by Jordana Choucair | May 11, 2022 | Health IT
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $16.3 million in new grant funding to help support an expansion of telehealth for Title X family planning clinics. The 12-month funding, passed as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, will go toward 31...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Health IT
According to a new study in JAMA Network Open, telehealth generally didn’t lead to duplicative care in late 2020. The study found that patients treated for most acute conditions via telehealth were as likely or slightly more likely to need a follow-up visit as...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Health IT
A new CB Insights report found that investments in the global digital health market decreased 36 percent in the first quarter of 2022. Megarounds fell 52 percent to 4.4 billion, comprising just 42 percent of all digital health dollars invested compared with 57 percent...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 31, 2022 | Health IT
A new Rock Health analysis indicates that investors are increasingly funding digital tools to fill gaps in behavioral health care for children and teenagers. According to the analysis, venture capital funding for digital behavioral health startups serving children and...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 30, 2022 | Health IT
Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that U.S. physicians who use electronic health records (EHRs) spend an average of 1.84 hours a day completing documentation outside work hours. Nearly 33 percent of 301,603 physicians surveyed said they spend two...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 28, 2022 | Health IT
Two senators introduced the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act – bipartisan legislation to bolster the health care industry’s cyber defenses shortly after White House warnings of potential Russian cyberattacks. The bill would also authorize cybersecurity training to health...
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