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The company has made a number of attempts to incorporate healthcare into its platform and has started building momentum after some initial setbacks.
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The retail giant said customers can visit its virtual clinic through its website or app. There, they can compare prices and response times before picking a telemedicine provider from several options.
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The “front door” to the health system is changing, under pressure from increased demand, consolidation, and changing patient expectations.
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Telehealth flourished during the pandemic thanks to relaxed rules that allowed prescribing without an in-person visit. Federal officials have decided to keep that in place for the time being.
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A growing number of hospitals are shifting care into patients' homes. That means moving medications, machines and staffing with it, but hospitals are finding patients heal better, and it's cheaper.
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New rules would reinstate most of the online prescribing rules for controlled drugs that were relaxed due to COVID-19. Critics say exceptions should be made for people in hospice care or those who qualify for medically assisted suicide.
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At least eight states have implemented or are considering limits on what patients can be billed for the use of a hospital’s facilities even without having stepped foot in the building.
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In-person mental health care is hard to arrange in rural nursing homes, so video chats with faraway professionals are filling the gap.
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The May 11 expiration of the federal government’s pandemic emergency declaration will affect patient care across a broad range of settings, including telemedicine, hospitals, and nursing homes.
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Dr. Barry Gordon, a Venice-based physician who specializes in medical marijuana care, told the Health Care Regulation Subcommittee that using telehealth for renewals would benefit some of the sickest Floridians.