Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week aims to improve access to telehealth services for active-duty military, retired veterans, and their dependents by expanding reimbursement to providers. HR 3507—which initially was co-sponsored by California Democratic Reps....
Vermont’s lone representative in the U.S. House says he wants to make it easier for people to take advantage of telemedicine by electronically linking patients to physicians. Rep. Peter Welch’s Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2013 would also cover home-based video services for hospice care, home...
From advanced practice professionals to telemedicine providers, The Medical Staff’s Guide to Overcoming Competence Assessment Challenges will walk you through every step of collecting adequate performance data to assess practitioner competence. This book addresses many of the common...
Tucked away on the far side of mountain passes in northeast Oregon, the 25-bed critical access Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande provides much-needed care for a populace that can be cut off from larger facilities by a single snowstorm.
The Oklahoma state medical board last week adopted a policy meant to clarify guidelines for the practice of telemedicine. The Oklahoma Medical Board’s position statement defines a face-to-face encounter “by telemedicine,” which can include sessions with approved audio and video devices. The...
Physicians who provide telemedicine services in Massachusetts should be licensed by the state, especially because they’re diagnosing patients without doing so in person, a lawyer for the Massachusetts Medical Society said. “When you’re talking about diagnosis, that’s a really critical area,”...
