Articles Tagged With: telemedicine
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Remote Facilities Can Avoid Unnecessary Pediatric Transfers by Leveraging Telemedicine
When critically ill children present to EDs in rural or community hospitals that lack access to specialty pediatric care, the solution often is to transfer them to a regional pediatric facility, which could be hours away from a patient’s home. This creates travel burdens and added expense for families and payors. But new research suggests that at least some of these interfacility transfers can be safely avoided by incorporating telemedicine consultations with pediatric specialists.
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Telemedicine Rule Changes Will Require Tighter Compliance
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposed telemedicine rules in response to the end of the Public Health Emergency could carry important implications for physicians and employers who use telemedicine to communicate with patients. In-patient visits will be required for certain controlled substances.
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ChatGPT Provides Solid Responses to Virtual Medical Questions
Artificial intelligence tool provided empathetic, quality answers to online queries, which could help clinicians save time on electronic health record documentation work.
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Remote Facilities Can Avoid Unnecessary Pediatric Transfers by Leveraging Telemedicine
When critically ill children present to EDs in rural or community hospitals that lack access to specialty pediatric care, the solution often is to transfer them to a regional pediatric facility, which could be hours away from a patient’s home. This creates travel burdens and added expense for families and payors. But new research suggests that at least some of these interfacility transfers can be safely avoided by incorporating telemedicine consultations with pediatric specialists.
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ET3 Pilot Hailed as Big Step Toward Fully Leveraging EMS
In January 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a five-year pilot program called Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3), an approach that enables participating EMS programs to connect some patients with lower-acuity problems to emergency providers via telemedicine at the scene. Most participants are excited about leveraging the approach to accelerate needed care to patients, decompress EDs, and maximize the skills of the EMS workforce.
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For Sale: Private Mental Health Data and Consumer Trust
Once people learn mental health data can be sold or misused, trust erodes. These issues might dissuade people from seeking care online or via an app. For many, that may be their only option.
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Remain Cautious When Using Chatbots to Provide Mental Healthcare
Consider these common, innocuous questions: Are you taking your medications as directed? You look a little upset — is everything OK? Do you need some urgent help? Now, consider if an AI tool, not a human therapist, asked a patient these questions, along with the issues of trust, privacy, and bias. Can humans and machines establish a bond?
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Misoprostol Alone Is an Option for Self-Managed Abortion
Self-managed medication abortion with misoprostol alone can work well when mifepristone is unavailable because of state laws or other access obstacles, according to a recent study.
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Access to Mifepristone Still in Legal Limbo
A federal judge may block the use of the safe and effective abortion drug mifepristone after hearing a lawsuit by an anti-abortion organization. The group claimed the FDA had improperly approved mifepristone in 2000.
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Telecontraception Apps Can Reduce Some Barriers to Reproductive Care
Telecontraception apps are well received by users and appear to eliminate some barriers to contraception care, according to the results of a new study. More action is needed to eliminate barriers to access.