Telemedicine news and information

South Carolina doctors are closer to being paid for long-distance consulting on cases. The state Senate Medical Affairs Committee unanimously approved a telemedicine bill Thursday and sent it to the full Senate.
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On Wednesday, the Louisiana state Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a bill that would prohibit the use of telemedicine for abortion care. The bill now goes before the Senate.
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Bills that championed telemedicine were introduced at state legislatures across the country this session. Several states, including neighboring Mississippi, passed and enacted the bills into law, most of which require insurers to cover telemedicine services to some extent, but in Tennessee, similar...
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Recent advancements in communication technology have allowed Brookhaven, Miss.-based King's Daughters Medical Center to partner with St. Dominic-Jackson (Miss.) Memorial Hospital to bring specialized diagnosis and treatment into rural areas where such care was previously out of reach.
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Mobile devices, microchipped meds and digital health records are among the tools available to keep patients and clinicians connected during convalescence.
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When the doctors at University of Texas Medical Branch are reading an ultrasound, examining an X-ray or evaluating an echocardiogram, the patient they are treating is not necessarily right in front of them.
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The Missouri Senate has approved legislation requiring insurance companies to cover medical services provided electronically if they cover for the same service delivered in person.
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In opening remarks last week at the Health Information Technology hearing series, Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, indicated that she intends to introduce legislation that would create a workable federal definition for telehealth services.
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Doctors and nurses in the VA Boston Healthcare System are using a new telehealth program to monitor the health of patients, teach them about their care and connect them to medical and specialty clinics remotely using high-tech video equipment.
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Avera Health opened an e-care hub last fall in Sioux Falls as a step toward shrinking the gaps in rural medicine in South Dakota and across the Northern Plains.The intent is to use electronic services to help rural patients stay closer to home and to boost small-town economies, but officials say it...
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