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Psych Congress Network
On May 11th, the public health emergency that loosened some controls on telehealth and remote prescribing comes to an end. What will be the impact on telepsychiatry? Some of the flexibilities introduced by the Ryan Haught Act will continue, but others sunset, and practices will need to adjust.
Psychiatry March 22nd 2023
MedPage Today
The pandemic forced hospitals to quickly become more flexible. They were challenged to find ways to invent new space for ICUs and ERs within existing facilities. Virtual critical care and virtual specialty care were implemented. Outside spaces were re-envisioned for clinical purposes and physicians and other HCPs were to reimage and expand care space within the hospital walls.
Family Medicine/General Practice November 9th 2022
Elham Hatef, MD, a clinical informatician at the Johns Hopkins Center for Population Health IT, discussed the findings of her recent study, “Outcomes of in-person and telehealth ambulatory encounters during COVID-19 within a large commercially insured cohort,” in this Q&A with Psych Congress Network.
Psychiatry September 12th 2022
Healthgrades for Professionals
Is there a link between climate change and poverty? Does hate affect the risk for chronic health conditions? Is telehealth the model for medicine’s future? Or will something much more ancient be reestablished? How will the Millennial worldview affect how medicine is practiced? This archive of top physician TED talks is worth your while.
All Specialties January 19th 2022
KevinMD.com
This independent contractor to telemedicine companies relates how, in their case, the National Physician Databank “has been weaponized” against physicians in an attempt to create practitioners who are compliant with the telemedicine company policies.
Family Medicine/General Practice January 5th 2022
Journal of Clinical Oncology
An oncologist reflects on his last decade as a physician and what he’s learning through the art of oncology — the daily practice that is outside the latest data and is often not explicitly taught in fellowship — that has become ever more important and gratifying. Age, a changing work environment, a pandemic and telemedicine, reports of physician burnout, and colleagues leaving practice — all part of the daily routine. Here, the oncologist shares a few key rules that that have helped and sustained his practice.
Hematology December 21st 2021