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Proposed telemedicine ban proceeds after vote deadlock
By Des Moines (Iowa) Register | August 09, 2013
Iowa legislators have declined for the moment to step into a dispute over whether state regulators should shut down a video-conferencing system used to dispense abortion pills statewide.
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Telehealth system popular with veterans
By Aberdeen (S.D.) News | August 07, 2013
Advances in technology mean Aberdeen-area veterans can make fewer trips to the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Sioux Falls, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., learned Tuesday. Telehealth is growing in popularity and increasing specialty care at the Aberdeen clinic, Dr. Donna Small told Johnson as...
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Medical device gives heart patients a daily link to caregivers
By Minnesota Public Radio | August 07, 2013
When Bill Hill, 75, steps on the scale, his weight appears 24 miles away on computer monitor at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn. There, registered nurse Denise Buxbaum monitors his health in a program that aims to keep about 300 heart failure patients out of the hospital.
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Getting patients comfortable with telehealth
By Joseph Conn | August 02, 2013
Before there can be patient-generated data, there have to be patients willing and able to provide it and tools to capture, communicate, receive and present it. That's where Dr. Susan Woods comes in.
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Telemedicine expansion stresses Oklahoma telecom fund
By The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) | August 02, 2013
Expenditures from the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund have more than doubled to $32 million in the last five years as new demands have come from telemedicine for hospitals and clinics and broadband Internet for schools and libraries.
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VA building up its telehealth capabilities
By Stars and Stripes | July 31, 2013
Veterans Affairs Department health leaders showed off a wide range of remote medical offerings Tuesday at their first Connected Health Showcase, an event designed to highlight telehealth advances but also tout the department's place as a leader in cutting-edge healthcare delivery.
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Verizon launches mobile telehealth clinics in Miami
By eWeek.com | July 30, 2013
The Verizon Foundation and the Children's Health Fund have launched an initiative to bring mobile clinics throughout the United States, beginning with a telehealth project involving the University of Miami.
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AMC Health names president of clinical trials unit
By Ashok Selvam | July 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
AMC Health, a New York-based telehealth company, has named Michael O'Brien as president of its clinical trials division.
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Effort aims to protect patients in telemedicine practices
By Andis Robeznieks | July 26, 2013
If a patient in Wyoming has a complaint about a doctor in Colorado he is seeing via teleconference, it's unclear which state's medical licensing board would investigate. Kevin Bohnenblust, an attorney and the executive director of the Wyoming Board of Medicine, calls clarifying telemedicine and...
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New Ga. alliance joins wave of providers seeking common benefits and independence
By Beth Kutscher | July 23, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The goals of population health management may be encouraging rampant consolidation across the healthcare industry, but some systems are pushing back.
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