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State lawmakers approve insurance mandate for telemedicine
The Virginia State Legislature last week unanimously approved legislation that would make the state the 12th in the nation to mandate insurance coverage for telemedicine services. The bill, sponsored... Read more...
Telemed group to demonstrate remote care as an employee benefit
The American Telemedicine Association is teaming up with a Washington, D.C.-area primary-care practice to attempt to prove the value of telemedicine as an employee benefit that can promote worker... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Telehealth ethics
Telehealth technologies have huge potential to expand access to care by connecting patients in underserved areas with specialists in other locations. It can also allow more patients with chronic... Read more...
Report: Twitter valuable for sharing clinical data
While many healthcare professionals have limited their use of Twitter to social communication or marketing, it can be used for clinical purposes as well, suggests a new article appearing in a... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: CA telemedicine program hopes to lessen nursing shortage
Telemedicine backers pitch many benefits for the technology, including the ability to help people in their homes and extend a doctor's reach to rural areas. Now, a project in California hopes to use... Read more...
Survey: Consumers psyched about telemedical remote monitoring
While the health plan and provider industries may be easing into telemedicine, consumers may be a lot more enthusiastic about it, according to new research. A new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers... Read more...
Doctor's jail sentences raises questions over interstate telemedicine
A Colorado doctor has been slapped with a nine-month jail sentence after prescribing an antidepressant over the web to a California teenager who later committed suicide. The case is believed to be... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: States investing in telemedicine
Telemedicine is often on the fringes of conventional care, being used to great effect, but getting comparatively little traction in mainstream circles. Still, ever so slowly, it continues to gain... Read more...
Federal bill would increase availability of telemedicine
Though many studies have suggested that telemedicine can offer effective care, to date most payers have refused to reimburse for the use of such technology. However, if a new bill passes, Medicare... Read more...
Patient teleconsults become more common
In recent times, FierceHealthIT readers have learned about a wide range of telemedicine options that have been emerging, ranging from remote monitoring of patients in their homes to telemedical... Read more...
