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For a friend of mine who lives with epilepsy, increased acceptance of telehealth’s value proposition means he no longer has to drive 20 miles into the city for specialty care. Instead, he’s able to visit his neurologist virtually from the comfort of his home, eliminating travel time for himself and his family without sacrificing continuity in more»

In the year and a half since COVID-19 first struck American shores, telehealth has become a vital lifeline for tens of millions of patients who may not have received health care otherwise. Early in the pandemic, regulators at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) realized that telehealth would play a vital role in the crisis. The agency used more»

Telehealth has become the “it factor” when it comes to communication between health care professionals and patients, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Health care providers can provide telehealth services across state lines during the COVID-19 emergency regardless of state and local prohibitions,” the US Department of Health more»

The dynamic world of voice technology is impacting healthcare through a number of use cases, as technologies like natural language processing allow computers to understand what humans can say – and allowing computers to speak back. In a HIMSS21 Digital discussion between David Metcalf, director of UCF's institute for simulation and training, and Teri more»

Virtual care can help fill the gaps in behavioral healthcare, including the critical supply-and-demand issue – too many patients and not enough clinicians – that has been hampering care for quite some time. This was the focus of a HIMSS21 Digital discussion between Michael Hasselberg, senior director of digital health at the University of more»

At the start of the pandemic, emergency declarations and insurer policies encouraged the shift to telehealth. Telehealth usage has skyrocketed, often leading patients to grow accustomed to relying on virtual care for its convenience and cost-efficiency. Now, as states across the U.S. are putting an end to these policies, telehealth meets one of its biggest more»

The federal government is investing more than $19 million in key telehealth initiatives, including the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) and Telehealth Centers of Excellence (COE) program. Some 36 awards are being distributed by the Health and Human Services Department through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s more»

A pair of Congressmen are once again floating a bill that would mandate payment parity for telehealth services and require payers to cover the same telehealth services that Medicare covers. The Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act (HR 4480), introduced last month by US Reps. Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Steve Chabot (R-OH), is making its second run more»