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Primary Care Provider Perspectives at an Academic Medical Center: Are Telemedicine Visits as Effective as In-person Care? [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: As academic medical centers purposefully integrate telemedicine visits into primary care, efficacy studies are needed to appropriately guide resource allocation and triage processes. Setting: Providers across six Northern California clinic sites surveyed over an 8-week period (March 21-May 16, 2023).

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New research in finds telemedicine consistently outperforms in-person visits for cancer care when both are available

Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

New research in the May 2023 issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network from Moffitt Cancer Center finds that telemedicine consistently outperformed in-person visits for both access to care and provider response, according to a long-term study on patient experience.

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JOIN HP&M FOR A WEBINAR: “The ‘End’ of the COVID-19 Emergency: The Ryan Haight Act, Telemedicine, and Next Steps?” on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12 Noon EST

FDA Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2023

When the public health emergency ends on May 11, 2023 , so do these exemptions. We will discuss the state of relevant laws prior to our new “COVID reality” and telemedicine issues during and post-pandemic, both with respect to the prescribing of controlled substances and non-controlled drugs. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s

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CONTINUED AGAIN: DEA Announces A Second Extension of its “Temporary Rule” Addressing Telemedicine Flexibilities After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency

FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Palmer — On Friday, October 6, 2023, DEA announced a second extension of telemedicine flexibilities concerning the prescribing of controlled substances, which were originally set to expire after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency. By Karla L. DEA received a whopping 38,000 (!) comments on the two proposed rules.

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May 11, 2023: The End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency’s DEA Telemedicine Exemption? “Not So Fast,” Say DEA and SAMHSA

FDA Law Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Palmer — We blogged earlier this week here that DEA is reconsidering its proposed rules for telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances and buprenorphine. 30,038 (May 10, 2023). 802(54)(G) (which references CMS’s statutory definition of “practice of telemedicine”). . § 1307.41and 42 C.F.R.

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Early Prevention of Critical Illness in Older Adults: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of an Electronic Risk Score and Checklist [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: The ERA score and CERTAIN-FM checklist were implemented between May and July 2023 to identify and assess all patients age ≥60 years at risk of critical illness during their primary care visits. Intervention/Instrument: Elders Risk Assessment (ERA) index and CERTAIN-FM.

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Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Palmer — The 2008 Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act placed strict limits on online prescribing or the use of telemedicine encounters to prescribe controlled substances. The Act also established new definitions for “Internet,” “online pharmacy,” “practice of telemedicine,” among others. By Karla L. 21 U.S.C. §

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TO BE CONTINUED (!?): DEA Announces It is Issuing a “Temporary Rule” to Address Telemedicine Flexibilities After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency

FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2023

Palmer — On May 3, 2023, DEA’s Administrator Anne Milgram issued a very brief and lightly publicized statement announcing that DEA intends to issue a “temporary rule” extending telemedicine flexibilities that existed during the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, which Declaration is set to expire on May 11, 2023. By Karla L.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

Patel, MD, MPH, MBA, is a hospitalist and digital health innovator with a strong focus on telemedicine and clinical informatics. Dr. Patel currently serves as a telemedicine and clinical informatics leader at Ballad Health, a 21-hospital integrated health system. Published July 26, 2023. Published October 11, 2023.

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The “End of the COVID-19 Emergency and the Ryan Haight Act: Telemedicine and Next Steps” – Availability of HPM’s Presentation Deck and Recording of the Presentation

FDA Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Thank you to those who registered for and attended Hyman, Phelps & McNamara’s March 23, 2023 lunchtime webinar addressing the “End of the COVID-19 Emergency and the Ryan Haight Act: Telemedicine and Next Steps.”

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Growing together: How Sound creates a culture of leadership

Sound Physicians

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Of the cohort member s who fulfilled all the 2023 program requirements , 11 clinicians officia lly mov ed into a leadership role withi n 48 mont hs of the program.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

In 2023 ReWalk (now called Lifeward) announced that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule for reinbursing their exoskeleton technology, which was followed by another similar announcement from Ekso Bionics. Exoskeletons started finding their place in healthcare systems.

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CDRH Seeks Public Comment on How to Increase Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies

FDA Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

telemedicine and telehealth solutions (e.g., For those who are interested in learning more about the decentralized clinical trial draft guidance, please check out the FDA’s webinar on June 20, 2023. For those who are interested, comments should be submitted to the docket ( FDA-2023-N-1956 ) by August 30, 2023.

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It’s a Three-Peat: DEA and HHS Extend Telemedicine Flexibilities Until December 31, 2025

FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Palmer — In a Temporary Rule announced on November 19, 2024, DEA with input from HHS again extended current telemedicine flexibilities, which were first initiated on January 31, 2020 at the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal telemedicine flexibilities (i.e.,

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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The systematic review of peer-reviewed intervention was published from 2018 to 2023. This includes telemedicine-administered psychotherapy to address depression symptoms and cognitive behavioral therapy to potentially decrease trauma symptoms. Of the 669 participants, the mean age from studies was 45.4

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Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines

Physicians News Digest

MAY 12, 2025

Among Louisiana residents, nearly 60% of abortions took place via telemedicine in the second half of 2023 (the most recent period for which estimates are available), giving Louisiana the highest rate of telemedicine abortions among states that passed strict bans after Dobbs , according to the #WeCount survey.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

One positive change that came about was the lifting of restrictions around the use of telemedicine. Clinicians could care for patients across state lines, could prescribe opioids without in person visits, could bill at higher rates for telemedicine than previous to the pandemic. The pandemic was horrific in many ways. Joe: Right.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

AHRQ research and guidelines played a key role in lowering the incidence of hospital-acquired infections — such as deadly blood infections caused by contaminated IV lines, which fell 28% from 2015 to 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. million, he said.

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Primary Care Provider Perspectives at an Academic Medical Center: Are Telemedicine Visits as Effective as In-person Care? [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

New research in finds telemedicine consistently outperforms in-person visits for cancer care when both are available

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JOIN HP&M FOR A WEBINAR: “The ‘End’ of the COVID-19 Emergency: The Ryan Haight Act, Telemedicine, and Next Steps?” on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12 Noon EST

CONTINUED AGAIN: DEA Announces A Second Extension of its “Temporary Rule” Addressing Telemedicine Flexibilities After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency

May 11, 2023: The End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency’s DEA Telemedicine Exemption? “Not So Fast,” Say DEA and SAMHSA

Early Prevention of Critical Illness in Older Adults: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of an Electronic Risk Score and Checklist [Geriatrics]

Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

TO BE CONTINUED (!?): DEA Announces It is Issuing a “Temporary Rule” to Address Telemedicine Flexibilities After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency

Using technology to reclaim our time

The “End of the COVID-19 Emergency and the Ryan Haight Act: Telemedicine and Next Steps” – Availability of HPM’s Presentation Deck and Recording of the Presentation

Growing together: How Sound creates a culture of leadership

From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

CDRH Seeks Public Comment on How to Increase Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies

It’s a Three-Peat: DEA and HHS Extend Telemedicine Flexibilities Until December 31, 2025

Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

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