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Virtual medical visits get wary welcome from older adults, poll finds
The technology is there. The funding is nearly there. The health providers are getting there.
Oct 01, 2019
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Patients comfortable with postoperative telehealth visits
(HealthDay)—Despite initial hesitancy, plastic surgery patients are satisfied with postoperative telehealth visits, according to a study published in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Aug 28, 2019
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Researchers use telehealth to head off hospitalizations and ER visits
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rural Americans are more likely than their urban counterparts to die prematurely from the five most common killers: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, ...
Jul 25, 2019
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Use of non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth grew nearly 1,400%
From 2014 to 2018, private insurance claim lines for non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth grew 1,393 percent, according to a new white paper on telehealth from FAIR Health, a national, independent nonprofit organization ...
Jul 22, 2019
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ACP: half of practices implement telehealth technology
(HealthDay)—Roughly half of internal medicine physicians report working in a practice that has telehealth technology, according to the results of a survey released by the American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual ...
Apr 16, 2019
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Telehealth video visits risk fragmenting care
(HealthDay)—Although telehealth video visits offer users greater convenience, they risk fragmenting care without greater coordination with usual care providers, according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...
Apr 15, 2019
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Prove it: National telehealth research network greenlighted
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is part of a team of researchers that has received a grant of $3.6 million for the SPROUT-CTSA Collaborative Telehealth Research Network.
Apr 15, 2019
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Doctor video visits increase access to healthcare but could risk fragmentation
In today's fast-paced digital society, virtual doctor visits are on the rise and offer patients a more convenient way to receive medical care from anywhere. If you can't leave work or don't have childcare, for example, online ...
Mar 14, 2019
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For large health systems, telehealth programs mean challenges and results
For many patients, a doctor's visit can mean weeks long waits for an appointment, transportation issues and other inconveniences even for brief encounters that don't require a physical exam.
Dec 03, 2018
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Retail outlets using telehealth pose significant privacy, policy concerns for health care
A significant shift in the health care market is well underway, with various insurers, medical groups, vendors and supply chains pursuing acquisitions and mergers to expand their services, and retail outlets, from Walmart ...
Dec 03, 2018
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