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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

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“Yes,” we concurred on our session convened by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE session today. We covered, The theory that telemedicine should increase health equity — where are we and what are the barriers to getting there? Understanding the health inequities borne by “telemedicine.

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Physicians Lean In to Digital Health, Especially Telehealth and Remote Monitoring

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The largest positive change in adoption was seen in telehealth and remote monitoring, and. The rise of remote care is explored in the second chart. Looking past 2020, we can also expect greater physician use of telehealth and remote care tech, based on a forward-looking question in the poll.

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

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With great potential for both innovation and reward comes great risks: Beazley points to the facts that, over two-thirds of digital health companies lack insurance coverage for medical malpractice for providing remote care, sustaining a data breach, or a cyber-hack that result in bodily injury; 70% have only one or two of the key insurance coverages (..)