Can Telemedicine Operators Provide Free or Discounted Technology to...
Imagine there are two hospitals (or two physician groups). One is highly specialized and has developed a telemedicine program for treating stroke patients; the other is a community hospital or...
View ArticleFinders, Keepers? Not So Fast: The Perils of Using Unlicensed Brokers to...
by Katherine R. Lofft There are myriad opportunities right now for new businesses and talented entrepreneurs targeting healthcare, particularly in the IT sector. It’s an exciting time for people and...
View ArticleInternational Telemedicine: 4 Key Considerations to Launching a Global...
by Joel Rush and Dawn Helak All indications are that international telemedicine is well positioned for strong growth over the next several years. The global healthcare marketplace is ripe with...
View ArticleThe Real Issue in Telehealth: How Can I Get Paid?
As telehealth continues to grow, there are a number of legal, regulatory, and operational issues that threaten to stall its progress. We have tackled many of these issues in previous blog posts. But...
View ArticleSkype and HIPAA: Security Flaw Discovered
The recent discovery of a security flaw that allows Skype accounts to essentially be hijacked has again raised the issue of the security of web-based platforms—and whether providers can meet their...
View ArticlePrescription Drug Laws Create Challenges for Telehealth
While tremendous strides continue to be made in the growth and adoption of telehealth services, significant legal obstacles remain. Among these obstacles are state drug prescribing laws. In many...
View ArticleBeyond HIPAA: Other Privacy Laws That Telehealth Companies Need to Be Aware Of
While tech companies looking to provide health solutions must figure out early on whether they are HIPAA-regulated, HIPAA is not the be-all and end-all of privacy law. Even entities not regulated under...
View ArticleProgress in Telehealth: Recent Activity a Cause for Optimism
We are all too familiar with the many hurdles that stand in the way of the greater proliferation of telehealth. This blog has examined various legal and regulatory stumbling blocks such as licensure,...
View ArticleWhat the HIPAA Omnibus Rule Means for Health Technology Companies
On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published in the Federal Register the highly anticipated Omnibus Rule, which strengthens and amends existing regulations in the...
View ArticleE.U. Way Ahead of the Game on Telehealth
Telehealth is expanding rapidly outside of the U.S. in both developed and developing countries. Not surprisingly, the expanded use of telehealth presents many of the same regulatory and reimbursement...
View ArticleLessons from France: Successful French Telehealth Company Showcases Business...
Too often, companies try to re-invent the wheel. This is especially true in the telehealth sector where new models of care are constantly being tried and tested. Fortunately for U.S. hospitals,...
View ArticleWhy Not Getting Paid Directly for Telehealth May Not Matter
During and after a recent presentation regarding telehealth before a health care executive group, we were inundated with the following question: Why should a hospital provide telehealth services when...
View ArticlePhysically Securing Electronic PHI in a Telehealth Environment
As the technologies used to deliver telehealth services become more complex, telehealth providers as well as other HIPAA “covered entities” have an increasingly demanding role to play in ensuring the...
View ArticleTelehealth: The Final Frontier (Q&A)
Telehealth is going mainstream. Once limited to rural or remote communities, the use of telehealth is increasingly being used to address critical shortages within many medical specialties (such as...
View ArticleTelehealth and Standards of Care
While telehealth technology advances, unresolved legal issues continue to deter wider adoption of telehealth as a means of delivering health care services. One issue that telehealth providers must...
View ArticleMobile Privacy & the FTC Act: Advice for Health Technology Companies
In the healthcare industry we often associate information privacy and security enforcement with HIPAA and state privacy laws. However, a lesser known but in some cases just as significant regulator of...
View ArticleThings That Should Keep the Telehealth Community Awake at Night (Part 1)
We all know that telehealth is going mainstream. The numbers speak for themselves. A leading research firm predicts that 2.8 million patients worldwide used home-based remote monitoring devices in...
View ArticleProactively Approaching Telehealth Informed Consent
Before initiating treatment, health care providers must generally obtain their patients’ informed consent. The purpose of the informed consent process is two-fold. First, it allows patients to gain an...
View ArticleRemoving State Barriers to Telehealth: Where do we strike the balance?
About two weeks ago, the Governor of Nevada signed into law new legislation that removes a number of barriers to the practice of telehealth within the state of Nevada. Among the most significant...
View ArticleTelepsychiatry, Training, and Technology: A Case Study from North Carolina
Christine Kearsley contributed to this article. In Durham, North Carolina, the child psychiatrist comes to the classroom. By telehealth. For the past eight years, Duke University Medical Center has...
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