Military Health System Commits $180M to Telehealth Expansion
Federal officials have selected Amwell and Leidos to create a $180 million hybrid care platform that will replace the Military Health System (MHS) Video Connect program.
Telehealth Primary Care Visits Boost In-Person Follow Up
The study, compiled by clinicians at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, and funded primarily by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, sought to discern how well telemedicine addresses patient needs post-COVID public health emergency.
DEA Extending Telemedicine Prescription Waiver Through 2024
The DEA and Health and Human Services Department will publish the extension in the Federal Register this week. The decision comes after two public listening sessions last month and a public comment period on proposed telemedicine rules that garnered more than 38,000 comments, many of them critical.
Hospitals are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing
Virtual nursing is all the rage these days, with health systems across the country launching telemedicine-based programs aimed at helping their beleaguered nurses. But with no clear-cut path to ROI, executives are uncertain whether the programs can be sustainable.
Dartmouth Health Uses Telemedicine, Virtual Learning to Help With Difficult Births
Rural hospitals are closing their labor and delivery (L&D) units at alarming rates, forcing more expectant parents to give birth in an ill-prepared emergency room or other location, like the back of an ambulance. At New Hampshire’s Dartmouth Health, officials are combining virtual learning and a hub-and-spoke telemedicine platform to address difficult and emergency births.
Virtual Second Opinions Gain Momentum
Telehealth has already made remarkable strides in several areas, including primary care, radiology, dermatology, ophthalmology, and mental health. Now, Cedars-Sinai is among a fast-growing group of blue-chip providers that are offering virtual second opinions for patients across the nation.
DEA to Again Revise Telemedicine Prescribing Guidelines
A statement issued May 3 by DEA Administrator Anne Milgram says the DEA, coordinating with the Health and Human Services Department, is submitting a draft temporary rule to the Office of Management and Budget for the “Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Substances.”
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 76 – The Evolution of Telehealth Services
On episode 76 of PSQH: The Podcast, Gary Hamilton, CEO of InteliChart, talks about the evolution of telehealth services.
After the Pandemic, In-Person Visits Preferred Over Telehealth Visits, Study Finds
The new research article, which was published today by Health Affairs, features survey data collected from 337 primary care physicians and 1,417 patients. The physician survey was conducted from Feb. 12 to May 24, 2021. The patient survey was conducted from April 30 to May 11, 2021.
‘Tsunami of Criticism’ Follows DEA’s Proposed Telemedicine Prescribing Rules
The long-awaited proposal, unveiled in February, had been expected to ease the pathway for healthcare providers to use telemedicine to prescribe medications like buprenorphine without needing an in-person examination. But with the agency’s 30-day window for public comments expiring, the vast majority of the 20,000+ comments submitted have been negative.