Telehealth

Also known as telemedicine, this area of care helps connect doctors and patients remotely, without requiring in-person visits. This virtual care strategy is beneficial for managing chronic conditions, delivering lab test or diagnostic imaging results, post-surgical follow-ups, assessing skin conditions, online counseling and many other healthcare services. It also can improve care, care access and outcomes for patients.

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Longer term research required for telehealth

In contrast to claims that telehealth can solve numerous healthcare problems, including access to care, a paper published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research says research on the practice is overly positive because it is often based on short-term projects.

March 7, 2016

AmericanWell offers first telehealth SDK

Telehealth provider American Well introduced the first-ever mobile Telehealth Software Development Kit (SDK) which allows any user to add online doctor visits into their native mobile apps.

February 25, 2016

ATA forum to help Congress with telehealth policy

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has announced plans to hold its first Telehealth Capitol Connection Forum, a bi-monthly briefing series that aims to meet the growing interest in using telemedicine to improve healthcare delivery.

January 25, 2016

PwC: Consumers ready for telehealth, self-diagnosis; doctors not so much

Most consumers are ready for nontraditional healthcare delivery, according to research from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute. 

November 20, 2015
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Telehealth usage low due to reimbursement, training, licensing

Fifteen percent of primary care respondents to a survey on telehealth said they use telehealth in their practices. 

November 17, 2015
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Physician fee schedule increases reimbursable telehealth services

The 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes some good news for proponents of telehealth. 

November 4, 2015

Telehealth to hit $2.8B by 2020

The U.S. telehealth market is expected to reach $2.8 billion by 2022, according to a report from Grand View Research. 

November 4, 2015

New AMA workgroup to focus on telehealth CPT coding

The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced a new workgroup charged with integrating the latest telehealth technology into the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set.

October 8, 2015
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