Referring to the remote delivery of medical care, telemedicine is already being increasingly used in nursing homes, prisons and locations where access to healthcare is limited. There’s also been an increased use of telemedicine in schools[1] as a supplement to...
Telemedicine in Rural and Underserved Areas The potential benefits of telehealth for rural and underserved areas are many.[1] The diverse U.S. population has many needs, and the urban core has some shared concerns with remote areas. In both urban and rural...
Key Changes Included in the AHCA The American Health Care Act (ACHA), or “Trumpcare,” is essentially meant to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.” However, there are still many details in the recently passed draft that...
The Benefits of Using Telemedicine in Prisons Telemedicine is the delivery of health care services over technological devices in real time. For example, a person who may have had a stroke in a rural place could be evaluated by a neurologist located in an urban...
Notable Barriers to Telehealth Implementation With technology continuing to evolve in so many different ways, it is inevitable that it would affect the health care industry as well. Much of this innovation is positive as it opens up access between patients and medical...
Over 50 years ago, telemedicine was simply an experiment in which some hospitals tried to reach patients who were in a different location.[1] With the speedy changes in technology in just the last decade or so, it is easy to see how telemedicine has transformed many...
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