Telehealth
Postmenopausal patients can get a prescription for ASCEND Therapeutics' EstroGel by scheduling an appointment with a LifeMD provider through the pharma brand's website.
The American Telemedicine Association says the new measures, calculators and other tools will help communities address the economic burden of inaction on health disparities and improve health through better access to virtual care.
A Regenstrief Institute researcher and VA neurologist unpacks the results of a recent study that researched the outcomes of adding telemedicine to the care plans for veterans with neurologic disease.
Electronic-reported outcomes appearing in clinicians' EHR workflow can help inform the ways providers deliver care and achieve better outcomes, says one oncology software exec.
In a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, they say Congress created a special registration under the SUPPORT Act "not as an option for DEA to utilize, but a requirement."
Also, Philips APAC has a new managing director.
The CEO of SteadyMD, one of the companies powering Amazon's virtual care efforts, discusses the potential for direct-to-consumer services, and describes what provider IT leaders should be thinking about as patients get accustomed to telemedicine.
Virtuoso is a digital front door technology that can integrate health system data into a unified healthcare platform, the vendor says, and is designed to expand patient and family access to medical services.
It paves the way for national legislation that will permanently allow telemedicine in the country.
The American Telemedicine Association seeks to ensure that expanding telehealth programs are treated like any other healthcare delivery model and meet standards for patient safety, data privacy and information security.
