The COVID-19 pandemic set the stage for a slew of conversations about health equity and access. “I read a book,
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Senators introduce bipartisan bill aimed at safeguarding rural telehealth access
Photo: The U.S. Senate subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies conducted a field hearing at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington
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Pandemic era telehealth grew most in wealthy and metro areas, RAND study shows
Telehealth experienced sudden and massive growth starting a year ago, but it didn’t happen everywhere. A new report from the
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COVID-19 relief package includes health IT expansion
The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill sent to President Joe Biden on Wednesday includes a number of provisions aimed at
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University of Michigan Hospital deploys Epic-linked 'patient monitoring at home'
The University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, implemented a patient monitoring at home, or PM@H program, using fully
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Upstate Medical University decreases no-shows by 59% with telehealth, which patients love
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine
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Bipartisan TIKES Act would improve telehealth access for kids
This week, U.S. Reps Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, and Dr. Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas, introduced legislation aimed at increasing telehealth
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Connecting Systems, Connecting Care: Improving Comms from Point of Injury to MTF
One of the greatest challenges facing the military health system is finding consistent, effective ways to communicate a warfighter’s health
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New bill would mandate research on telehealth regs after coronavirus
The moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax regulations around telehealth have been lauded by providers
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Want to see a doctor amid COVID-19? Use telehealth
We are being told to stay home and practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but where does that leave
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