When the covid-19 pandemic hit, Dr. Corey Siegel was a lot more organized than most of his friends. 50 percent of Siegel’s patients — numerous with private insurance plan and Medicaid — had been by now utilizing telehealth, logging onto appointments by means of telephones or desktops. “You get to meet up with their family […]
Telehealth
Has telehealth democratized health care? Maybe.
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Early in 2020, as the world shut down, health care providers scrambled to get online as patients clamored to get treatment via telehealth. In mere weeks, the ability to connect with a physician, psychologist or nurse through a computer exploded. As novel as the explosion of telehealth was, the technology itself wasn’t […]
Indian health tech startup MediBuddy acquires telehealth platform Clinix
Wellness tech startup MediBuddy has obtained Clinix, a telehealth platform concentrated on providing on the web health solutions in rural India, for an undisclosed sum. Started in 2020, Clinix has an Android mobile application for reserving online doctor consultations. Its community addresses 20 tier 3 and 4 metropolitan areas the place it has also established […]
VA Telehealth improves access to nutrition services
Diet is an important component of a healthier way of life. Nutrition and Foods Services applications provided by VA can assistance with bodyweight management and focus on health and fitness conditions linked to diet, these as diabetes, coronary heart sickness, significant cholesterol and renal disease. Accessing those people programs is a lot easier than at […]
Medicaid winds down coverage for PT & OT telehealth
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Before the pandemic, Valerie Fox almost never used telehealth — nobody did at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, where she works as a behavioral health occupational therapist. Now, many patients request it. “Especially with the VA, a lot of people come from a lot of different parts of the state […]
Anti-vaccine group uses telehealth to profit from unproven COVID-19 treatments : Shots
Ben Bergquam was hospitalized with COVID in January. He says he brought his own prescription for ivermectin — an unproven COVID therapy. Screenshot by NPR/Facebook hide caption toggle caption Screenshot by NPR/Facebook Ben Bergquam was hospitalized with COVID in January. He says he brought his own prescription for ivermectin — an unproven COVID therapy. Screenshot […]