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Three insurers take plunge into telehealth
By Insurance & Technology | June 14, 2013
Like telematics in auto insurance, telehealth in health insurance provides an opportunity for insurers to have a closer dialogue with their policyholders and better manage their risk of loss. And it's growing at a similar rate: This week, three prominent insurers announced new telehealth...
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NCQA certifies Teledoc physician-credentialing program
By Joseph Conn | June 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has certified the physician-credentialing program of Dallas-based telehealth service provider Teladoc, the not-for-profit quality assurance group and the company announced.
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Eye Institute receives grant to fund telemedicine program
By Rochester (N.Y.) Business Journal | June 07, 2013
The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's Flaum Eye Institute received a $600,000 grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation in support of Rochester Area Tele-I-Care, a pilot telemedicine program
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Telemedicine program with University of Virginia ties expanding with help from Verizon
By Washington Post | June 05, 2013
The Verizon Foundation, Swinfen Charitable Trust and the University of Virginia Health System recently announced the expansion of an innovative telemedicine program that connects hospitals in 68 developing countries with more than 550 medical specialists around the world, including 68 at the...
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Arizona insurers must pay for telemedicine
By Phoenix Business Journal | June 04, 2013
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed the Telemedicine Reimbursement Parity Act into law, requiring telemed services in rural areas of Arizona to be covered by health insurance.
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Bill barring doctors from administering abortion-inducing drugs via webcam backed by La. House
By (New Orleans) Times-Picayune | May 30, 2013
A bill banning a practice known as "telemedicine abortions," where a doctor can remotely authorize abortion-inducing drugs, breezed through the Louisiana House Wednesday. The bill would prohibit doctors from using an Internet webcam service, such as Skype, to authorize the administration of...
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Healthcare is spread thin on Alaskan frontier
By New York Times | May 29, 2013
The complex machinery of healthcare is being reimagined everywhere in the nation through the combined prism of new regulations and shifting economics, even here on the continent’s frosted fringe.
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N.D. VA reaching more veterans in rural areas
By Jamestown (N.D.) Sun | May 28, 2013
The Fargo, N.D.-based Fargo Veterans Affairs Medical Center and its outreach clinics are expanding the use of telemedicine to provide healthcare to more vets in rural areas.
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Robots get to work | More hospitals are using automated machines, but jury's still out on success
By Jaimy Lee | May 25, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
A growing number of hospitals are deploying robots that automate simple operational tasks or provide new ways for physicians to interact with patients beyond the bedside.
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Virtual Radiologic names new chief medical officer
By Rachel Landen | May 23, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Virtual Radiologic, a technology-enabled national radiology practice and telemedicine company based in Eden Prairie, Minn., has named Dr. Benjamin Strong its chief medical officer, effective May 22.
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