchild behind the hospital’s Connect-ER telemedicine …
Read MoreKiVi TV | November 11, 2015
In the largely rural inland northwest, telemedicine is bridging the gap for doctors, families and medical care. Six weeks until her baby’s due date, Kristin Stone realized there was a problem. Read More
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